When Russia first attacked the Ukrainian nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia in March, U.S. officials slammed Moscow for being reckless. Yet, when Russia announced earlier this month that it would hold a referendum that would effectively make the plant Russian property, U.S. officials were silent. Foggy […]
With President Biden’s decision on Wednesday to sell Ukraine advanced General Atomic drones and HIMARS accurate multiple rocket launching systems, the war in Ukraine has moved further into a missile-driven conflict whose boundaries will increasingly be defined more by missile threats than any nuclear fulminations. […]
Last week, President Trump authorized the re-creation of the Air Force Space Command. Its aim is to make America great in space. In pursuit of putting America first though, it would be useful to pay attention to a smaller space faring nation — France, which […]
Henry Sokolski and Patrick Malone discuss the effects of the US withdrawing from the INF and new restrictions on nuclear exports to China. Nov 14, 2018 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski and Patrick Malone What would a US withdrawal from INF entail? (part 1) What are the implications […]
In 1977, the U.S. declassified the fact that in 1962 it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon using reactor-grade plutonium. In 1994 additional information about this test was released. Though on the face of it this test would seem to definitively settle the issue about whether reactor-grade […]
Bruno Tertrais examines the history surrounding France’s April 1961 Nuclear Test and aims to draw lessons for possible future contingencies where a nuclear-capable country is threatened from inside and the control of nuclear materials or weapons may be at risk. Feb 27, 2012 AUTHOR: Bruno […]
Victor Gilinsky provides a summary of the five different panels and panelist presentations for the London conference cohosted by NPEC and the Legatum Institute titled, “Reassessing Nuclear Nonproliferation’s Key Premises.” Nov 21, 2011 AUTHOR: Victor Gilinsky London Conference Summary (PDF) 42.71 KB London Conference Summary […]
This presentation was a part of the 2011 ASAN Plenum in Seoul, South Korea. Jun 14, 2011 AUTHOR: Barthélémy Courmont Europe’s responses to Fukushima: nuclear renaissance revisited? Barthélémy Courmont* The Fukushima incident not only raised the question of nuclear safety, but also appears more globally […]
Mark Cooper, the Vermont Law School Institute’s senior research fellow for economic analysis, explains how the French approach advocated by some is a failed model and why U.S. wind and solar industries would suffer if the U.S. embraced such a standard. Sep 14, 2010 AUTHOR: […]
AUTHOR: Mycle Schneider Mycle Schneider releases “Nuclear Power in France: Beyond the Myth” This study was commissioned by the Greens-European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. Mr. Schneider, an independent consultant on energy and nuclear policy, made a presentation pertaining to this topic, titled […]
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