• Infinity Journal – New Issue Online!

    Updated: 2012-10-31 17:13:11
    Infinity Journal the “journalzine” (aaarrgh! call it a “”journal”) of strategy has a new issue online.  Free to read with registration, IJ’s latest, includes an articles by Nathan Finney and James Kiras. A sample: Air-Sea Battle as a Military Contribution to Strategy Development (Finney) As the United States continues to shift its political focus away from the [...]

  • Neutron Letter Bombs

    Updated: 2012-10-30 23:54:02
    I was reading back issues of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists as part of a student-led effort on China’s development of the neutron bomb.  I was particularly struck by an article by Harold Agnew entitled, “A Primer on Enhanced Radiation Weapons.” Agnew’s article is a model of clarity.  It is marred only by the slightest [...]

  • Remarks at CIGI signature lecture on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    Updated: 2012-10-30 19:52:17
    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 Remarks at CIGI signature lecutre on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis Kingston Reif Oct 30, 2012 0 Last Thursday and Friday I was in Waterloo , Canada to help the Centre for International Governance Innovation's CIGI Balsillie School of International Affairs mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis . I spoke on two panels : one was the CIGI signature lecture on the lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the other on the necessity and challenge of abolishing nuclear . weapons Below is the video from the signature lecture . Head over to the mothership for the text of my opening remarks . I'll post my

  • On behalf of Charles Cameron…..

    Updated: 2012-10-30 04:06:33
    Zen here…. Charles Cameron recently made his 500th post here at zenpundit.com making Charles currently the most prolific of the three of us blogging here this year Not only prolific, but the range and depth of subject matter that Charles commands in the study of religious extremism, cults, apocalyptic movements, psychology and mytho-poetic culture and [...]

  • The war and peace paradox, take 2: of wolves and music

    Updated: 2012-10-30 03:59:08
    [ by Charles Cameron -- second take on the paradox, this time featuring wolves, poetry, lions, honey, and Bach ] . . I’m always trying to see war and peace — violence and gentleness, if you like — in counterpoint rather than in opposition. The distinction is a subtle one, I know, but that’s the [...]

  • New Book: Rome’s Last Citizen

    Updated: 2012-10-29 05:21:58
    Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni  Just picked this up, a biography of the Roman Republic’s most dogged defender whose fanatical inflexibility played a large part in it’s ruin, Cato the Younger. Caesar did not fear Cato’s generalship. Nor his rhetoric. Caesar [...]

  • We must learn the lessons of the past!!!

    Updated: 2012-10-29 04:04:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Every day , more and more people are viewing both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons as dangerous relics of the Cold War , long overdue for permanent . retirement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests , 29 August 2011 Sunday , October 28, 2012 We must learn the lessons of the past Today is the 50th anniversary of what is arguably one the most significant days in the history of the human . race On October 28, 1962 the confrontation known as the Cuban Missile Crisis quietly ended . nbsp Based on an agreement between U.S . President John F . Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev , nuclear

  • The war and peace paradox

    Updated: 2012-10-27 19:16:39
    [ by Charles Cameron -- a paradox in two graphics ] . . The upper image shows the British “Firmin Sword of Peace” which was awarded this week to the 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group (15 POG) for their work in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence news report described the award thus: The prestigious Firmin [...]

  • The Battle of the Khans

    Updated: 2012-10-27 01:14:34
    There was no love lost between Munir Ahmad Khan and A.Q. Khan. Munir was chosen by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to ramp up the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission’s work on nuclear weapons. AQ offered his services to Bhutto from Europe, and was tasked with collecting useful plans for manufacturing centrifuges. When AQ arrived in Pakistan, he [...]

  • OpEd: The candidates on nuclear weapons

    Updated: 2012-10-26 23:05:30
    Jon Rainwater and Rev. Rick Schlosser co-authored an OpEd that ran this week in the San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times. The time is now to craft a sane nuclear policy By Jon Rainwater and the Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser The only nuclear weapons that got any attention during the final [...]

  • Former Atomic Officer speaks out on anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis

    Updated: 2012-10-26 22:38:00
    With Peace Action West and the Peace Education Fund’s help, Retired Major General Roger R Blunt’s anti-nuclear OpEd ran in 13 newspapers around the country last week. In it, he told of his experience of witnessing the Cuban Missile Crisis 50 years ago this week, and argued for why the US needs to lead the [...]

  • Romney Strikes Out On Nukes

    Updated: 2012-10-26 15:18:46
    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 Romney Strikes Out On Nukes Usha Sahay Oct 26, 2012 0 Haven't heard enough about nuclear weapons this election cycle Not surprising , since it was such a struggle to even get the candidates to talk about foreign policy at the foreign-policy debate . But the next president will certainly have opportunities to pursue arms reductions and non-proliferation so it's worth knowing where your candidates stand . Kingston has already profiled President Obama's disarmament record Now , in his October column for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists he evaluates Romney on the same issues . In the column Kingston looks at initial indications of

  • Reducing Cooperative Threat Reduction: The End of Nunn-Lugar?

