The Associated Press reports that, “after blocking discussions for nearly two years, the United States has quietly started low-key talks on ending the work of U.N. inspectors” in Iraq. The Iraqi government wants UNMOVIC shut down, in part to regain control over past oil revenues that are used to fund UNMOVIC. France and Britain, however, …
Biosecurity Course
by | 2005-02-26 | No Comments
The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences will present an online course to educate life scientists about national security, international affairs, and biological-weapons control. Although designed to engage life scientists, the course is designed to be accessible to non-scientists, particularly students of and specialists in international security.
It's broken, so don’t fix it
by | 2005-02-25 | No Comments
About ten years ago (25 January 1995) a Black Brant XII rocket launch from Northern Norway triggered a false alarm in the Russian early warning system. How close the false alarm came to triggering an accidental nuclear war is a matter of dispute. The event has been used to build support for various efforts to …
Hose off, eh?
by | 2005-02-25 | No Comments
Canada has decided not to participate in the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Canadian press reports that the decision began to take shape in mid-February as Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin began to shape his defense budget request. The original strategy envisioned Martin making no decision at all. Instead, the Canadian government would state that …
