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The Future of Nuclear (Counter-)Proliferation (Maybe)

By | 01.08.09 | 10:40 am

Outgoing Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman says that counter-proliferation is “becoming a bipartisan consensus,” with a special urgency on countries like Iran, and that vigorous negotiations are necessary to stop emerging nuclear capabilities. He reiterates that Iran is on the rise in the Middle East — how’d that More…

Bill Perry On Eliminating Nuclear Weapons In An Obama Administration

By | 01.08.09 | 9:43 am

Former Secretary of Defense Bill Perry, a Democratic national-security eminence certain to have the new administration’s ear, kicks off a panel on counter-nuclear proliferation that includes possible incoming State Dept. official Wendy Sherman.

Perry’s part of an effort, once considered taboo, where former State and Pentagon chiefs “pal More…

Live From A Huge Foreign-Policy Confab

By | 01.08.09 | 8:52 am

I’m in one of the two massive ballrooms of the Washington Convention Center, where in a few minutes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is going to present a tour of the foreign-policy horizon. That’ll kick off a day-long event sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace called More…