Bouphonia discovers just how easy it is to be the Arms Control Wonk: Yesterday, I discussed an apocryphal Iranian magazine article called “Electronics to Determine Fate of Future Wars,” which supposedly threatened the United States with an electromagnetic pulse attack, via aerial detonation of a nuclear weapon. I wasn’t able to find the article online, …
Informal EU3-Iran Steering Committee Meets in London
by | 2005-05-03 | No Comments
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 …
Who's Keeping the Nuclear Weapons in Europe?
by | 2005-05-02 | 3 Comments
NRDC’s Hans Kristensen pens a missive about the growing public opposition in Germany to US nuclear weapons stationed there.
NPT REVCON Opens
by | 2005-05-02 | No Comments
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 …