    Updated: 2012-10-25 19:13:03
    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 Security Matters Reducing Cooperative Threat Reduction : The End of Nunn-Lugar Eve Hunter Oct 25, 2012 0 Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar in 1991 after giving a briefing on their proposal . On October 10, Russia announced that it will not be renewing the Nunn-Lugar Act in June 2013. Russian withdrawal from the 1991 Nunn-Lugar agreement does not necessarily signify an end to the agreement , nor to US-Russian cooperation it does , however , complicate diplomatic . processes Nunn-Lugar , otherwise known as the Cooperative Threat Reduction(CTR program , is an innovative , bi-partisan solution to the problem of loose nukes that was widespread

  • The New Wild West: Cyber-Attacks Pose a Threat to the U.S.

    Updated: 2012-10-24 19:43:05
    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 The New Wild West : Cyber-Attacks Pose a Threat to the . U.S Rachel Murawski Oct 24, 2012 0 Initially , one might not assume cyber attacks could be equated to weapons of mass destruction , but a massive computer generated attack has the potential for enormous destruction . Though the attack may lack massive casualties or visible damage resulting from a missile or bomb , there can be extensive damage concerning stolen intelligence or intellectual property , loss of millions of dollars , or a major blow to the economy . The internet exists as an autonomous international tool where no entity has the ability to exert significant control over . it

  • Little Room for “Debate” As Romney and Obama Agree on Pragmatism

    Updated: 2012-10-24 16:04:15
    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 Little Room for “Debate” As Romney and Obama Agree on Pragmatism Usha Sahay Oct 24, 2012 0 Photo credit : Emmanual Dunand AFP Getty Images Call it the foreign-policy debate that wasn†t . In the third and final presidential debate , moderator Bob Schieffer†s questions focused on international affairs , but the candidates steered a large portion of the discussion toward domestic issues , such as jobs , education , and taxes . At a number of points , it felt like we weren†t hearing anything about foreign policy at all . And when we did , it wasn†t much of a debate : Romney agreed implicitly or explicitly with Obama on a number of

  • Debate Prep: What To Read Before Tuning In

    Updated: 2012-10-22 18:50:27
    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 Debate Prep : What To Read Before Tuning In Usha Sahay Oct 22, 2012 0 The final presidential debate , which will cover foreign policy , is tonight at 9 pm EST . That leaves plenty of time to read up on the candidates' records as well as the broader state of affairs in national security today . Courtesy of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation , here's some reading material to take a look at before turning on your TV : tonight Romney Strikes Out On Nukes Kingston's October column in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists which sizes up Mitt Romney's stances on New START , Iran , Russia , and missile defense . The outlook is bleak here's

  • Nuclear Competition, Asian Style

    Updated: 2012-10-22 16:12:16
    There has been no shortage of remembrances and lessons learned from the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. It’s easy to forget – unless your country codes are 86 and 91 – that this is also the 50th anniversary of the war between China and India. The United States and the Soviet Union managed [...]

  • Banning Nuclear-Armed ABMs

    Updated: 2012-10-18 01:38:59
    I have my semi-weekly column up at Foreign Policy arguing that the impending demise of Nunn-Lugar is of a piece with the loss of monitoring at Votkinsk and obligatory telemetry exchanges with the expiration of the START treaty.  The Russians want us out as they modernize. I worry that the bilateral arms control process is [...]

  • Charges against Vandenberg 15 dropped!!!

    Updated: 2012-10-18 00:52:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Every day , more and more people are viewing both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons as dangerous relics of the Cold War , long overdue for permanent . retirement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests , 29 August 2011 Wednesday , October 17, 2012 Charges against Vandenberg 15 dropped Contact : John Amidon jajaja1234 aol.com 518-312-6442 Louie Vitale lvitale33 yahoo.com 415-823-6665 Leah Bolger LeahBolger comcast.net 541-207-7761 David Swanson , david davidswanson.com 202-329-7847 Charges Dismissed Against Nuclear Missile Launch Protesters Charges were dismissed on Wednesday in federal court

  • Court may drop charges against Vandenberg 15

    Updated: 2012-10-17 07:41:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Every day , more and more people are viewing both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons as dangerous relics of the Cold War , long overdue for permanent . retirement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests , 29 August 2011 Tuesday , October 16, 2012 Court may drop charges against Vandenberg 15 I have just learned that the government has requested the Court to dismiss all charges against the Vandenberg 15 related to their February 25th protest at Vandenberg Air Force . Base Tomorrow morning , Monday , October 17th , the Vandenberg 15 were scheduled to stand trial in Federal court at 1415 State

  • SLCM Data Exchanges Revisited

    Updated: 2012-10-16 23:41:11
    Regular readers know that one of my hobby horses is that the US and Russia should revive the sea-launched cruise missile data exchanges that expired with START as a confidence-building measure because the next agreement will probably have to say something about SLCMs. A short version of my proposal appears in a new Carnegie monograph, Beyond [...]

  • PSA: CTBT Advanced Science Course

    Updated: 2012-10-15 18:39:44
    One of the things I am terrible about is promising to post worthwhile public service announcements, then forgetting!  Anyway, I don’t want to forget this one.  Any chance to listen to Linton Brooks by day, and then hash it out afterward over beers with the big Swede, Andreas Persbo,  is not to be missed.  If [...]

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