Avatar photoInformal EU3-Iran Steering Committee Meets in London

EU-Iran Steering Committee, December 2004. What does it say about the Western press when IRNA is the best source of news about the ongoing EU-Iran negotiations? The hoary press convention that every story needs a “hook” distorts reporting, creating a sense that every development is a crisis. If Hossein Mousavian left the negotiating table to …

Avatar photoWho's Keeping the Nuclear Weapons in Europe?

NRDC’s Hans Kristensen pens a missive about the growing public opposition in Germany to US nuclear weapons stationed there.

Avatar photoNPT REVCON Opens

The Seventh Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (REVCON) opens today. The REVCON will run through 27 May 2005. A few days ago, Steve Rademaker took a break from [you know what] to testify to the House International Relations Committee on “The U.S. Approach to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference.” Rademaker stuck to his …

Avatar photoAn Aerospace Command for India?

Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi is calling for the establishment of an Aerospace Command. I’ll buy Noah Shachtman dinner at the Indian restaurant of his choice in NYC if India actually sets up such a command.