Avatar photoPhew … its done.

Well, that is a bit of an exaggeration but The Minimum Means of Reprisal: China/’s Search for Security in the Nuclear Age is off to the editor (the supremely talented Laura Susan Jacobs, who freelances for those of you in need of a friendly but firm grammarian). Hoping for a (successful) defense sometime between Labor …

Avatar photoMe on the Great Wall

Goetz Neuneck sent along this rather silly pictre of me on the Great Wall (with Wang Ting and Scott Kemp over my shoulder and Andre Rothkirch on my left). I owe Goetz a chapter on China for his upcoming volume, The Future of Arms Control.

Avatar photoDefense Appropriations

Well, the Appropriations conference is moving at light speed.  We may have a conference agreement as early as next week. For those of you space inclined, here is a summary of the outstanding issues relating to space control and space force projection that need to be resolved.

Avatar photo"Space for Progress" Forum

Arms Control Wonk will be moderating a panel during the “Space for Progress” Forum on July 22, 2004. Speakers include: Ambassador Jonathan Dean Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Adviser on Global Security Issues. Dr Leonard Weiss Chair of Space Weapons Panel, Federation of American Scientists. Brigadier General Simon P. “Pete” Worden Congressional Fellow, Senator Sam …