Surprisingly, the United States, Britain, and France have been cool to an effort by several Central Asian countries to ban the presence of nuclear weapons in their region.
The focus of biosecurity should be limited to the prevention of the misuse of life science research for terrorist aims.
U.S. reliance on foreign, antiquated research reactors that supply the world's medical isotopes has created a global supply crisis, not to mention a safety threat.
Technology to wage war in space inevitably will spread--that's why the international community needs to start thinking about the consequences of its proliferation now.
Scientists and policy makers recommend 9 ways to encourage the safe and responsible development of new nuclear reactors in the United States and around the world.
The chairman of Brazil's nuclear regulatory commission explains why his country wants to add more nuclear power to its energy portfolio.
A growing number of people have access to the tools of biology, broadly affecting scientific development, commerce, and security.
Whether it's Barack Obama or John McCain, the next U.S. president should heed the salient words of legendary anti-nuclear weapons advocate Joseph Rotblat.
Halting the production of fissile material would strengthen the nonproliferation regime, reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism, and help achieve nuclear disarmament.
Efforts to replace oil in the military services have been haphazard, what the Pentagon really needs is a comprehensive energy policy for the future.
Congress should balance biosecurity demands with the need to develop vaccines and medicines to treat the diseases caused by select agents.
If negotiations with Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions are to be successful, Tehran's regional neighbors must take a seat at the table.
By every measure, the program to transform Russian highly enriched uranium into U.S. electricity has been a great nonproliferation success--exactly why it must continue into the future.
Infused with oil and natural gas profits and tasked with a robust civil nuclear energy agenda, Russia's once-beleaguered closed cities are being transformed.
While China continues to rely predominantly on coal-generated power, Beijing has made impressive gains in alternative energy and efficiencies.
Whether it's superbugs, asteroid impacts, or nuclear attack, the potential of human extinction makes thinking about the end of the world more than an academic exercise.
Much to Tokyo's dismay, in the last few years, IAEA inspectors all-too-often have discovered components from Japanese companies at nuclear facilities in Libya and North Korea.
Sharing control of the nuclear fuel cycle might help stop the spread of dangerous nuclear knowledge and lead to the ultimate goal of eliminating nuclear weapons.