I’ll be giving a talk, Space Weaponization Spending in FY2005 Defense Budget, at the 9th PIIC Beijing Seminar on International Security (12-15 October 2004) in Nanjing, China. Yes, the Beijing Seminar is being held in Nanjing. How should I know? The whole agenda is available, as is my talk. The posts may be spotty until …
Kaplan on Strangelove
by | 2004-10-09 | No Comments
Fred Kaplan, author of The Wizards of Armageddon, has a review of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in the New York Times. The whole thing is worth a read, but Kaplan notes some of the movies funniest scenes are direct quotes from contemporary nuclear strategists: …
Bush Tries to Take Kim up the Qadhafi
by | 2004-10-09 | No Comments
U.S. Representative Curt Weldon (R-PA) has apparently confirmed that the United States is attempting to establish a backchannel with North Korea through Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi [I am going with the State Dept. spelling]. In July, US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice reportedly told told South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon that “I wish Kim …
Feckless Leadership on North Korea and Iran
by | 2004-10-08 | No Comments
Rose Gottemoellar has a spot-on letter to the FT about Bush’s leadership, or lack thereof, on North Korea and Iran issues: Bush showed lack of leadership over N Korea and Iran policy Financial Times, October 7 2004 03:00 From Ms Rose Gottemoeller. Sir, I am in complete agreement with Amity Shlaes (“Bush has it right …
