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Jeffrey Lewis is a Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a staff member at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Dr. Lewis received his Ph.D. in Policy Studies (International Security and Economic Policy) from the University of Maryland and his B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Augustana College …

Avatar photoThe Problem with Don Rumsfeld

There’s just one? Yeah, but it’s a doozy. Holding court on the O’Reilly Factor, Captain Loofah turned surprisingly tough, asking if anyone warned Rumsfeld that Iraq might turn out to be a gigantic shit sandwich. Rumsfeld replied: We, you can find intelligence that says almost anything. Is Don Rumsfeld an arrogant jerk? Ask Richard Avedon’s …

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James Acton is a lecturer at the Centre for Science and Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Dr Acton’s research interests focus on topics at the interface of the technical and the political, including nuclear disarmament, arms control verification and IAEA safeguards. He is co-author of the upcoming International …

Avatar photoIs the US getting out of the NPT?

Not everything in the 1970s was as lousy as your haircut, Paul. Seriously, I am asking. Sandia National Laboratory Director C. Paul Robinson, reportedly in consultation with Administration officials, has written an article in Nature suggesting our nonproliferation efforts should shift away from the 1970 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) toward more NATO like structures. The …