• Fukushima Crisis Update for July 27 - 29 July, 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-29 23:05:00
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  • Never Again

    Updated: 2011-07-29 00:37:39
    August 6th is the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It is only by remembering the past that we can ensure our mistakes are never repeated. Join me on Saturday, August 6th to remember the victims of nuclear weapons, and call attention to the danger nuclear material poses to our planet. Our [...]

  • Wikistrat: Grand Strategy Competition Summary

    Updated: 2011-07-28 05:02:15
    From Thomas P.M. Barnett: Wikistrat Grand Strategy Competition - Summary and Conclusions ….We also think the competition proved itself as a useful method for attracting and identifying talent within our burgeoning online community of strategists.  There are literally thousands upon thousands of professional, apprentice (like our grad students) and avocational strategists out there on the Web generating useful [...]

  • 2083 — Breivik and the Qur’an, deception and warfare

    Updated: 2011-07-27 21:05:03
    [ by Charles Cameron — deception and warfare, analysis of 2083 manifesto ] . The parallelism of interest here is between two versions of “sometimes you must do what you dislike”. . In case anyone might object that Breivik is “only” talking about lying while the Qur’an is speaks of warfare, however, a reminder might be in order that [...]

  • 2012 Nuclear Security Summit Update

    Updated: 2011-07-27 16:46:23
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati 2012 Nuclear Security Summit Update Duyeon Jul 27, 2011 0 2010 Nuclear Security Summit , Washington Seoul and Washington are revising the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit draft Communiqué this week after participating states made their preliminary marks on it during the June Sous Sherpas deputies meeting in Seoul . Korea is the chair of the upcoming Summit and the U.S . was the 2010 Summit chair . It is the second meeting of its kind following U.S . Sherpa Gary Samore†s White House WMD policy coordinator trip to Seoul in early May . Click ‘Read More.†The general scope and details of the agenda are already laid out in the draft Communiqué

  • Fukushima nuclear crisis update for July 21- 26, 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-27 13:57:00
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  • 2083 — the 36 Stratagems

    Updated: 2011-07-27 07:50:01
    [ by Charles Cameron — analysis of “deceptive means” in 2083 manifesto / borrowings from Chinese 36 Stratagems ] . I don’t know if anyone has commented on this yet, and a quick search proved inconclusive — but section 3.40 of Anders Breivik’s 2083 manifesto, “Applying deceptive means in urban guerrilla warfare” (pp. 925-930) contains a number [...]

  • 2083 Graphics — the badge of the Justiciar Knight

    Updated: 2011-07-27 05:48:33
    [ by Charles Cameron — graphic from 2038 manifesto ] . Earlier today, I posted a detail from a portrait of Anders Breivik and commented on the cross in skull motif. Breivik’s manifesto has a section on medals, regalia and uniforms, and there’s a subsection there titled The badge of the Justiciar Knight, which presents the following image [...]

  • I Still Call It The JAEC

    Updated: 2011-07-27 02:59:25
    A couple of months ago, Mark Hibbs wrote a nice little post here about China’s interest in commercial-scale reprocessing for its spent nuclear fuel. If you recall, a few reporters got unnecessarily excited about China’s announcement of initial operations at its pilot reprocessing facility in the Gobi Desert.  Mark reminded everyone that the facility was [...]

  • 2083 Graphics — a couple of details

    Updated: 2011-07-26 18:41:15
    [ by Charles Cameron - graphic from 2038 manifesto compared with UBL martyr graphic & US “hunting permit” ] . I should say first off that I am grateful to Chris Anzalone aka Ibn Siqilli for his “In Pictures” series of posts of Islamist and related graphics, and especially his “martyrs” series, all which inspired my own [...]

  • Misinformed on Missile Defense

    Updated: 2011-07-26 01:53:14
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Misinformed on Missile Defense Kingston Jul 26, 2011 0 Senator Richard Shelby R-AL Senator Richard Shelby†s R-AL defense aide(s appear to have some explaining to . do At a June 15 Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Fiscal Year FY 2012 defense budget , Sen . Shelby alleged that an ongoing Defense Science Board report concludes that the Missile Defense Agency†s MDA “plans to achieve an early intercept capability as part of the phase-adaptive approach are simply not credible.” The Defense Science Board is now completing a review on Science and Technology Issues of Early Intercept EI Ballistic Missile

  • North Korea Is Coming to Town, But...

