Lyric of the week: I wrest the waters, fight Neptune’s waters Sail through the sorrows of life’s marauders Unrepenting, often empty Sail on, sail on sailor — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, “Sail On Sailor” The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty died last week at age 32. As treaty-years between major powers go, that’s a full …
Heroes of Arms Control: Tom Schelling and Mort Halperin
by | 2019-07-29 | 2 Comments
Lyric of the Week: Now the darkness only stays at night time In the morning it will fade away Daylight is good At arriving at the right time But it’s not always going To be this grey All things must pass All things must pass away — George Harrison Thomas C. Schelling and Morton H. …
Arleigh Burke on National Security Strategy
by | 2019-07-22 | 3 Comments
Quote of the week: “The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention.” — Sportswriter Red Smith, “Miracle of Coogan’s Bluff” Arleigh Burke was born in Boulder, Colorado, determined not to be land-locked. He took to the sea and was a legendary naval officer during World War II, so much so that a class …
Pasdaran, Solid-Fuel and Aviator Sunglasses
by | 2019-07-19 | 6 Comments
Reconstructing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s and IRGC Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari’s visits to Project Ghaem. To this day, Iran’s pre-2011 effort to develop a large solid-fuel SLV remains shrouded in mystery. While the general outline of the program has been acknowledged by several Iranian officials, the project continues to be talked about in a hushed …
