Arms Control Today has a special issue on outer space, with an article by Michael Krepon. You may recognize the author the boxes entitled Programs to Watch and False Alarm on Foreign Capabilities. Theresa Hitchens has an article about our national space policy.
Status of Iran
A summary of recent developments in Iran-European 3 (Britain, France, Germany) negotiations—covering the EU3 proposal, Iranian counterproposal, developments in Iranian politics and US policy.
Qian on Bush
Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has issued a scathing critique of the Bush Administration in the China Daily. Almost amusing was State Department flack Adam Ereli fumbling questions about the article: QUESTION: Adam, a former senior Chinese official, former Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has written a rather blistering attack on the Bush Administration’s foreign …
Safire is a total hack
William Safire is a hack: Bin Laden was the second outsider to try to influence our election in an ‘October surprise.’ I suspect the first was Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief U.N. arms inspector, said to be miffed at the Bush administration’s refusal to support his bid for an unprecedented third term. Apart from slandering Dr. …