    Updated: 2011-07-25 23:07:20
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati North Korea Is Coming to Town , But . Duyeon Jul 25, 2011 0 North Korean Vice FM Kim Kye-gwan Step II is expected to begin this week in a three-step approach in resuming the Six Party Talks that broke down in December 2008. Upon U.S . invitation , North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-Gwan is expected to land in New York later this week for preliminary talks with a US inter-agency team . Kim , Pyongyang†s former chief nuclear negotiator to the Six Party Talks , orchestrates the North†s nuclear . negotiations The meeting would come on the heels of Step I held last week between the two Koreas on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum

  • Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq

    Updated: 2011-07-22 19:23:10
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Withdrawal of U.S . Troops from Iraq John Isaacs Jul 22, 2011 0 By Lt . General Robert Gard USA , Ret . Maintaining U.S . troops in a hostile environment when an overwhelming majority of the population is adamantly opposed to their presence is not only foolhardy but also counter-productive , especially when there is an agreement with the host nation government to withdraw them by a date certain . On 17 November 2008, the governments of the United States and Iraq signed two landmark documents : a “Strategic Framework for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation ….” and an “Agreement … on the Withdrawal of United States Forces from

  • Two Koreas Begin Step 1 of 3

    Updated: 2011-07-22 17:44:54
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Two Koreas Begin Step 1 of 3 Duyeon Jul 22, 2011 0 2011.7.22 Inter-Korean Denuclearization Talks , Bali Chief nuclear negotiators from the two Koreas held a two-hour discussion in Bali for the first time in over 2.5 years since the Six Party Talks broke down in 2008. Meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum ARF Seoul†s Wi Sung-lac and Pyongang†s Ri Yong-ho agreed to work towards resuming the Six Party Talks “as soon as possible.” They reportedly discussed a range of issues aimed at building trust and clearing up misunderstandings as part of the three-step approach inter-Korean talks U.S . North Korea talks Six Party Talks in

  • Nuclear Smuggling in Moldova, Not Enough Urgency in U.S.

    Updated: 2011-07-22 16:32:26
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nuclear Smuggling in Moldova , Not Enough Urgency in . U.S Trish Jul 22, 2011 0 A 2009 photo of Russian army check point at the road between Moldova and Transnistra . Photo Credit:Samuel Aranda Corbis On June 29, six men were arrested in Moldova for attempting to sell uranium to an undercover security agent , who was posing as a North African buyer . On July 15, the House of Representatives passed the FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill H.R . 2354 Though they occurred on different continents , the two events are closely . connected The House bill cut funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration†s Second Line of Defense

  • War Powers Resolution consistently ignored

    Updated: 2011-07-21 22:12:40
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati War Powers Resolution consistently ignored John Isaacs Jul 21, 2011 0 THE HILL BLOG http : thehill.com blogs congress-blog foreign-policy 172803-war-powers-resolution-consistently-ignored In 1973, in my first job in Washington , D.C . I helped to pass the War Powers Resolution . At the time , it seemed like a good . idea The country was reeling from the Vietnam War that had proved so divisive and caused so many casualties . Many blamed Presidents John F . Kennedy for surreptitiously getting the country into a war , Lyndon Johnson for using falsehoods to win approval of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Richard Nixon for his secret plan to end

  • AFTAC

    Updated: 2011-07-19 16:44:32
    The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) is the intelligence entity that looks for nuclear explosions, although if you are a regular reader you probably know that already.  You probably also know that, even by the standards of the US intelligence community, AFTAC keeps a pretty low profile. So, imagine my surprise to see the [...]

  • Dealing with the Nuclear Genie

    Updated: 2011-07-18 23:15:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable The manufacture , possession , deployment , storage , use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is totally illegal , as the nuclear weapon violates every known principle of humanitarian law , which is a body of law based upon the values cherished by the civilised nations over the centuries to minimise human suffering . It is the duty of all concerned citizens to indicate their opposition to nuclear weapons as they concern the health and safety of all citizens of the planet for generations to . come Judge C.G . Weeramantry , Former Vice President , International Court of Justice , The Hague Monday , July 18, 2011 Dealing with the Nuclear Genie ,

  • Mark Hibbs on Germany’s Confusion Over Whether the China-Pakistan N-Deal Should Be Grandfathered In

    Updated: 2011-07-18 23:05:54
    In an earlier post on the China-Pakistan nuclear deal, I pointed out China’s argument that it’s reactor sale to Pakistan should be grandfathered in since it had pre-existing contracts with Pakistan before joining the NSG. Mark Hibbs, indirectly but very clearly, pulls down this defense–and, in doing so, shows how even countries can get confused [...]

  • Advanced Issues in Arms Control

    Updated: 2011-07-18 21:31:39
    On occasion, I offer a public service announcement. My friend, Bruce MacDonald, is teaching a week-long class along with Mike Lekson at USIP.  I sent one of my research assistants to a previous iteration of the class and he had nothing but good things to say about Bruce as an instructor and the experience in [...]

