You really have to read the foreign press if you want to understand the diplomacy surrounding Iran’s nuclear program. Case in point: What was impact of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech to the UN? The US press, led Carol Giacomo and Sue Pleming t Reuters and Dafna Linzer at the Washington Post picked up the …
Et tu, Boote?
by | 2005-09-21 | 4 Comments
Max Boot, snapping pencils in frustration at CFR, sticks one in the President’s back over the Six Party Joint Statement: One suspects that if George W. Bush were not in the White House, he would be condemning the accord with North Korea announced on Monday. [snip] The real risk inherent in the agreement is that …
Construction at Yongbyon 50 Mwe Reactor
by | 2005-09-20 | 4 Comments
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) has released a commercial satellite photograph of North Korea’s 50 Mwe reactor that appears to confirm June 2005 press reports that Pyongyang has resumed construction. In June 2005, I argued that analysts could easily confirm with satellite imagery whether or not North Korea had resumed construction of …
Six Party Talks Joint Statement
by | 2005-09-19 | 1 Comment
Well, the Six-Party Talks in Beijing have produced a Joint Statement. The Statement is pretty much the same set of principles as 1994 Agreed Framework, with all the tough stuff deferred into the future. Does Pyongyang get a light water reactor under the 1994 Agreed Framework, or will the Bush Administration provide only conventional fuel …
