Keeping terrorists from acquiring a nuclear capability begins and ends with ensuring that the world's most unstable and noncompliant countries remain nuclear-free.
In short, no. Although many in the United States think so--despite technical evidence to the contrary.
First, four U.S. policy elites surprisingly suggested that a nuclear-weapon-free world is attainable. Now, a foursome of prominent British policy makers have made a similar call.
Space sustainability is the buzzword in space security circles, and a group of actors is coalescing around a collective agenda to achieve it.
The National Nuclear Security Administration's plan to revamp the country's nuclear complex is short on innovative ideas and not particularly well-timed.
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.
As memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki fade, a new generation in Japan is doing something once thought impossible--talking about nuclear weapons.
Fearing wholesale regional insecurity, Iran's neighbors don't want to see Tehran develop nuclear weapons any more than the West.
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?
For many in the GOP, the true test of their commitment to former President Ronald Reagan is how strongly they support national missile defense.
The legacy of the former U.S. president's speech and the continued attempts to realize its dream remain strong today.
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.
Officially, Beijing offered a muted reaction to Washington's decision to destroy an errant spy satellite. But there's a definite anxiety in China about what the event could portend.
The recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran suggests that the best way to curtail Iran's nuclear pursuits is to address its political motives.
Israeli intelligence supported an attack on a Syrian desert location, but the IAEA would have needed better information to investigate the site's activities.
Although the Bush administration is campaigning for ballistic missile defense in Europe, it's unlikely Iran will possess any time soon a nuclear-armed missile capability such a defense would combat.
What are the most important issues of the presidential campaign? They're the ones no one is talking about--nuclear weapons and nuclear power. An analysis of what they did say and what it means.
The International Atomic Energy Agency should re-examine its program of nuclear safeguards as many more countries express an interest in pursuing peaceful nuclear programs.