Iran Nuclear Propulsion: IAEA Firewalls
by | January 4, 2017 | No Comments
Last month Iran raised the specter that it may expand the scope of its nuclear activities, especially if its interpretations concerning what constitutes non-compliance with the JCPOA do not prevail. This was not the first time Iran has dropped this hint. In 2013 the head of Iran’s nuclear program, Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, announced that Iran might …
OSINT Brief for PEOTUS
by | January 3, 2017 | 16 Comments
Welcome to 2017! I’m still on vacation (can’t you tell?), but Trump sure isn’t. He shot off two tweets last night. North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2017 …
Thomas Schelling: Compellence in Asia
by | January 3, 2017 | 2 Comments
For the first part of this two-part essay, see: Thomas Schelling: Deterrence in Europe. * * * So much for Europe. Let’s consider the role of events in Asia in shaping Schelling’s ideas. “The brink” is the central metaphor in Schelling’s explanation of “the threat that leaves something to chance.” The Strategy of Conflict may …
Thomas Schelling: Deterrence in Europe
by | January 2, 2017 | 22 Comments
(Now with updates and minor corrections, for extra goodness.) When I came to the University of Maryland College Park for grad school in the fall of 1998, I didn’t have to buy either The Strategy of Conflict or Arms and Influence, having inherited the battered copies my parents shared in college. That was a tiny …
Year End Blues
by Michael Krepon | December 28, 2016
Tracking Preparations at the Korla Missile Test Base
by Catherine Dill | December 27, 2016
Holiday Greetings: Rave On, Dear Friends
by Michael Krepon | December 24, 2016
Iskanders in Kaliningrad
by Jeffrey Lewis | December 11, 2016
Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
by Michael Krepon | December 8, 2016
Trump and the Bomb (cont.)
by Michael Krepon | December 1, 2016
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In the mid-60s, The Green Hornet was a popular TV show. Popular enough for the Taiwanese to apparently name an early ballistic missile after it, the Green Bee (青蜂). Also, did you know Taiwan had its own ballistic missile program? Its anti-ship and cruise missiles tend to make the news, but Taiwan has a storied and strange history with ballistic missile proliferation that involves the infiltration of American universities, the laundering of missiles, and Israel.
Jeffrey and Scott sit down to discuss Tiawan's history with ballistic missiles with data fresh from Jeffrey's primary source research.
THE GREEN BEE - December 26, 2016
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