Disarmament’s Cause and Effect Relationship With Nonproliferation — or Lack Thereof
The route to nonproliferation may be circuitous.
Nuclear Tuna and NPR’s Trivialization
NPR shouldn’t trivialize the risk of radioactive tuna from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
When Old Hawks Retract Their Talons
The annals of national security are replete with retired generals expressing second thoughts about how militarized the United States has become.
The Award for Most Inventive Use of a Nuclear Weapon Goes To…
During the Korean War, generals devised a novel use for nuclear weapons.
Fukushima Team Under Constant Pressure to Protect Interests of Nuclear Power
The Japanese coalition government is still woefully unprepared to handle crises like Fukushima.
U.S. Sides With Israel’s Nukes Over Iran’s Lack Thereof
Trying to defend a state with illegal nuclear weapons over one with none is a recipe for disaster.
Japanese Parliamentarian Kuniko Tanioka briefs press and NGOs on Fukushima nuclear station, worsening situation, and what has gone underreported from Japan
Japanese Parliamentarian Ms. Kuniko Tanioka is one of the few Japanese politicians willing to speak out publicly and critically on the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns and her government’s response to it. She is joined by Robert Alvarez, IPS senior scholar, in a briefing on Fukushima to occur May 10.
The Arms Race Was Fed by More Than Just the Need for More and Better Nuclear Weapons
Strange as it sounds, the decision to target weapons over cities only added to nuclear risk.
Iran: Why This Time Is Different
If the West can provide Iran the space to compromise on its nuclear program, the upcoming Baghdad talks just might yield a breakthrough.
Question of Iran Pits Israeli Intelligence Against Meshuggeneh Fringe
Shrill rhetoric on Iran divides Israel.
Iran Errata: Encouraging Words Turn Out to Be Repackaged
Meanwhile, enriched uranium is Iran’s coin of the international realm.
When Nuclear Weapons Programs Fail to Ripen
The West needs to give states with weak institutions space while they sabotage their own nuclear-weapons scientists by micro-managing and strong-arming them.
The West Negotiates with Iran
The success of future nuclear talks between Iran and the West will depend in part on whether the West is able to treat Iran as an equal in word as well as in deed.
Are Nuclear Weapons Really a “Big Sin” to Iran’s Supreme Leader?
Does Ayatollah Khameini or doesn’t he condone nuclear weapons?
Negative Nostalgia: Nuclear-Weapons Labs a Throwback to Cold War
Stuck in the past, the Department of Energy is wasting money on nuclear-weapons labs.