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Nightmares of nuclear terrorism

The author, an accomplished former counterterrorism official at the CIA and Energy Department, outlines the nuclear terrorism scenarios that keep him up at night--and suggests how best to prevent them.

India's nuclear arms control quandary

While the international community seems ready to move forward on the CTBT, FMCT, and achieving nuclear zero, New Delhi's participation likely will be limited until its leaders believe that they possess a nuclear arsenal capable of minimal deterrence.

Unconventional thinking: Why conventional disarmament must precede nuclear abolition

The movement to abolish nuclear weapons threatens to consume political capital better spent addressing more immediate threats to international security: conventional weapons such as combat aircraft, naval vessels, and small arms.

The growing threat of space debris

The danger to orbiting satellites from space debris has been known for decades, yet accidents and intentional antisatellite weapon tests still pose serious threats. Better rules are needed to govern increasingly busy near-Earth space.

The Nth country problem

The slow death of the fast breeder

Will pollution kill the revolution?

Unreal thinking about energy

What did Truman know and when did he know it?