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Rafael Loss

Rafael Loss is a recent graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he focused on international security, foreign and defense policy, and international relations theory.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
26 June 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 6/26/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Voices of Tomorrow
26 June 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Europe/Russia

The folly of a German Bomb

Rafael Loss

Facing a resurgent Russia and an ambivalent America, some German analysts are calling for homegrown nuclear weapons. That would be a mistake.

Analysis
23 June 2017
Climate Change

The trouble with geoengineers “hacking the planet”

Raymond T. Pierrehumbert

Despite all the hype, geoengineering would not be simple or easy, or a one-time solution, or buy us any time. Instead, geoengineering would be a difficult undertaking that humanity would have to commit to essentially forever—and still not fix the underlying problem. Assuming it even works.

What We're Reading
22 June 2017
Technology and Security
Americas

Congressman: Split Space Corps from Air Force. Air Force: Don’t.

Lucien Crowder

An Alabama congressman thinks it wise to create a fifth armed service focused on space. One of the four existing services thinks that’s an awful idea. Somehow, both sides seem wrong.

Sebastian Brixey-Williams

Sebastian Brixey-Williams is project leader at the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), a leading disarmament and arms control think-tank in London. He also sits on the executive committee of British Pugwash.

Analysis
21 June 2017
Technology and Security
AmericasAsia

Sea of sarin: North Korea’s chemical deterrent

Reid Kirby

If the United States attempted a preemptive strike against North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, Pyongyang might turn Seoul into a “sea of sarin.” Are chemical weapons North Korea’s greatest deterrent?

Voices of Tomorrow
21 June 2017
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial Topics

The ban treaty: A big nuclear-weapon-free zone?

Sebastian Brixey-Williams

Reid Kirby

Reid Kirby is a recognized military historian and consultant to government, scholars, publishers, and television documentarians. His focus is on the history of chemical and biological weapons technology development and doctrine.

Video
20 June 2017

Scientists who support a nuclear weapons ban

Bulletin Staff

More than 3,700 scientists have signed an open letter supporting efforts to ban nuclear weapons. Here, some of them explain why.

What We're Reading
19 June 2017
Climate Change
Europe/Russia

EU deepening ties with climate pact members after US withdraws

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
19 June 2017
Technology and Security
Americas

Mexican government targets its citizens with spyware

Elisabeth Eaves

Cyber-tools meant to target criminals is used on journalists and human rights lawyers.

AnalysisBook Review
19 June 2017
Special Topics
Americas

Trumping The Manchurian Candidate

Beverly Gray

Political pundits have been making many references lately to The Manchurian Candidate, but few seem to know the origins of the phrase.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
19 June 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 6/19/2017

Jodi Lieberman
What We're Reading
16 June 2017
Technology and Security
Asia

Pyongyang: WannaCry’s probable but pitiful perpetrator

Lucien Crowder

North Koreans probably carried out May’s worldwide ransomware attack. Thank goodness it wasn’t someone more competent.

Ban brief
Thursday, June 15, 2017

The nuclear weapons ban and the NPT

Ray Acheson
Ban negotiations haven't undermined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but nuclear-armed nations balk at them nonetheless.
Ban brief
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Women and the ban the bomb movement

Ray Acheson
Women will be at the forefront of the effort to ban the bomb—as they have been since the dawn of the nuclear age.
Opinion
15 June 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Can women save the world?

Elisabeth Eaves

Superheroes and nuclear protest.

What We're Reading
15 June 2017
Special Topics
Americas

The coming science caucus?

John Mecklin
Analysis
15 June 2017
Nuclear Weapons
AfricaAsia

Prevent nuclear catastrophe: Finally end the Korean War

Masako Ikegami

At this moment of unprecedented tension in the US-North Korea confrontation, it is time for "previously unthinkable options." Perhaps most unthinkable of all--and most promising--is to finally bring the Korean War to a formal close.

Masako Ikegami

Masako Ikegami is a professor in the Department of Innovation Science at the School of Technology and Environment at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Previously, she was director of (and a professor at) the Center for Pacific Asia Studies at Stockholm University.

Video
14 June 2017

Lawrence Krauss: "The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far"

Bulletin Staff

Lawrence Krauss, chair of the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors, discusses his newest book and sheds light on our fundamental understanding of space, time, and Origins.

What We're Reading
14 June 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Europe/Russia

On a tiny Norwegian island, America keeps an eye on Russia

Dan Drollette Jr
Video
12 June 2017

UN nuclear weapons ban negotiations resume on June 15th

Janice SinclaireTim Wright

Negotiations for a nuclear weapons ban treaty resume at the United Nations headquarters on June 15, 2017. Listen to Tim Wright as he explains the ban, and visit the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Ban Brief to keep up with how the negotiations are going. Will there be a ban? Join us to find out!

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
12 June 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 6/12/2017

Jodi Lieberman

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