Avatar photoOff to New York

I will participate in a panel discussion sponsored by Economists for Peace and Security entitled Missile Defense, Space and the NPT. The discussion will be held from 3-5 at the Mission of Iceland to the United Nations. Back tomorrow.

Avatar photoWaPo Hearts J.D. Crouch

Peter Baker of the Washington Post fetes Deputy National Security Advisor Jack Dyer (J.D.) Crouch II for not being Doug Feith: “We sort of decided that J.D. was the one we would take a harder view of,” said one Senate Democratic staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “But as it turned out, we …

Avatar photoSignificant Quantity: OSD Field Guide

One of Arms Control Wonk’s regular readers also turns out to be pretty handy with photoshop. Here is the first of what I expect to be many occasional cartoons by Mr. “Significant Quantity”:

Avatar photoDavid Sanger: Two Time Loser on Kilju and Kumchang-ri?

Daniel Sneider of the San Jose Mercury-News observes similarities between recent allegations of nuclear test preparations near Kilju and the 1998 revelation that North Korea was constructing an underground nuclear reactor and reprocessing facility near Kumchang-ri—a claim that turned out to be false: The cloud over the nuclear test preparations reflects a history of intelligence …