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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Reigniting the Cold War
In a recent column, conservative columnist Patrick Buchanan wrote: Is the Senate trying to reignite the Cold War? If so, it is going about it the right way. Before departing for a five-week vacation, the Senate voted to declare Abkhazia … Continue reading
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Tagged Abkhazia, cold war, georgia, martin hellman, nuclear risk, Ossetia, Patrick Bucanan, SR 175
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Nuclear Logic and Illogic
Much effort has gone into understanding and expanding the logic of nuclear deterrence. But, what if nuclear deterrence is illogical? A gem of a book by Columbia University Prof. Robert Jervis, published back in 1984 and entitled “The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy,” raises that question. Continue reading
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Tagged martin hellman, nuclear deterrence, nuclear illogic, nuclear logic, Robert Jervis
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President Palin Declares War on Russia!
OK, I know Sarah Palin is not president of the United States. And, even if she is elected, I’m not saying she would declare war on Russia. But, under conditions that are quite possible, that’s what she said she would do, so that headline is more serious than you might first imagine. Continue reading
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Tagged georgia, martin hellman, nuclear risk, nuclear war, russia, saakashvili, sarah palin, stanford, taiwan
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North Korean Delusions
Reading the mainstream media, you’d be forgiven if you thought the only problems with North Korea’s nuclear weapons program were a direct result of that rogue nation’s “nut job” leaders. The most recent example is the coverage of a talk on nuclear proliferation given my friend and colleague, Dr. Siegfried Hecker. While he’s now a professor here at Stanford, in his former life, he was Director of Los Alamos from 1986 to 1997, so “when Sig talks, people listen.” Continue reading
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Tagged Hellman, north korea, nuclear proliferation, nuclear risk, siegfried hecker, stanford
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Libyan Delusions
Back in March, as NATO attacks on Libya moved into full swing, I wrote three related blog posts (“Libyan Blowback?”, “More on Libya,” and “Let’s Make a Deal!”) that illuminated the nuclear proliferation aspects of our attacks. But, humanitarian concerns trumped nonproliferation considerations, and we attacked anyway. Or did we fool ourselves? Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article “Revenge Feeds Instability in Libya” on page A7 which suggests that we suffered at least some self-delusion: Continue reading
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Tagged Hellman, libya, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, self-delusion, stanford
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Could War Be Going Out of Style?
In an article in current issue of Foreign Policy, American University Professor Joshua Goldstein provides data to support his title,“World peace could be closer than you think:” the last decade has seen fewer war deaths than any decade in the … Continue reading
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Tagged fatalities, joshua goldstein, martin hellman, nuclear weapons, war and peace
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Defusing the Nuclear Threat 