Recalling two mentors
by | July 2, 2025 | No Comments
1. Jonathan D. Pollack My father, Jonathan Pollack, died at the end of May after what’s politely called a long convalescence. He had worked over several decades as a scholar of Chinese foreign and defense policy. After completing his PhD at the University of Michigan, he took a postdoc at Harvard’s Center for Science and …
Guest Post: Sorry, Mr. Secretary, producing uranium metal isn’t particularly difficult
by | July 2, 2025 | No Comments
This guest post is by Dr. James M. Acton Central to the Trump administration’s case for the effectiveness of its air strikes on Iran is the destruction of a “conversion” facility at Isfahan with equipment for producing uranium metal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed that U.S. strikes set Iran back by “years,” largely …
Exhaustion and Inflection: Estimating Interceptor Expenditures in the Israel-Iran Conflict [UPDATED]
by | June 24, 2025 | No Comments
Following Israel’s twelve-day bombing campaign against Iran’s leaders, nuclear facilities and missile program, two key questions have been how deep is Israel’s missile defense interceptor magazine, and how long Israel can sustain relatively high intercept rates against the retaliatory Iranian strikes. While the ceasefire which started on June 23 may dampen the immediate significance of …
Israel Strikes Iran
by | June 13, 2025 | No Comments
A New Enrichment Plant At Yongbyon?
by Sam Lair | June 10, 2025
The Pahalgam Panic
by ACW Podcast | May 31, 2025
Iran's (Not So) Integrated Air Defenses at Natanz
by Sam Lair | May 19, 2025
Don't Say JCPOA
by ACW Podcast | April 25, 2025
Brilliant Swarms
by ACW Podcast | April 12, 2025
Orbital Collisions
by ACW Podcast | April 6, 2025
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