What does the future hold for the US nuclear posture under President Trump? The last Nuclear Posture Review occurred in April 2009, when a 12-month review process was conducted to translate President Obama’s vision into a comprehensive nuclear strategy for the next five to 10 years. The review addressed several major areas: the role of … Continued

Probing the 2016 presidential candidates’ records on nuclear weapons makes for some interesting reading and could foretell US nuclear policies to come, yet the subject still deserves far more attention between now and November. 

After cases of Ebola begin showing up in the United States in 2014, the US government created a tiered system of hospitals to deal with the virus and other serious infectious diseases. Despite the fact that outbreaks of lethal diseases--like the coronavirus that's spreading in Wuhan, China--are common, the US government has stopped funding dozens of specialized hospitals across the country meant to deal with them.

Public ownership may seem like an extraordinary move, but it has parallels in US history. And it could do wonders for low-cost, low-carbon travel for millions of people every year. The idea echoes calls for government-run, rural bus service north of the border.

The global sustainability of nuclear power thus relies on efforts to increase its economic viability. But how? Standardized designs and downsized reactors can help. Governments can offer additional support. But that still might not be enough to keep the nuclear power industry alive in the United States.

North Korea is a member of the nuclear club, like it or not. Serious efforts at arms control have to acknowledge the fact.

  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Move Clock Ahead 30 Seconds, Closest to Midnight Since 1953; #RewindtheDoomsdayClock: Cool Trump Nuclear Rhetoric, Negotiate With North Korea, Stick With Iran Deal, Reduce US-Russian Tensions, and Insist on Global Action on Climate Change. WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 25, 2018 – Citing growing nuclear risks and unchecked climate dangers, … Continued

Receiving a prize from a foreign policy thinktank, former vice-president Joe Biden did not mince words in describing a ‘disturbing and dangerous’ trend in Washington.

You might think that the crash in the oil industry is good news for renewables—and for fighting carbon dioxide emissions. It’s a nice idea—but the real story is more complicated.

A start-up in California wants to use directional drilling technology to put America’s spent nuclear fuel into deep boreholes. But such a solution won’t be cheaper, safer, or any less politically toxic than a mined storage facility.

It’s anybody’s guess as to what North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is thinking and feeling in reaction to the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani, head of the Iran’s Quds Force. Whatever Kim thinks and does, it will be against the backdrop of a newly-minted plan of action for this year that is contained in a report released after a rare, marathon plenary meeting on December 28-31 of the Workers’ Party’s Central Committee. At the gathering, Kim, as reported by North Korean state media, declared an end to his moratoria on testing nuclear devices and long-range missiles and warned the world that it would see a “new strategic weapon.”

North Korean missile tests coupled with a post-INF era isn’t good news for Northeast Asia

It was cold when the Hanoi summit began. By the time it ended, it felt even colder.

The federal government’s new National Climate Assessment is the latest scientific report to confirm the devastating effects of climate change: extreme hot weather is getting more common, wildfires are becoming more devastating, rising sea levels are forcing people from their homes, and so forth. “Climate change is transforming where and how we live and presents … Continued

Sometimes a good idea comes from a very surprising source.

Abandon the pipe dream of complete denuclearization—at least for now.

Press gaggles, a guy who calls himself Vermin Supreme, bird-dogging, and hats with with the slogan “Make Earth Cool Again”—all part of a day on the hustings. But beyond all the surface hoopla of the New Hampshire presidential primary campaign, some of the candidates have actually put some thought into what to do about climate change.

Withholding military assistance to Ukraine, the country that gave up world third-largest nuclear arsenal, is damaging not only to US credibility and Ukraine’s security but also to the international nonproliferation regime.