Yonatan Zunger

Foiling the Nazis’ Nuclear Plans

The Secret War in Scandinavia

On the night of February 28th, 1943, an explosion threw the Nazis’ plans to build a nuclear bomb into disarray. The explosion took place in a small factory named Vemork, perched at the top of a…

Wait, people think I argued what?

I do think that the opacity and confusion was at least partially intentional; nobody who’s been in business for a week would “forget” to involve the implementing groups in a plan and brief them until the last moment. And I do think that the technique of asking for a lot, then backing off…

When Villains Aren’t Super

Further Reflections on “Trial Balloon for a Coup?”

I have some bad news: Television has lied to us about super-villains.

Trial Balloon for a Coup?

Analyzing the news of the past 24 hours

The theme of this morning’s news updates from Washington is additional clarity emerging, rather than meaningful changes in the field. But this clarity is enough to give us a sense of what we…