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.
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.
Insiders say that a major international collaboration to reduce proliferation threats is one of the most successful G-8 initiatives ever, yet its achievements have been ignored publicly and its future is uncertain.
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.