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George N. Lewis

Lewis is a physicist and a senior research associate at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Cornell University.

Opinion
4 October 2013
Biosecurity

Bioweapons alarmism in Syria

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley

In the case of Syria, is the media falling prey to the same biological weapons hysteria that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2003?

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 October 2013

Assessing the available levers

Siddharth Mallavarapu

The author considers the steps that countries without nuclear weapons might take to force countries with such weapons to disarm.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 October 2013
AmericasAsia

Think small

N.H. Ravindranath

The author argues that discussions about bioenergy must not focus too strongly on biofuels for transportation. Other bioenergy appraches, many small in scale, offer ways to reduce carbon emissions without threatening food security.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 October 2013
AmericasAsia

Climate, food, and biomass energy

N.H. RavindranathRoberto BissioJosé R. Moreira

As people seek to contain rising carbon levels, they may derive increasing amounts of energy from biomass. But land is a finite resource. Food insecurity is already severe in many poor countries.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
3 October 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Nuclear detonations: Contemplating catastrophe

Siddharth MallavarapuJaime Aguirre GómezRobert Mtonga

A nuclear detonation's aftermath would be ghastly. Mitigating the humanitarian disaster would stretch the resources of any nation. But what would a detonation mean for countries that struggle merely to feed their people?

Columnists
30 September 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Action flicks exploit the Bomb

Lovely Umayam

In contrast to older movie takes, post-Cold War atomic plot lines do nothing to help society understand nuclear war

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
30 September 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Cut emissions, skip the fake compensation

Roberto Bissio

The author argues that biofuels are essentially a way in which rich countries try to compensate for their failure to reduce their excessive carbon emissions.

Columnists
27 September 2013
Biosecurity
Middle East

A ruinous road to Damascus: Can the US avoid it?

Charles P. Blair

All options in Syria are bad, but some are worse than others—and may require boots on the ground.

Columnists
26 September 2013
Climate Change
Americas

How many Hiroshimas does it take to describe climate change?

Dawn Stover

Climate campaigners are comparing global warming with nuclear devastation. And here's why dropping the H-bomb in polite conversation is a bright idea.

Opinion
26 September 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Why nuclear realism is unrealistic

Benoit Pelopidas

And what the world can learn from an act of military disobedience. 

Benoit Pelopidas

Pelopidas is a lecturer in international relations at Bristol University’s Global Insecurities Centre and in its School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
26 September 2013
Africa

Provoking rational fear

Robert Mtonga

The author describes the negative, surprising reactions he sometimes encounters when making the humanitarian case for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
26 September 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaMiddle East

What biofuels can do

José R. Moreira

The author argues that increased use of biomass energy poses little threat to food security, and that biofuels in particular can play a very significant role in mitigation of climate change.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
26 September 2013
Africa

إثارة مخاوف منطقية

Robert Mtonga: AR
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
26 September 2013
Africa

激起理性的恐惧

Robert Mtonga: CH
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
26 September 2013
Africa

Provocando un temor racional

Robert Mtonga: ES
Opinion
25 September 2013
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons
Americas

The uranium processing fiasco

Peter StocktonLydia Dennett

The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have birthed another boondoggle—a Uranium Capabilities Replacement Project slated to run billions of dollars over budget and 20 years behind schedule. It’s long past time to see if there isn’t a better solution. 

Peter Stockton

Stockton is a senior investigator at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), where he investigates waste and fraud throughout the federal government. 

Lydia Dennett

Dennett is a research associate at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) in Washington, DC, and a member of the Fissile Materials Working Group.

Slideshow
24 September 2013

A history of mismanagement: Building nuclear facilities on the taxpayer’s dime

Peter StocktonLydia Dennett

Henrik Salander

Salander was an ambassador and deputy director-general of Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and head of the Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. 

Arend J. Meerburg

Meerburg is a former Netherlands ambassador who has been involved in multilateral arms control matters, including the final negotiations of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 

Miguel Marín Bosch

Bosch was formerly Mexico's ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament and chaired the first year of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty negotiations.

Opinion
24 September 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Transparency: The beginning of the end of nuclear weapons?

Henrik SalanderArend J. MeerburgMiguel Marín BoschPaul MeyerZia Mian

If nuclear weapon states report openly on their arsenals, it could smooth the path to disarmament.

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