Apparently we do have an Iran policy: be very, very vague. Check out these headlines: U.S. Signals Opposition to Light-Water Reactor Offer to Iran; Tehran Expected to Offer Deal to Europeans (Global Security Newswire, October 21, 2004) US presses Iran to respond to European nuclear proposal (Agence France Presse, October 21, 2004) Yup, from the …
Impasse at the Conference on Disarmament
by | 2004-10-21 | No Comments
My talk at the UN went well today. I heard a couple of especially blunt comments by officials from national delegations to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Among the things I heard: The Conference remains at an “impasse” created by the United States. The United States has a responsibility to issue “at least a …
Paul Nitze, 1907-2004
by | 2004-10-20 | No Comments
The New York Times and Washington Post have excellent obituaries that capture Nitze’s good and bad qualities. Decorum inhibits candor, however. Nitze’s role in slandering Paul Warnke, during Warnke’s confirmation hearing for Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is an unseemly moment that defined Nitze for a great many of his colleagues. To …
CSRS and CounterCom (Blame it on Nanjing)
by | 2004-10-20 | No Comments
While I was in Nanjing, Space News confirmed (“U.S. Declates Satellite Jammer Ready” October 11, 2004, p.1) that the Air Force canceled the Counter Surveillance Reconnaissance System (CSRS or “scissors) and has delivered the first Counter Communications System (now called CounterCom). [Early Bird readers can access it here] The confirmations were provided by Gen. Lance …
