Berto Jongman: Missing Nukes Fuel Terror Concern

Bloomberg News Missing Nukes Fuel Terror Concern as Obama Drawn to Seoul The second global conference ever on nuclear material that has escaped state control is drawing President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Nuclear violators Iran and North Korea won’t be there. The legacy of the Soviet Union’s breakup, inadequate atomic stockpile controls …

Chuck Spinney: Is Israel on Cusp of Grand Strategic Set-Back as Universities Mobilize (Precedent South Africa)?

Grand strategy (described here) can be generalized as a game of interaction and isolation. Viewed from this perspective, Israel’s grand strategy has been to maintain or increase its freedom of action in implementing the expansive Zionist apartheid/colonialist agenda, to include gaining control of the region’s scarce water resources (see here), by — (a) preying on the collective …

NIGHTWATCH: Syria Update

Syria-Saudi Arabia: During Friday’s meeting in Tunisia, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said he supported giving weapons and ammunition to groups fighting the Syrian regime. “I think it’s an excellent idea,” Prince Saud told reporters in Tunisia. Asked why, he replied: “Because they have to defend themselves.” Comment: Prince Saud’s remarks make clear that Saudi …

Marcus Aurelius: State Wild About Syrian WMD

State Department quietly warning region on Syrian WMDs Foreign Policy, February 24, 2012 The State Department has begun coordinating with Syria’s neighbors to prepare for the handling of President Bashar al-Assad’s extensive WMD assets if and when his regime collapses, The Cable has learned. This week, the State Department sent a diplomatic demarche to Syria’s …

Berto Jongman: Ha’aretz on Who Will Decide on War with Iran?

The Iran War: Who will decide? By Amir Oren Ha’aretz, 5 February 2012 The War of Independence, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Iran War. That’s the sequence Defense Minister Ehud Barak laid out at the Herzliya Conference on Thursday in a speech on Israel’s fateful decision. All for the better, it has …