I’ve written a short analysis, Curious Sanctions, for the Carnegie Endowment’s Proliferation News about the US sanctions imposed on two Indian chemical companies. By its own count, the Bush Administration has imposed sanctions at a significantly greater rate than the Clinton Administration. Most recently, the United States sanctioned two Indian chemical companies, along with four …
Kim Jong Il's Bodyguards
by | 2006-01-05 | 6 Comments
Go ahead and press play (Or view it here if you have browser trouble). The clip is real—it is taken from a real 2003 BBC Documentary called The Real Dr. Evil (You can download the entire documentary). Chosun Ilbo even reported on it. The man interviewed is Lee Young Kuk, a North Korean defector who …
WMD Procurement Networks in Europe
by | 2006-01-04 | 2 Comments
Ian Cobain has a pair of stories in The Guardian summarizing a “report from a leading EU intelligence service” used “to warn off EU companies from doing business” with front companies for foreign WMD programs: The 55-page intelligence assessment, dated July 1 2005, draws upon material gathered by British, French, German and Belgian agencies, and …
Mianyang
by | 2006-01-03 | 2 Comments
The city of Mianyang, in Sichuan Province, is China’s third most suitable city for living, according to a series of interviews conducted by Beijing-based Horizon Group. The main facilities for the China Academy of Engineering Physics are located in Mianyang. Happy nuclear scientists make happy nuclear bombs.
