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The Indian approach to climate and energy policy

India may not be responsible for the high greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, but that's no reason for New Delhi to cling to poor energy policies.

COPUOS wades into the next great space debate

Space sustainability is the buzzword in space security circles, and a group of actors is coalescing around a collective agenda to achieve it.

Deciphering NNSA's Complex Transformation

The National Nuclear Security Administration's plan to revamp the country's nuclear complex is short on innovative ideas and not particularly well-timed.

The security impact of the neurosciences

The U.S. government is exploring using a bevy of advanced neuroscience technologies to support security-related missions--but at what cost?

The U.S. Air Force's indifference toward nuclear weapons

While nuclear weapons once contributed to the air force's prestige, they're now an albatross around its neck--see a string of recent miscues as evidence.

U.S.-Russian nuclear agreement raises serious concerns

Washington's "123 agreement" with Russia ignores Moscow's cooperation with Iran and opens the door to future reprocessing deals between the two countries.

Public safety and transporting ethanol

Ethanol production is growing exponentially, but firefighters' ability to respond to emergencies involving alternative fuels hasn't kept pace.

The end of Japan's nuclear taboo

As memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki fade, a new generation in Japan is doing something once thought impossible--talking about nuclear weapons.

The reality of France's aggressive nuclear power push

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is promising to sell his country's nuclear power technology to any country that wants it--but how plausible is his offer?

Why Arab leaders worry about Iran's nuclear program

Fearing wholesale regional insecurity, Iran's neighbors don't want to see Tehran develop nuclear weapons any more than the West.

The challenges of developing synthetic pathogens

Building synthetic pathogens may be the easiest way to spread certain diseases, but it wouldn't be easy.

The IAEA's dilemma with Syria's Al Kibar nuclear site

The International Atomic Energy Agency wanted U.S. and Israeli intelligence about Syria's secret nuclear site sooner. But what would it have done with that information?

The upside to FutureGen's demise

Redistributing the government's multibillion-dollar investment in a single clean-coal demonstration plant to smaller, private projects would benefit the carbon-capture-and-storage industry.

Kazakhstan's nuclear ambitions

With the world's second largest uranium reserves, Kazakhstan wants to become the planet's largest uranium supplier by 2010.

Republicans, missile defense, and the Reagan legacy

For many in the GOP, the true test of their commitment to former President Ronald Reagan is how strongly they support national missile defense.

Improving infectious disease surveillance

In the places around the globe where new diseases are most likely to emerge, the infrastructure to detect outbreaks is severely lacking.

Twenty-five years after Reagan's Star Wars speech

The legacy of the former U.S. president's speech and the continued attempts to realize its dream remain strong today.

The U.S. nuclear weapons complex: Pushing for a new production capability

While prominent members of the U.S. policy community make public calls for disarmament, Los Alamos National Laboratory continues to quietly pursue the infrastructure necessary to build the next generation of nuclear weapons.

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