Beijing has released a new white paper, China’s Endeavors for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. The white paper looks to be somewhat longer than its predecessor (released in 2003), with an expanded section covering the implementation and publication of export control laws. Implementation strikes me as the major challenge facing China, particularly with regard to …
State Department Compliance Report
by | 2005-09-01 | 1 Comment
The State Department’s Bureau of Verification and Compliance has issued its “annual” report concerning Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements. (And by “annual”, BVC means just twice in five years. The previous report, released in June 2003, covered developments from December 1, 2000 to December 1, 2001. The current edition …
Ken Pollack's Eight Point Plan For Regime Change in Iraq
by | 2005-08-30 | No Comments
Kenneth Pollack told the Jewish Telegraph Agency (via Josh Marshal) that he is one of two US government officials (USGO-1) mentioned in the indictment against former Larry Franklin, Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman. The relevant paragraph reads: On or about December 12, 2000 ROSEN and WEISSMAN met with a United States government official (USGO-1). Following …
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
by | 2005-08-29 | 4 Comments
The editors of Foreign Policy magazine “look back at at some of the persons, places and things that mattered most … and a few that never lived up to their billing.” The Number One Disappointment of the last 35 years? The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was supposed to keep the world’s nuclear …
