Review: ‘Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network’
The breadth of A.Q. Khan’s nuclear proliferation is revealed in Gordon Corera’s provocative exposÃ.
From Geneva with Love: Breakthrough in U.S.-Iranian Relations?
Engaging Iran provides an American blessing upon the shattered hopes of millions of Iranians.
Rethinking Iran
Despite the belligerent talk from Western media, Iran is responding to internal and external pressure more than you think.
A Shift in Focus: Changes in the Missile Defense Program
Obama’s mixing it up on missile defense. But are we safer?
Japan’s Election and Anti-Nuclear Momentum
The victory of Japan’s opposition party is good news for the anti-nuclear movement.
Pushing South Asia Toward the Brink
The United States is arming both India and Pakistan, encouraging India’s nuclear program, and destabilizing the region through its military efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, argues Zia Mian.
Dealing with North Korea’s Tests
Coming up with the proper response to North Korea’s recent actions requires a careful assessment of Pyongyang motivations and regional geopolitics.
DOE’s Nuclear Millstone
The Department of Energy has to stop funding its nuclear complex. Otherwise, forget about a new energy future for the United States.
As Energy Northwest Looks to Nuclear Power, Expert Details Risks
Grist Magazine interviews Bob Alvarez on the risks of nuclear power.
Nuclear Promises
The Obama administration has promised to pursue nuclear abolition. Columnist Zia Mian provides the new president with a way to fulfill this promise.
The Oil Need That Fuels U.S. ‘Outreach’ in Africa
U.S. military “outreach” on Africa’s seas and land is in search not of pirates but of oil.
North Korea and Malign Neglect
The Obama administration needs to abandon its default position and seriously engaged North Korea.
A More Expensive Bill for North Korea
Pyongyang is on the verge of conducting another nuclear test. Washington should consider a bigger stick and a bigger carrot.
Conservative Hypocrisy on Military Spending
It’s time to apply pay-as-you-go spending to the military budget.
Misdirected U.S. Aid in Mexico
President Obama should renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, with an eye toward reducing poverty and joblessness that lead Mexicans to the black market or over the border.