Writing in Arms Control Today, Paul fills in the backstory about the recent NIE suggesting Iran is many years away from a nuclear weapon. Skepticism about Iran’s nuclear capabilities dates at least to an early 2004 briefing for Congressional staffers that cited technical problems with Iran’s Uranium Conversion Facility and pilot centrifuge plant: For example, …
India's Nonproliferation Record
by | 2005-09-07 | 5 Comments
And the fact is that India has a record of nonproliferation, which is exceptional … Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Briefing on the Signing of the Global Partnership Agreement Between the United States and India, July 19, 2005. That was not the impression David Albright gave to attendees during the Institute …
Office of Technology Assessment
by | 2005-09-06 | 2 Comments
Chris Mooney—writer for SEED magazine and author of the forthcoming The Republican War on Science—has an outstanding article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists about the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)—a nonpartisan technical authority abolished by the GOP-controlled Congress in 1995. OTA’s archive remains an incredibly useful repository of factual information—publications like Technologies Underlying Weapons …
America's Purpose
by | 2005-09-06 | No Comments
Steve Clemons runs a hell of a conference. I’ll be live blogging today from the New America Foundation’s conference, Terrorism, Security and America’s Purpose. It’s being webcast, in case you want to drop by, virtually speaking.
