The Nelson Report claims that Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Bolton has informed IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei that “the US will not support his candidacy for a third term, even though both of his predecessors served four terms (12 years) each”. Reuters, however, is reporting that despite having urged ElBaradei to step down, …
Anybody got an Iran policy?
by | 2004-10-24 | No Comments
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 …
Kaplan on Nitze
by | 2004-10-24 | No Comments
Fred Kaplan in Slate has the best obituary yet for Paul Nitze.
Brazil: Milhollin goes HEU over Resende
by | 2004-10-24 | No Comments
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 …
