Avatar photoAnybody got an Iran policy?

I realize that I haven’t mentioned the sordid story how the US came to not have a policy on Iran. I mean that literally—no policy. None, zero, zip. Steven Aftergood at the Federation of American Sceintists has compiled a list of all the PDD’s issued by the Bush Administration. Note, this list has been updated …

Avatar photoKaplan on Nitze

Fred Kaplan in Slate has the best obituary yet for Paul Nitze.

Avatar photoBrazil: Milhollin goes HEU over Resende

Readers may have noticed references over the past few days to a long-running dispute between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Brazil over access to a Brazilian facility to enrich uranium, INB Resende. The dispute centers over whether the inspectors need to actually see the centrifuges in operation or not. The IAEA claims that …

Avatar photoHadley's Rules: An insight into our cocked-up Iran policy

“If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.”—Winston Churchill He had a point. Keep it in mind and bear with me for a moment. I’ve recently noted that our Iran policy appears so cocked up that Dick won’t let Bush sign a PDD …