He gets to keep the sweet view. Over the weekend, Dafna Linzer at the Washington Post reported that “all 15 countries approached by U.S. diplomats—including Britain, Canada and Australia—refused to support” Washington’s efforts to deny Mohamad ElBaradei a third as IAEA Director General. “Everyone turned us down, even the Brits,” one U.S. policymaker plaintively told …
Wanted: Sweet Iran Skills
by | 2005-01-25 | 1 Comment
I was initially unimpressed a few days ago when Cheney said: Well, one of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked, that if, in fact, the Israelis became convinced the Iranians had significant nuclear capability. Given the fact that Iran has a stated policy that their objective is the …
Beauty Queen's Guide to World Peace
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Dan Plesch has an iconic logo (left) for his new book, The Beauty Queen’s Guide to World Peace, that makes Arms Control Wonk feel strangely inadequate. I’ve only read Chapter 8, not surprisingly on disarmament. But I like what I read. Plesch “explains how the [arms control] treaties agreed up to 1996 provide the basis …
Paris Negotiations Update 19: Iran's Nuclear Programme
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The Sunday Times (London) reports that UK Foreign Secretary “Jack Straw has drawn up a dossier [right] putting the case against a military attack on Iran amid fears that President George W Bush’s administration may seek Britain’s backing for a new conflict.” The dossier, entitled Iran’s Nuclear Programme, is a compendium of 22 documents, including …
