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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. 

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. 

Opinion
29 September 2015
Nuclear Weapons

New terminology to help prevent accidental nuclear war

Steven StarrRobin CollinsRobert GreenErnie Regehr
Analysis
1 September 2015
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons
AsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

What do past nonproliferation failures say about the Iran nuclear agreement?

Leonard Weiss

The difference between past nonproliferation failures and the current Iran agreement is made clear by the record of nuclear diplomacy involving four countries that did not sign the NPT or withdrew from it: Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. 

1 September 2015
Features

Sea level rise, storm risk, denial, and the future of coastal cities

K. H. Jacob

The world’s present coastal land use is unsustainable in the face of sea level rise and storm surges induced by climate change.

1 September 2015
Features

Follow the proliferation money

M. RuehsenLeonard S. Spector

Countering proliferation financing has become an important tool in combating the movement of prohibited nuclear technology and the development of suspect nuclear programs in rogue states.

Voices of Tomorrow
31 August 2015
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Game changers: How the next generation can tackle the nuclear weapons problem

Natalya Wallin

Millennials will inherit Cold War arsenals, but they don’t have to be stuck with old ways of thinking about what to do with nuclear weapons.

Analysis
26 August 2015
Nuclear EnergySpecial Topics
Asia

Fukushima today: A first-person account from the field and the conference table

Subrata Ghoshroy

Because of Fukushima, some Japanese scientists who had been proponents of nuclear energy now oppose it.

Opinion
21 August 2015
Nuclear Weapons

Questioning the case for new nuclear weapons

Adam Mount

Recent calls for building new nuclear weapons may rest on a mistake. The threat of limited war may be a better reason not to build them.

Opinion
19 August 2015
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial Topics
Asia

Can Japan become a bridge-builder for nuclear disarmament?

Masako Toki
Opinion
12 August 2015
Nuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
Asia

Why was the Sendai nuclear power plant restarted?

Tadahiro Katsuta

The decision to restart the reactor at Sendai is probably based upon the “dismal science:” economics. 

Suvrat Raju

Suvrat Raju is a theoretical physicist on the faculty of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences in Bangalore. He is also a member of India's Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace.

Analysis
4 August 2015
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial Topics
AmericasAsia

The harrowing story of the Nagasaki bombing mission

Ellen BradburySandra Blakeslee

A typhoon was coming, the fuel pump failed, they had to switch planes, things were wired incorrectly, they missed their rendezvous, they couldn’t see the primary target, they ran out of gas on the way home, and they had to crash-land. But the worst part was when the Fat Man atomic bomb started to arm itself mid-flight.

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?

Petr Suchy

Petr Suchý is the head of the department of International Relations and European Studies,in the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. He is the author of books and articles on arms control, nuclear issues and US foreign policy.

Opinion
7 July 2015
Nuclear Weapons
Asia

How to save the INF Treaty (and arms control): Invite China

Petr SuchyBradley A. Thayer

Maybe we should think multilateral, not bilateral

1 July 2015
Asia
Features

Global warming, the atmospheric brown cloud, and the changing Indian summer monsoon

B. G. LiepertA. Giannini

Much scientific discussion has focused on rising greenhouse gas emissions and changing rainfall patterns in an increasingly warmer world. In fact, preventing the worst impacts of climate change on future human well-being will mean dealing with heightened flood and drought risks.

Opinion
30 June 2015
Nuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security

Interview: Thomas Pickering on diplomacy, Iran, Korea, Russia, realpolitik, and the ethics of war

Dan Drollette Jr
Opinion
29 June 2015
Climate Change

A response to Lawrence Krauss and the climate encyclical

John H. Thomas

Another view on Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment

Igor Khripunov

Igor Khripunov is a distinguished fellow at the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia (USA) and adjunct professor at its School of Public and International Affairs.

Analysis
18 June 2015
Nuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
Middle East

Of weapons programs in Iran and Israel, and the need for journalists to report on both

Dan Drollette Jr

Looking at the secret origins of the often-overlooked Israeli nuclear weapons program

Columnists
16 June 2015
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial TopicsTechnology and Security

Should nuclear devices be used to stop asteroids?

Seth Baum

The pros and cons of maintaining a stockpile to defend against near-earth objects

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