Abstract As more countries begin to stockpile nuclear weapons and modernizing their arsenal, the need for multilateral nuclear arms control could not be greater. Though…
Country or Region: United States
Summary Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses,…
Abstract As part of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ 70th anniversary issue, author and investigative journalist Eric Schlosser surveys a nuclear landscape full of…
Abstract U.S. law as well as UN sanctions dictate that the selling of dual-use items – items that can be utilized for both peaceful purposes…
Abstract A few nations have tested hypersonic missiles, which travel about five times the speed of sound and provide long-range weaponry that can travel in…
Abstract President Barack Obama’s 2009 commitment to pursue a world without nuclear weapons struck some as incredible given political resistance to arms control treaties and…
Abstract Naval propulsion reactors account for the largest non-weapons use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in the world. The largest stores of naval propulsion fuel…
Abstract Between 2014 and 2023, the United States expects to spend $355 billion to modernize its nuclear arsenal. In subsequent decades, even higher expenditures are…
Abstract The inherent characteristics of the nuclear terrorist threat require adequate global security standards for all fissile nuclear material. Combating the threat of nuclear terrorism…
Abstract This study examines the failures of the William J. Clinton and Barack Obama administrations to secure ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). It…
Abstract While recent history arguably demonstrates a high level of nuclear stability in South Asia, this article argues that this stability has historically been a…
Abstract The technology surrounding missiles that fly at five or more times the speed of sound is not mature, but several nations have tested hypersonic…
Abstract This paper argues that whilst the relationship between US consumerism and China’s low-wage production has underpinned China’s economic growth in recent years, policy-makers are…
Abstract The Federal Reserve (the Fed) is responsible for monitoring, analyzing and ultimately stabilizing US financial markets. It also has unrivalled access to economic data,…
Summary In this NBR Special Report, Catharin Dalpino (Simmons College) explores the evolution of the U.S.-Thailand alliance, discusses the strategic need to reinvigorate relations, and…
