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Opinion

How can we reduce the risk of human extinction?

By Anders Sandberg, Jason G. Matheny, Milan M. Ćirković | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Japan’s struggle to limit illegal dual-use exports

By Masako Toki, Stephanie Lieggi | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Internationalizing the nuclear fuel cycle

By James E. Goodby | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Cleaning up Serbia’s nuclear legacy

By Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Mixing climate change with the war on terror

By Lyle Hopkins | Climate Change, Opinion

Technical comments on the US satellite shootdown

By Yousaf Butt | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

India’s nuclear fuel shortage

By Surendra Gadekar | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Polio eradication: The road to global pathogen security?

By Jonathan B. Tucker | Biosecurity, Opinion

OPEC, peak oil, and the end of cheap gas

By Alfred Cavallo | Climate Change, Opinion

Deproliferation: An approach to preventing nuclear terrorism

By Amitai Etzioni | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Can space weapons protect U.S. satellites?

By Yousaf Butt | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Biological threat reduction in Central Asia

By Togzhan Kassenova | Biosecurity, Opinion