Apparently, China’s Second Artillery uses Powerpoint, too. Paul Eckert of Reuters has a decent article on Secretary Rumsfeld’s visit to the Second Artillery HQ in Qinghe. Big events were a PP briefing on the “organization and mission” of the Deuce and a reiteration of China’s “no first use” pledge: In what senior Pentagon officials said …
My Surreal Life
by | 2005-10-18 | 4 Comments
Just be glad this post doesn’t have a picture. Working at a public policy school—where most of the students are studying environmental or social policy issues—is a daily testament to the social divide between domestic and security policy communities. Now, dear readers, you know I like an obscene joke as much as anyone (Hey Baker!), …
What Ever Happened to CVID?
by | 2005-10-17 | 1 Comment
Jofi Joseph asks that churlish question, and a few others, in a Defense News (subscription only) op-ed about Six Party talks: The oft-repeated mantra for U.S. diplomats in 2003 and 2004 was this magical phrase: complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement, or CVID. In other words, any final agreement must encompass not only North Korea’s known …
Rumsfeld to Visit China's 2nd Artillery HQ
by | 2005-10-16 | 2 Comments
Ann Scott Tyson of the Washington Post reports that Secretary Rumsfeld will “for the first time to visit the headquarters of China’s most secretive military command, the Second Artillery Corps … at Qinghe outside Beijing… (right).” The news reports are interesting because they confirm the location of the Second Artillery HQ as Qinghe (a suburb …
