Alexander Glaser

A member of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board, Glaser is assistant professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affaris and in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He is also part of Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security and serves as co-editor of the program's eponymous journal. His research interests include nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear energy, and nuclear forensics. In addition, he is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Material.

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Articles by Alexander Glaser

Analysis
14 January 2013
Climate ChangeNuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

An open letter to President Obama: The time on the Doomsday Clock is five minutes to midnight

Robert SocolowThomas RosenbaumLynn EdenRod EwingAlexander GlaserSivan KarthaEdward "Rocky" Kolb Leon LedermanRamamurti RajaramanRobert RosnerJennifer SimsRichard C. J. SomervilleElizabeth J. Wilson

Editor's note: Founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists subsequently created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero), to convey threats to humanity and the planet.

1 November 2012
German nuclear exit issue

From Brokdorf to Fukushima: The long journey to nuclear phase-out

Alexander Glaser
1 May 2011
Feature

Inertial confinement fusion energy R&D and nuclear proliferation: The need for direct and transparent review

Robert J. GoldstonAlexander Glaser
Special Topics
20 March 2011
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

After the nuclear renaissance: The age of discovery

Alexander Glaser
Opinion
17 March 2011
Climate ChangeNuclear Energy

After the nuclear renaissance: The age of discovery

Alexander Glaser

It will take time to grasp the full impact of the unimaginable human tragedy unfolding after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but it is already clear that the proposition of a global nuclear renaissance ended on that day.

1 January 2009
Feature

Fissile Material Stocks and Production, 2008

Alexander GlaserZia Mian
Civilian and military stockpiles of materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons continue to pose global risks.
1 September 2008
Feature

A Frightening Nuclear Legacy

Zia MianAlexander Glaser
Early expansion of nuclear energy resulted in dangerous dispersal of fissile material and weapons proliferation–threats that persist today. Is it possible to prevent history from repeating itself?
1 March 2002
Reports

Weapons Uranium: Bavaria Bucks Ban

Alexander Glaser