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Analysis
17 December 2015
BiosecuritySpecial TopicsTechnology and Security
Americas

Ethics on the near-future battlefield

Michael L. Gross

From deciding which soldiers to enhance, to figuring out which enemies to disable, tomorrow’s military leaders will face a host of thorny moral dilemmas.

Analysis
8 December 2015
Nuclear Weapons

William J. Perry on nuclear war and nuclear terrorism

William J. Perry

Remarks of former US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry made at the Bulletin's 70th anniversary Doomsday Clock Symposium in November 2015, in Chicago

Columnists
3 December 2015
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons
AmericasMiddle East

With controversial report, a step toward Iran deal implementation

Ariane Tabatabai

The IAEA has weighed in on the possible military dimensions of Iran’s past nuclear program. What are the implications? 

Columnists
30 November 2015
Climate ChangeNuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons
Americas

Obama's opaque administration makes it harder to cover climate change

Dawn Stover

Obama came into office promising transparency in government, but actions speak louder than words.

Analysis
24 November 2015
Biosecurity
AfricaAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

The bioweapons convention: A new approach

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley

In a welcome but little-noticed development, the United States recently encouraged fellow members of the Biological Weapons Convention to take a deeper interest in “tacit knowledge,” a key determinant of bioweapons development, but one that nonproliferation efforts have largely ignored.

Analysis
24 November 2015
Climate ChangeNuclear WeaponsSpecial TopicsTechnology and Security

70 years of speaking knowledge to power

Lawrence M. Krauss

An adaptation of an address by Lawrence M. Krauss at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' 70th anniversary dinner in Chicago

Voices of Tomorrow
19 November 2015
Nuclear Weapons
Asia

China's nuclear submarines: The end of "No First Use?"

Richard Woolgar-James

Submarines armed with nuclear missiles give China a more credible nuclear deterrent, but undermine the credibility of China’s “No First Use” pledge.

Voices of Tomorrow
5 November 2015
BiosecurityNuclear EnergyNuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
AmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Arms-control lessons from the Volkswagen scandal

Moritz Kütt

Those concerned about international security should pay attention to the Volkswagen case, since arms-control verification tools often use the same kind of proprietary technology that prevents transparency and independent scrutiny.

Columnists
28 October 2015
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasEurope/Russia

Time for a different kind of US-Russian arms control

Adam Mount

Contrary to popular opinion, Washington and Moscow should strive now to make progress on bilateral arms control. A more ambitious treaty that limits modernization plans can help stabilize a volatile situation.

Opinion
25 October 2015
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasAsiaEurope/Russia

The Okinawa missiles of October

Aaron Tovish

An eyewitness account of an incident at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when Air Force crews on Okinawa were ordered to launch 32 missiles, each carrying a large nuclear warhead

Analysis
15 October 2015
BiosecurityNuclear EnergyNuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
AsiaEurope/Russia

Export controls at the crossroads

Ian J. Stewart

Rome's effective veto of India's application to the Missile Technology Control Regime highlights flaws in the current governance arrangements associated with export controls in general. 

Opinion
14 October 2015
Nuclear Energy
Americas

A change in climate needed for nuclear power

Dave Lochbaum
Voices of Tomorrow
13 October 2015
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons
Middle East

The nuclear verification technology that could change the game

Kelly Wadsworth

Antineutrino detection could help monitor Iranian compliance with its nuclear agreement, and eventually transform nonproliferation worldwide.

Analysis
12 October 2015
Nuclear Weapons

The psychology of nuclear restraint

Jacques E. C. Hymans

The key variable that changed in August 1945 and led to 70 years of nuclear peace was the perceived enormity of the choice to drop the bomb.

Opinion
8 October 2015
Nuclear Energy
Americas

Watts Bar Unit 2, last old reactor of the 20th century: a cautionary tale

Don SaferSara Barczak

The TVA used to be at the forefront of new technology. Not anymore.

Analysis
30 September 2015
Climate ChangeNuclear EnergyNuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
Middle East

Iran’s invisible opportunity

Amory B. Lovins

How energy efficiency and renewables can move Iran from the nuclear path—and maybe even reinvigorate the Non-Proliferation Treaty. 

17 September 2015
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Our not so peaceful nuclear future

Lucien Crowder
Analysis
8 September 2015
Nuclear Weapons
AfricaMiddle East

Flash from the past: Why an apparent Israeli nuclear test in 1979 matters today

Leonard Weiss

Some 36 years ago, Israel likely did a nuclear test with South Africa’s help, and the US looked the other way. That ancient history—including the violation on testing—is especially pertinent today.

Analysis
14 August 2015
Nuclear EnergyNuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
AmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

The 15-minute interview: Ernest Moniz

John Mecklin

The US Energy Secretary takes a little time this week to provide Bulletin readers with a quick update on the administration's efforts to convince Congress and the American people to support the Iran nuclear agreement 

Columnists
9 August 2015
Nuclear Weapons

The legacy of Hiroshima: Nuclear tyranny or democracy?

Kennette Benedict

The legacy of democratic determination is a gift from the Manhattan Project scientists’ habit of openness and their faith in democratic action. This is a legacy worth cherishing and deepening as we seek a world free of nuclear weapons.

Columnists
6 August 2015
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasAsiaEurope/Russia

A picture's power to prevent

Seth Baum

The most important legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is in images that could avert worse wars to come.

Analysis
6 August 2015
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

The experts assess verification in Iran and proliferation in the future

John Mecklin

"The underlying problem that this agreement addresses, namely trying to prevent Iran from acquiring the capability to make a nuclear weapon ... is much larger than just Iran." 

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
30 July 2015
AmericasAsiaEurope/Russia

The logic for space arms control

Nancy Gallagher

The author argues that Cold War logic for arms control in space remains more relevant than most people realize. Indeed, old and new arms control ideas should be combined in order to identify the best approaches for current circumstances.

Opinion
15 July 2015
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Trinity, now and then

Dan Drollette Jr

What can we learn by looking at how the first atomic bomb test was covered over time?

Columnists
11 July 2015
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial TopicsTechnology and Security
AmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

The missile impasse

Ariane Tabatabai

Why sanctions against Iran's missile program have turned into a major sticking point in the Vienna nuclear negotiations

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