Analysis

Radiation Cancer Treatment, Wikimedia Commons

US and Russia Can End Use of Weapons-Usable Uranium for Medical Uses

The US and Russia don’t have to use weapons-uranium for civil purposes. CNS Senior Researcher Miles Pomper explains how.

The Pentagon, source: Wikipedia.org

The Myth of American Nuclear Obsolescence

Conventional wisdom in Washington DC suggests the US is the only nuclear weapon state not modernizing its nuclear forces, but it is dead wrong.

North Korea Nuclear / Radiological

Dirty Bombs: Not Just for Terrorists

A look at North Korea’s possible state use of dirty bombs.

Kurchatov, Wikimedia Commons

Bomb in Your Backyard: Securing Plutonium on the Kazakh Steppe

Efforts by Kazakhstan, the US, and Russia secured plutonium at the Semipalatinsk test site & kept it from falling into the hands of terrorists.

Sochi Olympics, Wikimedia Commons

Radiological Terrorism: A Sochi Surprise?

It is possible that terrorists in the North Caucasus have the ability to construct and detonate a ‘dirty bomb’ at the Sochi Olympics?

The Interim Nuclear Deal with Iran

Reactions to the Joint Action Plan Implementation Agreement Summary by the White House.

Assessing the Iranian Nuclear Deal

The Iran Nuclear Deal is good for the United States, and for Iran.

The US Trillion Dollar Nuclear Triad

JANUARY 7, 2014: Report shows costs will be three times the current annual expenditure and result in reduced nuclear capabilities.

Iran Naysayers Should Not Win the Day

US and Iran have just begun peace talks. Given time and a chance, who knows what might happen?

Punish Assad with Law, Not Lawlessness

Unilateral military action is not the best way to hold Syria’s president accountable for the use of chemical weapons against his own people.