The Hindu natonalist (BJP) government of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has fallen. The Congress party (led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi) won a surprise victory in India/’s elections and is expected to form a coalition government with its electoral allies. Add this to the list of …
NFIRE Stumbles in Senate
by | 2004-05-13 | No Comments
The Bush Administration and the Missile Defense Agency may run into trouble over their plans to place weapons in outer space. The Senate Armed Services Committee, in its defense authorization mark-up, directed the Missile Defense Agency “to provide the congressional defense committees a report no later than March 15, 2005, on the risks to space …
A bad couple of days for arms control …
by | 2004-05-11 | No Comments
Today, two pieces of terrible news for the arms control community and, more generally, anyone serious about discouraging the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. First, the United States collapsed the NPT Prepcom. The third nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPT PrepCom) meeting for the 2005 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) — which Greenpeace calls …
Bush to give July address on Space
by | 2004-05-11 | No Comments
Bush plans to defend his space exploration initiative in a speech timed to coincide with the release of a report by a presidential commission to review the plan, according to administration sources quoted by United Press International. UPI also reported that the Hubble Space Telescope may get a reprieve. The Administration/’s hostility toward Hubble has …
