The West Lake Landfill: A Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Arms Race
The wastes in this disposal site come from the dawn of the nuclear age. It is a danger to workers and the surrounding community and should be removed and isolated.
Just Follow the Oil
Washington’s fuss over Iran has more to do with its natural gas and oil reserves than anything else.
Emphasis Added: the Week in Pieces (7/5)
From Edward Snowden to the Taliban-go-Miami Beach.
The Meaning of Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani’s win in Iran’s presidential election suggests that neither reformists nor conservatives are pleased with the country’s status quo.
Emphasis Added: the Week in Pieces (7/1)
Which is more useless? Missile defense or total surveillance?
President Obama’s Anti-Nuke Sentiments a Cover for Plans to Secure Their Existence in Perpetuity
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s new Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan is as grandiose as it is unconscionable.
U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons More an Irritant Than Deterrent
Is Pakistan a country that might, as opposed to the United States, actually find tactical nuclear weapons useful?
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/13)
From nuclear weapons to unicorns.
Nuclear Missile Wing’s “Sagging Morale” Has an Upside
Its personnel may be depressed, but at least they’re not launching nuclear weapons.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/24)
From mission creep to missileers asleep at the wheel.
The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The rise of Japan’s reactionary right suggests that the country has yet to come to terms with its actions in World War II.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/17)
From the decline in democracy to the rise in the price of peace.
In Tehran, All Eyes on North Korea
Developments on the Korean peninsula will almost certainly influence calculations made in Washington and Tehran.
Expand Nuclear Weapons Programs to Protect Missileers’ Tender Psyches
Nuclear missile officers jobs weigh heavy on them but not for the reasons you’d think.
Spirit of Boondoggle Departs Quashed Los Alamos Project, Finds New One to Possess
The construction of an expensive new plutonium pit facility has been abandoned. Will it be replaced a collection of smaller buildings?