  • Condi Rice & FRG on Sino-Pak deal

    Updated: 2011-07-18 00:21:06
    The German federal government has published in its journal of record its answer to questions submitted a month ago by lawmakers concerning the then-upcoming 2011 plenary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Particularly interesting is what Germany had to say about China’s plans to export two power reactors to Pakistan as Chashma-3 and -4. [...]

  • The High Price of US Nukes

    Updated: 2011-07-17 03:45:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable The manufacture , possession , deployment , storage , use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is totally illegal , as the nuclear weapon violates every known principle of humanitarian law , which is a body of law based upon the values cherished by the civilised nations over the centuries to minimise human suffering . It is the duty of all concerned citizens to indicate their opposition to nuclear weapons as they concern the health and safety of all citizens of the planet for generations to . come Judge C.G . Weeramantry , Former Vice President , International Court of Justice , The Hague Saturday , July 16, 2011 The High Price of US Nukes By

  • Parting words: Gates and tactical nuclear weapons in Europe

    Updated: 2011-07-14 17:10:00
    Before leaving office, Defense Secretary Gates criticized European NATO members for not appropriately sharing costs related to alliance defense obligations. His remarks raise an important question: Is it time to reconsider the deployment of nearly 200 US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe?

  • Fortenberry-Sanchez amendment a win for nuclear security

    Updated: 2011-07-14 14:13:00
    On July 13, the House approved an amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2354) offered by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) to increase the appropriation for the Global Threat Reduction Initiative by $35 million. The result is an important bipartisan victory for the international effort to secure and eliminate vulnerable nuclear material at an accelerated rate and keep our nation safe from the threat of nuclear terrorism, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.

  • A Nuclear Generation Palindrome

    Updated: 2011-07-13 16:52:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable The manufacture , possession , deployment , storage , use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is totally illegal , as the nuclear weapon violates every known principle of humanitarian law , which is a body of law based upon the values cherished by the civilised nations over the centuries to minimise human suffering . It is the duty of all concerned citizens to indicate their opposition to nuclear weapons as they concern the health and safety of all citizens of the planet for generations to . come Judge C.G . Weeramantry , Former Vice President , International Court of Justice , The Hague Wednesday , July 13, 2011 A Nuclear Generation Palindrome ,

  • A Review of the Senate Armed Services Committee Version of the Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Bill

    Updated: 2011-07-11 10:59:00
    On June 16 the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1253). Kingston Reif and Laicie Olson review the key provisions in the bill in this new analysis.

  • Joyner on the NSG

    Updated: 2011-07-11 01:54:34
    Well, I am still sitting on a post on the new NSG guidelines — I remain genuinely conflicted about whether the Administration got enough or should have walked away. Our debates, public and private, have been entirely about whether the US got enough in terms of restricting supply. Dan Joyner argues that, perhaps, we got [...]

  • Students and Penny-Pinchers of the (Nuclear Wonk) World Unite: Michael Krepon’s Excellent Summer Reading List

    Updated: 2011-07-07 11:34:41
    Naturally, I’m plugging the recommendations of my pat professor (and eminent nuclear scholar), Michael Krepon–aka the ArmsControlWonk.org’s  éminence grise. And Krepon’s list primarily consists of free and easily accessible PDF attachments.  Students and penny-pinchers of the (nuclear wonk) world unite! Added plus:  ArmsControlWonk.org is perhaps one of the best designed blogs around.

  • UN Security Council to Discuss Syria’s Nuclear Activities

    Updated: 2011-07-04 23:54:39
    Slate provides an excellent update on the UN Security Council’s upcoming meeting on Syria. The IAEA referred Syria to the UN Security Council after being frustrated in its attempts to learn more about Syria’s Dair Alzour nuclear reactor, which was destroyed by Israel in 2007. From Slate: Sanctions are unlikely: Iran continues to expand its nuclear [...]

  • P-5 Met in Paris on Nonproliferation; Not Much to Report

    Updated: 2011-07-04 23:44:08
    The permanent members of the UN Security Council (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China) met to discuss non-proliferation matters last week.  The meeting was held as “the first follow-up meeting of the 2010 NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty] Review Conference with the 5 nuclear powers recognized by the NPT.” Shockingly, the conference reaffirmed the importance of [...]

  • Interesting Post on Politics of the Future

    Updated: 2011-07-04 23:16:11
    From Mcleans.ca’s Paul Well, blogging on the NDP-charged parliamentary Canada Post filibuster, on the difficulty of smart economic policy and electoral politics: This simple notion—the world changes, it’s not like it used to be—does not come naturally to either of the main parties in the new Parliament. Layton’s NDP and Harper’s Conservatives are preoccupied with arguing about [...]

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