By Rana Agahi When a country gives up or loses a nuclear weapons program, what actually disappears? Unlike a warhead, laboratory or centrifuge, knowledge cannot simply be dismantled. Nuclear programs depend not only on machines and materials, but also on the tacit knowledge scientists gain through experience and cannot always pass on through instructions alone. […]
Middle East
BONUS Episode: The True Costs of War – Moderated Question and Answer Session
What are the true costs of endless defense spending and how does military expenditure contribute to economic “leakage”? How can reallocating defense resources address urgent challenges like climate security and where can we find sources of hope in the fight for policy reform? In this BONUS episode of Nukes of Hazard, we return to our […]
The True Costs of War: Iran Following the Pattern
Has endless post-9/11 military spending on forever wars compromised our domestic security? In this special episode of Nukes of Hazard, recorded at our annual conference themed “$1 Trillion and Counting: The Pentagon Budget Squeezing Our Real Security,” experts Dr. Tess Bridgeman, Dr. Heidi Peltier, Dr. Miriam Pemberton and Bill Hartung examine “The True Costs of […]
The United States has a responsibility to uphold non-proliferation norms. Here’s how it can.
By Conor Donlevy On December 2, 1942, Manhattan Project scientists working at the University of Chicago (including our sister organization’s founder, Leo Szilard) created the first sustained, man-made nuclear chain reaction underneath the stands of a football field using a pile of graphite and uranium. The reactor was dubbed the “Chicago Pile-1” and its success […]
Nuclear Exports: Challenges and Opportunities for Non-Proliferation
By Lyle Seeligson The United States and Israel’s war in Iran — ostensibly a conflict over nuclear weapons — is having an unintended, though predictable, side effect: increasing global demand for nuclear power. In response to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz and skyrocketing oil and gas prices (which will likely stay high even if […]
