Russ Wellen holds down the “Nukes and Other WMD’s” desk at the Faster Times, and writes “The Deproliferator” for Scholars & Rogues and other blogs. He is an advisor to the Madrona Institute and co-moderates Terralist.
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Bin Laden Put Out to Pasture
Osama bin Laden may not just have been in hiding, but in forced exile.
Bin Laden Grows a Conscience
If you can call it that.
Missile Defense: Ever the Fly in the Ointment of U.S.-Russia Relations
Missile defense is a bottomless fund of misinformation between the United States and Russia.
The Arms Race Was Fed by More Than Just the Need for More and Better Nuclear Weapons
Strange as it sounds, the decision to target weapons over cities only added to nuclear risk.
Iran Errata: Encouraging Words Turn Out to Be Repackaged
Meanwhile, enriched uranium is Iran’s coin of the international realm.
When Nuclear Weapons Programs Fail to Ripen
The West needs to give states with weak institutions space while they sabotage their own nuclear-weapons scientists by micro-managing and strong-arming them.
Will Suu Kyi’s Assimilation Into Burma’s Electoral Process Leave Its Ethnic Minorities Behind?
She may be biding her time, but Aung San Suu Kyi has yet to forcefully advocate for them.
Empathy, Thy Name Is Anders Behring Breivik
Never let it be said that Anders Behring Breivik doesn’t feel our pain.
Are Nuclear Weapons Really a “Big Sin” to Iran’s Supreme Leader?
Does Ayatollah Khameini or doesn’t he condone nuclear weapons?
Iran Errata: Israel “Tunes up” Iran for U.S.
Fordow, Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facility, figures to be a sticking point in negotiations.
Grand Poobah of R2P Goes All Travis Bickle on FPIF’s Zunes
Gareth Evans felt a Responsibility to Protect his checkered record.
Our Iran Policy on the Couch
The U.S. foreign-policy establishment needs counseling.
Dam and Ethnic Disputes Threaten to Undermine Credibility of Burma’s President
President Thein Sein has a long way to go to win the trust of the West, as well as his own people.
A Bromance Made in Hell: When Mitt Met Bibi
Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu worked for the same firm before becoming politicians.
Mountains Made of Muslims
During the crusades, the fields were “bedewed” with Muslim blood.
Jamming the NSA
The NSA and illegal surveillance have become dystopian in their dimensions.
Many Share Blame With Sgt. Bales for Killing of 17 Afghans
The chief Afghan investigator agrees that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was the sole killer of 17 Afghan civilians.
Justifications for Slaughtering Muslims Were in Ample Supply for Crusaders
Thanks to rules and historical accounts in the Old Testament, early Christians found the justification and precedents they needed to kill Muslims en masse.
To Know Your “Enemy,” Know Yourself: Towards a More Profound Objectivity
Much more effort is expended on figuring out what makes Islamic extremists tick than on what motivates the will to dominate of the United States.
Republicans Never Let a Chance to Call Obama an Appeaser Pass Them By
Conservatives jumped all over President Obama’s open-mic remarks to Russian President Medvedev at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.