On the radar: The almost food aid deal; Rebalancing engagement with Iran; “What Nuclear Weapons Cost Us”; Iran offers IAEA inspectors a visit; Construction halt at CMRR; Recapping North Korea’s nuclear program; Meir Dagan on the unintended consequences of strike talk; Tactical reductions; A view from Japan; and the Life and times of Kim Jong-il.
On the radar: Death of a dictator; Stability a concern; Speculation on the power transition; Early Warning review; McFaul confirmed; Complication of an Iran embargo; Contemplating strikes; 2012 Nuclear spending bill; Minot inspected; and Farewell to the last B-52 designer.
On the radar: Putting interests before politics with Russia; McFaul nomination update; How Iran hacked the drone; Drones and surveillance; GOP debaters factchecked on Iran; North Korea aid talks resume; Perkovich on NATO; and an ICBM silo (3 bed, 2 bath).
On the radar: House approves Iran sanctions, now on to the Senate; Tracing U.S.-Pakistan tensions; Towards NATO-Russia cooperation; NTI’s website gets a makeover; Spotlight on small nuclear forces; Bender on global zero; and Evaluating the EMP threat.
On the radar: Targeting a smarter, less expensive nuclear force; Nuclear details on NDAA; Strategic and fiscal logic; Notice on missile defense tech; CBI update; Dennis Ross on containment, prevention; Kuwaitis on containment; and Saudi Arabia buys a hedge.
On the Radar: Unfinished business from PNI; Nuclear programs fair well in NDAA; CBI sanctions move forward with waiver; Ploughshares’ impact; Dangerous lack of communication with Iran; CJCS on missile defense cooperation; An informed nuclear discussion; Flournoy leaving; and the IAEA after Fukushima.
On the radar: Rational defense spending and the nuclear budget; The unknown costs of missile defense; Takeyh on Iran’s nuclear calculus; Dempsey on the military option; Prevention, containment, and isolation; New START and the defense bill; and Newt’s EMP fears.
On the radar: Central Bank sanctions in conference; Pros and cons of the military option; Greater nuclear transparency; Esfahan and the explosion; Downed drone update; Odds of military action; Latest on the China report; and Ending the counterforce mission.