Analysis

scientists at NIH lab

Time for Congress to save American science … and the nation

By John P. Holdren, Neal Lane | Analysis, Climate Change, Opinion, Special Topics

A nuclear consortium in the Persian Gulf as a basis for a new nuclear deal between the United States and Iran

By Frank von Hippel, Alexander Glaser, Zia Mian, Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The NRC’s new Mission Impossible: Making Atoms Great Again

By Edwin S. Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

To win on nuclear energy, the United States should lose reprocessing

By Ross Matzkin-Bridger | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

US President Donald Trump leaves the Saudi Royal Court with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesda, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Trump begins a multi-nation tour of the Gulf region focused on expanding economic ties and reinforcing security cooperation with US allies. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Beyond Iran: a new nuclear doctrine for the Persian Gulf

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve

By Eric Morgan, Ralph Keeling | Analysis, Climate Change

A Russian tourist stands in front of an anti-U.S. mural as she visits the former U.S. embassy in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 12—the day of the Iran-U.S. nuclear discussions. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A new Iran nuclear deal—without sunset

By Robert J. Goldston | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

A newspaper featuring the headline story on indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Muscat, Oman, is displayed at a newsstand in Tehran, Iran, on April 12. The front pages of major dailies in Tehran prominently featured headlines about the negotiations, highlighting the renewed diplomatic channel amid regional tensions and sanctions-related disputes. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Behind the US-Iran talks: five points of convergence between Trump and Khamenei

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Biosecurity community divided over best ways to mitigate risks

By Anemone Franz | Analysis, Biosecurity, Voices of Tomorrow

Elon musk jumping on stage at a Trump rally

The spies Musk sent into the cold are a counterintelligence disaster in the making

By Calder Walton | Analysis, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, accompanied by President Donald Trump and his son X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11. The executive order implements the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) "workforce optimization initiative," which, according to Trump, will encourage agencies to limit hiring and reduce the size of the federal government. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How Trump, Musk, and DOGE are undermining US intelligence and national security

By Thomas Fingar | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux

By Richard P. Turco, Owen Brian Toon | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk