Peter Hotez says anti-science sentiments fueled by twitter are being weaponized by businessmen and politicians seeking profits and power.

The authors mapped the target threat environment in South Asia’s two states with advancing nuclear weapons programs, India and Pakistan. They found that the requisite means, motive, and opportunities for an incident of terror via weapons of mass destruction or disruption converge in South Asia. 

Three roundtable discussions that reflect the Bulletin’s focus on smart discourse and international solutions.

The first installment of a five-part series exploring the diplomacy and intelligence efforts that led Libya and its quixotic leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi, to relinquish that country's weapons of mass destruction

Greg Mello's recent Bulletin article "The Obama Disarmament Paradox" distorts the Obama administration's nuclear agenda by making unjustified assumptions that discredit President Barack Obama's historic commitment to seek a nuclear-weapon-free world. Obama has committed to such a goal several times--both before and after his election in November 2008. But Mello calls that a "vague aspiration" rather than a commitment. Yet the evidence he provides to support his assertion isn't persuasive.

As non-nuclear weapon states like Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, it will become necessary to verify that naval nuclear material is not diverted for nuclear weapons use. But how?

As director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, I had a front-row seat to the unfolding of the events that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. From what I saw, President George H.W. Bush never got due credit for the steady hand on the tiller he provided during this tumultuous time.

In Africa, nearly every aspect of human development (health, agricultural, educational, or industrial) depends upon reliable access to modern energy sources. Therefore, it's worth investigating whether nuclear power can safely alleviate energy shortages and optimize an energy mix consistent with the national interests of African countries.

Unproductive blame shifting has dominated the nuclear debate in recent years, frustrating progress and serving only the interests of those who are content to see no movement on nonproliferation and disarmament. Rekindling a spirit of common purpose on the nuclear agenda is an urgent task. Despite the post-Cold War decline in public attention, the consequences of nuclear weapons proliferation and an indifferent international performance on nuclear disarmament remain potentially catastrophic.

As demand for energy rises in the developing world, nuclear power could provide one partial solution to the global climate crisis. Large countries such as Russia and China are both investing in nuclear power and positioning themselves to export technology and expertise. But whether developing countries should incorporate nuclear energy depends on a range of factors such as local energy demand and the availability of other energy sources. They should also consider how competitive nuclear energy would be. Most important, countries that go nuclear should have sufficient technological, industrial, and political stability.

   

By asking what if, U.S. policy makers and advisers might find the solutions to restoring the country's credibility abroad.

The internationally agreed-upon threshold for dangerous global warming is 2 degrees Celsius. But nature doesn’t negotiate.

Verifying a warhead agreement would involve significant political and technical challenges, but they’re not insurmountable.

Although it was an eleventh-hour decision, the Seventh Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) Review Conference in Geneva did manage to produce a consensus final document this past December. As the saying goes, "a win is a win," and in the end the final document -- adopted with less than an hour to go in the three-week meeting -- would not have derived any more force if adopted earlier.

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