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The Political Commentator Meets John C. Wohlstetter
I had the great pleasure of being introduced to John C. Wohlstetter, who is a foreign policy and national security expert and the founder and editor of the blog Letter frothe Capitol. He is currently the senior fellow of technology and democracy at the Discovery Institute and a board member of the Hudson Institute. His articles have appeared in Town Hall and the Washington Times amongst others, and he recently gave a speech on nuclear proliferation and Iran, topics that I spend quite a bit of time on.
The introduction to the speech is below, along with a link to the presentation.
Introduction
On September 30, 2009 I gave a talk in Seattle, entitled "Nuclear Arms: Sleepwalking Towards Armageddon". My topic then is a first airing of the subject matter of my second book, which I aim to complete in time for publication next fall. I begin with an historical overview of 64 years 1945-2009, the Nuclear Age. I then use country studies, so to speak, to illustrate the problems of nuclear proliferation & arms control. Russia presents problems of big power linkage, in which arms control is conjoined with a host of other problems Russia poses; Iran represents the problem of an aspiring regional hegemon, with perhaps still a messianic streak that makes deterrence exceptionally problematic; North Korea is the "crazy aunt in the attic"--a rogue proliferator; Pakistan presents problems of command & control of its growing nuclear arsenal; the United States faces the problem of negotiating agreements with disagreeables.
The talk runs about 20 minutes. It is followed by a Q&A of about twice that length."
