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Analysis
15 May 2017
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasAsia

North Korean nuclear program can't be stopped with weapons, says Siegfried Hecker

Elisabeth Eaves

Former Los Alamos director Siegfried Hecker weighs in on Pyongyang’s latest missile test, its motivations for building a nuclear weapon, and how to rein it in.

Voices of Tomorrow
12 May 2017
Nuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security

Drone warfare: The death of precision

James Rogers

When it comes to drone strikes, the Trump administration is playing by a new set of rules that could prove dangerous for US intervention in foreign conflicts.

Nuclear Roundup
12 May 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 5/12/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Nuclear RoundupColumnists
11 May 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 5/11/2017

Jodi Lieberman

James Rogers

James Rogers is an associate lecturer in international politics at the University of York.

Columnists
10 May 2017
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasMiddle East

Trump plays into hands of Iranian hardliners

Ariane Tabatabai

In Iran’s upcoming election, only the most immoderate candidates benefit when outsiders undermine the nuclear agreement.

10 May 2017

Nuclear Roundup: 5/10/2017

Jodi Lieberman
What We're Reading
10 May 2017
Special Topics
AmericasEurope/Russia

BBC: Did Trump fire Comey as part of a cover-up?

John Mecklin

If nothing else, President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey amid an FBI investigation of the Trump administration’s ties to Russia has raised questions, at home and abroad, about the quality of US governance.

What We're Reading
9 May 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Nuclear anxiety reappears in Yuba City

Lucien Crowder

Sometimes when you stop for gas, you see the darndest things on the front page of the local paper.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
9 May 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 5/9/2017

Jodi Lieberman
What We're Reading
9 May 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Tunnel collapses at Hanford nuclear waste site

Elisabeth Eaves

Overdue for its cleanup, the Energy Department’s contaminated former plutonium facility causes a radioactive scare.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
8 May 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 5/8/2017

Jodi Lieberman

Catherine Rhodes

Catherine Rhodes is academic project manager at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.

Analysis
8 May 2017
Biosecurity

Make the bioweapons treaty work

Catherine Rhodes

States should be very wary of signaling lukewarm support for the bioweapons treaty.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
5 May 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 5/5/2017

Jodi Lieberman
What We're Reading
5 May 2017
BiosecuritySpecial Topics
Americas

How the House health care bill undercuts bioterror and pandemic defenses

John Mecklin

The combination of disinvestment in public health and large reductions in the number of people with access to timely medical care could lead to pandemics that cause mass casualties and threaten social order

4 May 2017

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 73 Issue 3

4 May 2017
Interview

Paul Hawken: “Game on” for global warming

Dawn Stover

In this interview, environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author Paul Hawken discusses Project Drawdown, “the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming.” Hawken, who leads the project and edited the just-published book Drawdown, explains why his team felt it necessary to create

4 May 2017
Americas

The political and military vulnerability of America’s land-based nuclear missiles

Jon B. Wolfsthal

The current plan for US nuclear modernization would replace the nation’s aging Minuteman III missiles with next-generation missiles known as the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, at a cost of $100 billion or more.

4 May 2017
AmericasEurope/Russia

Homeland missile defense: How the United States got here

T. Karako

Over the last two administrations, protection of the homeland has formally been the top priority of US missile defense efforts.

4 May 2017
Americas

Adapting nuclear modernization to the new administration

Adam Mount

The US nuclear modernization program is slated to bring profound changes to all three legs of the nuclear triad. But with Donald Trump in office, modernization now operates in a different context.

4 May 2017
Americas

Rising tensions, nuclear modernizations: How Washington can turn down the heat

Lawrence J. Korb

Statesmen such as William Perry and Mikhail Gorbachev are growing increasingly concerned about global nuclear tensions. Their concern springs in large measure from the nuclear modernizations being conducted by all major nuclear powers.

4 May 2017
Europe/Russia

How will NATO’s non-nuclear members handle the UN’s ban on nuclear weapons?

Tom Sauer

The start of multilateral negotiations for a nuclear ban treaty will lead to renewed discussions about the role of nuclear weapons in NATO. It is an opportunity to review the alliance’s nuclear weapons policy in light of this new international dynamic.

4 May 2017

Closing Japan’s Monju fast breeder reactor: The possible implications

Masa Takubo

After spending more than 1 trillion yen ($9 billion) on its Monju prototype fast-neutron breeder reactor, Japan’s government finally decided in December 2016 to decommission it entirely.

4 May 2017

Here be dragons: DARPA in the age of hybrid war

B. R. Allenby

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