What does Srebrenica have to do with arms control? Well arms control and other cooperative security approaches efficiently solve security dillemmas, freeing up resources for dealing with real security threats that kill people every day like civil conflict and terrorism. You may remember Condi Rice’s derisive comment about pulling troops from Bosnia because “We don’t …
National Ignition Facility
by | 2005-07-12 | 5 Comments
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory comprises 192 lasers that will use inertial confinement to conduct nuclear weapons and fusion experiments. The project is the largest facility ever constructed at Livermore. For the technically inclined, three scientists from Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and the University of Rochester have written a paper …
Hameed Gul and the Islamic Bomb
by | 2005-07-11 | No Comments
Hameed Gul is Nuts. Pervez Hoodby—writing in the Los Angeles Times’ “Current” section —gets alarmist in service of a good argument: In a recent televised debate between myself and Hameed Gul — an influential Islamist leader, retired general and former head of Pakistan’s powerful intelligence agency — my opponent snarled at me: “Your masters [the …
Steak and Cheesecake
by | 2005-07-10 | 1 Comment
The Chinese served steak and cheesecake to Assistant Secretary Hill and Deputy Foreign Minister Kim, sayeth Joel Brinkley at the New York Times.
