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Advice for the new president
After taking the oath of office this morning, President Barack Obama immediately will face a host of pressing national security challenges--namely, nuclear proliferation, climate change, and bioterrorism. Here are some salient suggestions as to how he can thoughtfully and carefully ameliorate these threats.
How the Obama administration should handle RRW
Instead of pursuing a new nuclear warhead, President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers should take a deep breath and thoughtfully reconsider the country's nuclear posture.
A low carbon national energy agenda
Instead of pursuing a new nuclear warhead, President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers should take a deep breath and thoughtfully reconsider the country's nuclear posture.
The Future of Nuclear Energy: Policy recommendations
Scientists and policy makers recommend 9 ways to encourage the safe and responsible development of new nuclear reactors in the United States and around the world.
Unifying the U.S. government response to bioterrorism
For Washington to respond effectively to a bioterrorist attack, the CDC must be allowed to help lead the investigation--no matter where the attack occurs.
Organizing for arms control in the Obama administration
The first step--restructure executive branch support for arms control along the lines of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
A new energy future means a new Energy Department
Campaign promises and hopes for a green energy future depend on fundamental reform at the Energy Department, long one of the government's most dysfunctional offices.
The future of GNEP
The Bush administration intended for GNEP to jump-start a global nuclear power revival without proliferation risks. But as the administration ends, the partnership has heightened proliferation concerns, leaving its future murky.
The European missile defense folly
The proposed European missile defense system is technologically deficient and its deployment disingenuous.
Making nuclear energy work
How shifting research goals and improving collaboration with industry will help U.S. national labs spur new nuclear energy development.
The body's own bioweapons
The next biothreat could come from chemicals derived from the human body that can incapacitate and kill--and which skirt existing arms controls.