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Opinion
20 December 2010
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

Redefining denuclearization in North Korea

Siegfried S. Hecker

When my Stanford University colleagues and I were taken to the construction site of a small, experimental light water reactor (LWR) and to a new centrifuge facility in North Korea on November 12, it marked my seventh visit to North Korea and my fourth to the Yongbyon nuclear complex.

Opinion
17 December 2010
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

Medical isotope production: The US must follow South Africa's lead

Miles A. PomperWilliam C. Potter

A major outcome of the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, was the commitment by 47 nations to collaborate in developing new technologies that require neither highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuels for reactor operation nor HEU targets for producing medical or other isotopes. This principle of HEU minimization also was included in the final document of the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, which was adopted by consensus.

Isaac Porche

Porche is a senior researcher at the RAND Corporation. He currently studies cyber-security and networking issues for the US Army, US Navy, and the office of the defense secretary.

Opinion
9 December 2010

Stuxnet is the world's problem

Isaac Porche

The highly sophisticated Stuxnet computer worm suspected of sending Iran's nuclear centrifuges into self-destruction mode forces a difficult debate on whether longstanding firewalls in our country's democracy should be breached for the sake of national security.

Opinion
8 December 2010
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

Obama's India visit: The nuclear outcome

J. Sri Raman

When President Barack Obama visited India in November, there was no shortage of media attention. What did receive less than due notice during the visit, however, was a US-India nuclear initiative that promoted nuclear diplomacy between the two countries. The question now is whether this is a relationship to foster nuclear disarmament -- or whether this is simply the beginning of India's membership into the nuclear club.

Columnists
6 December 2010
Nuclear Weapons

The high stakes of New START

Joshua Pollack

With President Obama determined to bring New START to the Senate floor before the end of the year, the national security establishment is virtually unanimous in its support of the treaty.

Opinion
3 December 2010

Re-examining the conceptual basis of strategic missile defense

Yousaf Butt

Discussions of the technical flaws of strategic missile defense are nearly as old as the idea itself. Considerably less attention, however, has been paid to examining whether such a system -- even if technically feasible -- should be a desirable goal. The plan to move forward with a NATO-wide missile defense system demands we now take a closer look at whether the conceptual basis of strategic missile defense is sensible.

Columnists
2 December 2010
Biosecurity

Teaching biosecurity

Malcolm Dando

In his keynote address delivered at the International Conference on Science and International Security: Addressing the Challenges of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism in Madrid on November 9, Sen. Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, stressed the need to expand the 20-year-old Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program, which he and former Sen. Sam Nunn, Democrat of Georgia, developed in 1991 to secure and destroy nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the former Soviet Union.

Jonathan Brewer

Jonathan Brewer is a visiting professor at the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King’s College, London, where he is working on ways to enhance private sector support to countering proliferation.

Agree to Disagree
30 November 2010

The private sector plays an important role in delaying the development of the Iranian nuclear program

Jonathan Brewer

The writers in this symposium appear to share the view that the Iranians, if they so choose, have the capability to develop their nuclear program to the point of constructing a nuclear device. This may not be the case.

Opinion
29 November 2010

What the 2010 elections mean for national security issues

John Isaacs

It goes without saying that the mid-term elections were a disaster for Democrats: Republicans took control of the House of Representatives -- winning over 60 seats -- and also picked up six Senate seats.  The Senate will remain in Democratic hands, while the House will have new leadership and committee chairs.

These results will likely produce gridlock in Congress for the next two years on most domestic issues -- but national security issues might produce mixed results.

Columnists
23 November 2010
Biosecurity

Making sense of the Haitian cholera disaster

Laura H. Kahn

On January 12, 2010, Haiti, one of the world's poorest nations, suffered a 7.0 earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of people, flattened the government (literally), and destroyed the relief headquarters of the United Nations. Consequently, over a million people were left homeless and live in squalor without access to adequate hygiene, clean water, or food. And earlier this November, Hurricane Tomas only added to the devastation with widespread flooding. This setting was ripe for cholera, a deadly diarrheal disease, to rear its ugly head. And sadly, that's what happened.

Opinion
3 November 2010
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

Japan’s dilemma: Nuclear trade vs nuclear disarmament advocacy

Masako Toki

In October, when Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met in Japan to announce the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, there were mixed reviews in Japan.

Agree to Disagree
2 November 2010

New fuel deal with Iran: Debunking common myths

Ivanka Barzashka

After a year-long stalemate, nuclear negotiations with Iran are expected to restart. Since October 2009, the deal to refuel Tehran's medical isotope reactor proposed by the Vienna Group -- France, Russia, the United States, and the IAEA --  has been the touchstone of engagement.

Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. (Ret.)

A consultant on international security and education, Gard is chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

1 November 2010

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Agree to Disagree
1 November 2010

Patience with Iran is needed for a negotiated solution

Laicie OlsonLt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. (Ret.)

There has been much rhetoric suggesting that the United States, Israel, or both could become embroiled in a military conflict with Iran.

1 November 2010

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1 November 2010
Global forum

The Iranian quagmire: How to move forward

Thomas R. Pickering
As the writers in this symposium illustrate, dealing with Iran’s nuclear program is one of the most important foreign policy issues of the day. Years of stalled talks, diplomatic dead-ends, and sanctions have made it
1 November 2010
Feature

Beyond the 2010 NPT Review Conference: What’s next for nuclear disarmament?

Ray Acheson
Although many have hailed the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference as a success, this author argues that some felt the final document hid the resistance of nuclear weapon states to making meaningful commitments to
1 November 2010
Feature

Unblocking the road to zero: US-Russian cooperation on missile defenses

Barry BlechmanJonas Vaicikonis
Missile defenses have been a source of contention in US-Russian relations since the beginning of the strategic dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union. Almost every nuclear arms reduction treaty has involved tough
1 November 2010
Feature

Next customer, please: The risk in conventional arms sales along with nuclear energy deals

At the same time as major powers are saying that they want to rein in nuclear proliferation, they are offering both nuclear energy programs and conventional weapons to client states. Military arms sales may shore up certain
1 November 2010
Feature

From danger to dollars: What the US should do with its highly enriched uranium

Peter StocktonIngrid Drake
Although the Obama administration has highlighted the need to secure fissile material worldwide, domestic efforts to secure highly enriched uranium (HEU) have been sluggish and uninspired. In the post-9/11 era, the United States has
1 November 2010
Interview

Michael E. Mann: A scientist in the crosshairs of climate-change denial

The Penn State climate scientist who helped author the “hockey stick” global warming temperature graph describes the campaign to discredit him following the theft of emails, including some he wrote, from
1 November 2010
Feature

Burma nuclear program highlights the need for a standing UN technical body

Robert Kelley
The author highlights Burma and recent events surrounding its nuclear program to present a case for the development of a UN technical body to investigate countries suspected of having weapons of mass destruction (WMD). International

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