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Opinion

Republicans, missile defense, and the Reagan legacy

By | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Improving infectious disease surveillance

By | Biosecurity, Opinion

Twenty-five years after Reagan’s Star Wars speech

By David Wright, Lisbeth Gronlund | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The U.S. nuclear weapons complex: Pushing for a new production capability

By Greg Mello | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Reducing emissions in transportation fuels

By Daniel M. Kammen | Climate Change, Opinion

The U.S. satellite shootdown: China’s response

By Eric Hagt | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Behind Iran’s nuclear weapons “halt”

By Michael S. Goodman, Wyn Q. Bowen | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

IAEA special inspections after Israel’s raid on Syria

By Fiona Simpson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Fixing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

By David Lochbaum | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

The need for an international moratorium on coal power

By James E. Hansen | Climate Change, Opinion

When could Iran deliver a nuclear weapon?

By Richard L. Garwin | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Setting the nanotech research agenda

By Andrew Maynard | Biosecurity, Opinion