Reaching an accord with North Korea on nuclear-weapons development was a difficult proposition even before the recent revelations.
Robert Farley
Robert Farley is an assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky. He contributes to the blogs Lawyers, Guns, and Money and TAPPED.
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The Stark Reality of Defense Contracting
A summer blockbuster tackles disputes endemic to the military-industrial complex.
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Why Did the Nuclear Posture Review Bomb?
Until our national security bureaucracy recognizes that the world has changed, our grand strategic thinking will continue to disappoint.
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An End to the “Long War”
The current Quadrennial Defense Review underscores the stark contrast between Obama’s and Bush’s visions for U.S. military engagement.
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CUBAN SPIES WORKING IN STATE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED.
The New York Times has an article this morning on Gwendolyn and Kendall Myers, who allegedly stole information and sent it to Cuba over the course of 20 years. Kendall Myers worked for the State Department (with a high level security clearance), and Gwendolyn Myers helped transfer stolen data to Cuban agents. The strongest argument […]
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NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST FAKED?
There is chatter in the nuclear scientist community that North Korea’s nuclear test may have been faked. Thus far, no radioactive evidence of an atomic explosion has been detected, putting the test at odds with North Korea’s previous one, and with just about every other underground nuclear test ever conducted. The explosion is estimated at […]
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RUSSIAN DEMOBILIZATION BLUES.
Last year, Russia’s armed forces were undergoing a mild revitalization after years of Kremlin neglect. The flood of petrodollars gave Moscow the opportunity to undertake some modernization of forces that had remained static or declined since the end of the Cold War. The number of personnel in uniform mildly increased to about 1.1 million, from […]
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MORE ON OBAMA’S RHETORICAL POSITIONING.
To follow up on Tim‘s previous points, Dan Nexon at Duck of Minerva has a good post on the demands that President Obama rhetorically intervene in the Iranian election. Responding to Allahpundit’s directive that Obama join German Chancellor Angela Merkel in harshly criticizing the Iranian government: Well, this isn’t rocket science but… last time I […]
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NORTH KOREA DEMANDS THAT THE WORLD STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO IRAN.
On Saturday, North Korea declared an intention to continue to develop nuclear weapons and announced the existence of a parallel program to enrich uranium for use in weapons. The suspected existence of the uranium program helped derail the Agreed Framework that held between 1994 and 2002 (U.S. intransigence also helped), which eventually led to the […]
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SUBMARINES, COCAINE, AND AQUATIC TERRORISM?
I’m not sure what submarines have to do with human nature, but, in any case, William Saletan has devoted a column to discussion of the threat posed to the U.S. by submarine-operating terrorists. Saletan points out that drug cartels have used submersibles to good effect — though the amount’s debatable, he says they transport up […]