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National Defense
August 2013
Insinna & Parsons |
United States Remains Concerned About Nuclear Weapons The number of nuclear weapons in circulation worldwide has been slowly but steadily declining in recent years because the United States and Russia are scaling back their nuclear arsenals.   |
National Defense
August 2008
Matthew Rusling |
Oil Is Out; Is Nuclear In? Put yourself in an imaginary time machine and set the dial to around the year 2040. The exorbitant price of oil, now at $500 a barrel, has pushed a good chunk of the globe toward nuclear power. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004
Stan Crock |
Two Ways To Stop The Spread Of Nukes The awful truth is that the world is a more dangerous place now than it was even during the Cold War. But new ideas may yet help to lower the nuclear peril. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Richard L. Russell |
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Erico Guizzo |
How Brazil Spun the Atom While Iran grabs headlines, Brazil is quietly, and without belligerence, preparing its centrifuges to start enriching uranium. But the question many are asking is, how well does the Brazilian centrifuge work compared with its competitors? |
Reason
February 2003
Steve Chapman |
Learning to Love the Bomb Is nuclear proliferation inherently dangerous? In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, Columbia University political scientist Kenneth Waltz makes an exhaustive case that "the gradual spread of nuclear weapons is more to be welcomed than feared." |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2002
Michael Scherer |
Building a Better Bomb Meet the Penetrator, one of the 'mini-nukes' the Bush administration wants to develop for conventional wars... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
Director Lucy Walker Takes on Nuclear Weapons in Countdown to Zero In Countdown to Zero, Walker aims to show the world that nuclear weapons are an even bigger threat now than they were in the Cold War. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
M. V. Ramana |
More Missiles Than Megawatts India's nuclear choices have favored warheads over civilian reactors, and those choices are taking their toll. Between its burgeoning economy and a population that is projected to eclipse China's by 2050, India has difficult choices to make regarding its energy future. |
Science News
June 20, 2009
Elizabeth Quill |
Book Review: The Bomb: A New History By Stephen M. Younger Younger offers a straightforward account of nuclear weapons: how they were developed, how they work and how they forced humankind into constant vulnerability |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003 |
Can The U.N. Beef Up Controls On Nukes? Mohamed Elbaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, wants a stronger regime for containing the spread of nuclear weapons. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Anne Lauvergeon A conversation with Anne Lauvergeon; the French call the CEO of the largely state-owned nuclear power company Areva "Atomic Annie." |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Robert Scheer |
When in doubt, nuke 'em The Pentagon's secret plan to fight terror with nuclear weapons shows just how dangerous this administration is... |
Popular Mechanics
November 1, 2007
Kate Winick |
During Iran Nuke Controversy, a Look Back at the Manhattan Project The controversy over Iran's nuclear ambitions comes 62 years after the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. |
Wired
September 22, 2008
Mark Anderson |
Charles Ferguson: Beware of New, Easy-to-Make Nukes Ferguson has been tracking the progress of a technology known as laser isotope separation. Still experimental, it requires only a warehouse-sized space and the kind of lasers within reach of a high school science geek. |
BusinessWeek
May 30, 2005
Stan Crock |
Back To The Cold War? Rogue nations like Iran and North Korea are amassing a nuclear arsenal. What should Washington do? |
Salon.com
January 2, 2003
Robert Scheer |
Bush's illogical foreign policy The nuclear threat from North Korea reveals the limits of the Bush administration's preemption doctrine. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006 |
Q&A: Richard L. Garwin, Expert on Nuclear Weapons Richard L. Garwin talks about his views on the presumed North Korean nuclear test of 9 October. Four days later the U.S. government detected radiation, and on Monday 16 October it confirmed that a nuclear test had indeed occurred. |
National Defense
May 2005
Roxana Tiron |
Pakistan Pushing Military Exports A number of government-owned companies oversee the weapons process from research to manufacturing. Now, based on their success with the Pakistani military, these entities are pursuing a strong export market. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Mangi & Kripalani |
Is The U.S. Out On A Limb With Musharraf? Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has declared war on what he claims are "500 to 600 foreign terrorists" operating in tribal areas along the Afghan border. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
William Sweet |
Google Earth Pictures Open Windows on China's Nuclear Weaponry Here is an interview with the nuclear weapons specialist at the Federation of American Scientists who believes Google images shed light on China's deployment of its second-generation of nuclear weapons systems. |
Wired
March 2002
Evan Ratliff |
This Is Not a Test A decade after America's last nuclear test, the US arsenal is decaying and its designers are retiring. Now a new generation of scientists is trying to preserve bomb-building knowledge before it's too late... |
Salon.com
October 24, 2002
Robert Scheer |
How to defeat the Axis of Evil The United States has more powerful weapons than planes and tanks: Trade, aid and Hollywood. |
Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2002
Ken Silverstein & David Isenberg |
Political Intelligence What happens when U.S. spies get the goods -- and the government won't listen? |
