From an arms control perspective, the debate was mildly interesting. Bush hit Kerry over his support for the International Criminal Court, something the PIPA/’s voter studies show should be a losing issue for Bush if Kerry sticks him to it. Kerry said he/’d shut down the RNEP, Bush just mentioned missile defense in passing. I …
A Democratic National Security Strategy & Arms Control
by | 2004-09-30 | No Comments
Large majorities of Bush supporters also support a variety of arms control agreeements, such as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the International Criminal Court and the Ottawa Convention banning land mines, that Bush himself opposes: This is a huge missed opportunity for the Democratic Party to make a case for change. The Program on International …
North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons
by | 2004-09-29 | No Comments
I was struggling for something interesting to say about North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su-hon/’s claim that S2R* had “already reprocessed 8,000 wasted fuel rods and transformed them into arms.” [*Secretive Stalinist Regime. Apparently respectable news outlets think this term is descriptive. ] Something that I have noticed is that the Chinese simply don/’t …
Missile Defense Errata
by | 2004-09-29 | No Comments
MDA (operating in its little know role as a 527 for the Bush Administration) is sticking interceptors in the frozen tundra of Alaska and calling it a missile defense. Not that the thing works: MDA has delayed the next flight test, most recently scheduled for September, due to software problems. MDA hasn’t managed to stage …
