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1 July 2013

Americas

Interview

James Hansen: Taking heat for decades

In this interview, outspoken climatologist James E. Hansen reflects on his 30-plus years of studying climate change and warning the public about its dangers. He talks about the most recent developments in climate science and the questions still to be answered.

1 July 2013

Middle East

The Climate Change Issue

Elephant in the room: How OPEC sets oil prices and limits carbon emissions

Alfred Cavallo

Despite a North American oil boom, non-OPEC crude oil production is not increasing, because new production roughly balances existing oil field decline. This situation allows OPEC, which has spare production capacity, to control the total global oil supply and therefore oil pricing.

1 July 2013

Europe/Russia

Nuclear notebook

The British nuclear stockpile, 1953–2013

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen

Recent research has revealed new facts about the British nuclear arsenal over a 25-year period starting in 1953. This accounting and the authors’ own research support an estimate that the British produced about 1,250 nuclear warheads between 1953 and 2013.

1 July 2013

AmericasMiddle East

Journal Article

The dimensions of contemporary war and violence: How to reclaim humanity from a continuing revolution in the technology of killing

Robert Jay Lifton

An emerging school of thought contends that the world is becoming increasingly safe. Proponents of the peaceable-world argument point to statistical evidence that war and violence have diminished since prehistoric times and to the non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945.

1 May 2013

Nuclear notebook

Russian nuclear forces, 2013

Hans M. KristensenRobert S. Norris

Russia is in the middle of modernizing its nuclear forces, replacing Soviet-era ballistic missiles with fewer improved missiles. In a decade, almost all Soviet-era weapons will be gone, leaving a smaller but still effective force that will be more mobile than what it replaced.

1 March 2013

Feature

Nuclear policy responses to Fukushima: Exit, voice, and loyalty

1 March 2013

Special issue: US nuclear exit?

How to close the US nuclear industry: Do nothing

Peter A. Bradford

1 March 2013

Special issue: US nuclear exit?

The limited national security implications of civilian nuclear decline

Sharon Squassoni

1 March 2013

Interview

Osamu Motojima: Harnessing the 93-million-mile dream

1 March 2013

Nuclear notebook

US nuclear forces, 2013

Hans M. KristensenRobert S. Norris

As of early 2013, the United States has continued to reduce its nuclear stockpile, and retirement alone has accounted for a dip of over 250 warheads since last year. Of the total stockpile of approximately 4,650 warheads, an estimated 2,150 warheads are deployed.

1 March 2013

Special issue: US nuclear exit?

The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out

Amory B. Lovins

1 March 2013

Special issue: US nuclear exit?

Nuclear exit, the US energy mix, and carbon dioxide emissions

Henry D. JacobySergey Paltsev

1 March 2013

Special issue: US nuclear exit?

Introduction: US nuclear exit?

John Mecklin

1 January 2013

Features

Revitalizing the national security labs: Beyond the nuclear deterrent

Libby Turpen

1 January 2013

Features

Intelligent assessment: Putting emerging biotechnology threats in context

Kathleen M. Vogel

1 January 2013

Interview

George P. Shultz: A Cold Warrior on a warming planet

1 January 2013

Nuclear notebook

Nuclear pursuits: Non-P-5 nuclear-armed states, 2013

Timothy McDonnell

In this Nuclear Notebook, guest author Timothy McDonnell reviews the five states that developed nuclear weapons outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, and South Africa—and explores the milestones associated with each country’s weapons program.

1 January 2013