National Defense
June 2009
Clark A. Murdock |
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: How Realistic Is Obama's Vision? Debating the realism of trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons is a pointless exercise. |
Salon.com
May 16, 2001
Fiona Morgan |
"A dangerous step backwards" Why has President Bush cut funding to combat nuclear proliferation in Russia, and will Congress be able to bring it back? |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Stan Crock |
Iran's Nukes: The Crisis Is Far From Over In the end the world may have to learn to live with a nuclear Iran -- and the regional proliferation that could ensue. That's a sober prospect for the Bush Administration. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
William Sweet |
The Atomic Energy Agency's Peace Prize The conferral in October of the Nobel Peace Prize on the International Atomic Energy Agency and its current director general, Mohamed ElBaradei, is noteworthy on several scores. |
BusinessWeek
May 16, 2005
Moon Ihlwan |
Why North Korea May Start Nuclear Testing North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, is back in the spotlight as he plays a dangerous survival game, threatening the world yet again with his nuclear arms program. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
A New Threat for Investors Worrying news from London about the Middle East could rattle markets. |
Parameters
Spring 2007
Louis Rene Beres |
Israel's Uncertain Strategic Future An assessment of current threats to Israel's survival along with recommendations for an end to its policy of nuclear ambiguity. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
Stan Crock |
Why Iran Is Giving The West The Willies The Iranians on July 31 announced they would resume building the centrifuges that can enrich uranium to weapons-grade strength. What should, and can, the West do about it? |
Salon.com
August 11, 2000
Fiona Morgan |
Mutually assured dysfunction President Clinton's nuclear missile defense plan will spur a new arms race, a report by top intelligence agencies predicts. |
National Defense
June 2006
Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Steps Up Efforts to Keep WMD Out of Enemy Hands Amid concerns about terrorist attacks against the U.S. and its allies, the U.S. government is increasing its efforts to keep enemies from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction. Some of these efforts, however, are raising hackles even at home. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Stan Crock |
The "Wrong Signal" On Containing Nukes? These days, playing hardball with the United States has few downsides. |
Geotimes
August 2005
Katie Donnelly |
The State of Nuclear Nonproliferation Several nuclear-related topics not only are important to the nation's security, but also are scientifically interesting. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Slakey & Tannenbaum |
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. |
Salon.com
August 11, 2001
Ben Barber |
U.S. plays the India card Our warming relationship with the emerging Asian power is another sign of a growing cold war with China... |
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Christopher Hemmer |
Responding to a Nuclear Iran What should American foreign policy be if current efforts to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons fail? |
Salon.com
September 6, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
The backward Bushies The White House has started a new arms race using old, Cold War logic... |
Salon.com
November 5, 2002
Michelle Goldberg |
The powder keg The U.S. helped build the Islamic fundamentalist movement threatening to take over Pakistan. Now can it rescue the world from the deadly consequences? |
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004 |
Editor's Shelf Grave New World: Security Challenges in the 21st Century... Nuclear Power and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: Can We Have One Without the Other?... Arms Control: Cooperative Security in a Changing Environment... Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan: The Price of Strategic Myopia... etc. |
Salon.com
June 9, 2000
Joshua Micah Marshall |
Dubya's atomic fib Instead of stopping an arms race, George W. Bush's Star Wars plan could help fuel one. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Stanley Reed |
Another Nuclear Option for the Mideast Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states, and Jordan hatch ambitious plans for a civilian nuclear program. |
Scientific American
September 2007
Michelle Press |
Cyclic Universe -- World of Words -- Nuclear Terror The new book Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang contends that the big bang will happen again... Steven Pinker discusses why we choose to use certain words in his book The Stuff of Thought... Tracking the proliferation of nuclear weapons... |
National Defense
June 2009
Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
Nader Elhefnawy |
The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation Record oil prices and long-term concerns about fossil fuel supplies have helped revive interest in nuclear energy production, but little consideration has been given to the security implications of using it on a global scale. |
Popular Mechanics
February 22, 2008
Adam Pitluk |
3 Things We Learned From the Accidental U.S. Nuke Flyby One might think that the United States' nuclear weapons would be treated with the utmost precision, but last year they mistakenly transported over the mainland. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Roberts & Reed |
China Wants Nuclear Reactors -- Fast It hopes to have 40 nuclear power plants running by 2020, and Westinghouse, Areva, and other giants are chasing the market. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
Risk Analysis Finds Nuclear Deterrence Wanting Engineering risk-analysis methods applied to the Cold War years point to a continuing threat, says Stanford professor |
