November 17, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Strategic Weapons: The lost generation of Arms Control.”
November 10, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: Nuclear arms control ‘discussions’ go nowhere on the eve of APEC San Francisco.”
November 9th, 2023
The Telegraph cites NPEC report in “The US and China are gearing up for a space war that could render orbit unusable”
November 3, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Space Force: Defining offensive and defensive operations; inventing the Triad of Special Forces, Cyber Command and the Space Force.”
October 31, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Nuclear Weapons: ‘America’s Strategic Posture’ can cost 5% of the DoD and DoE & What is to be done?”
October 24, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Space Force: Spacefaring nations and the risks of war in orbit and the Moon.”
October 19, 2023
Pentagon’s latest China Military Power report (on p. 110) cites NPEC’s analysis on how the PRC could use its fast breeder reactor and re-processing program to boost its nuclear warhead numbers in “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2023.”
October 18, 2023
Quad Report showcases NPEC’s analysis of the Pentagon’s legal position supporting the targeting of power reactors in war zones in “Guest Commentary: Power Plants, War Targets?“
October 13, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC and Russia: Three peer nuclear weapons powers at odds & What is to be done?”
October 6, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Wargame 2027: Space War between India, Pakistan, China, US.”
September 29, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Greenpeace derides the IAEA for misrepresenting ZNPP. The return of city-busting nukes.”
September 22, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Nuclear Power: Saudi Arabia at the White House.”
September 15, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and Russia: Nukes over Europe.”
September 15, 2023
The Quad Report features NPEC’s analysis of proposed US-Saudi civilian nuclear cooperation in “Guest Commentary: Washington Should Just Say No to Saudi Nukes.”
September 8, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Russia: Poland seeks to forward deploy NATO tactical nuclear weapons & What is to be done?”
September 1, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Japan: The Middle East and East Asia proliferation & What is to be done?”
August 25, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC and Saudi Arabia: Riyadh’s ambitions, China’s breeder reactor & what is to be done?”
August 25, 2023
The Quad Report cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “Guest Commentary: Getting China to Negotiate on Nuclear Arms Control.”
August 18, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “NNSA: The US (and NATO) nuclear weapon arsenal is over budget and ten years late in planning and execution.”
August 11, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “What to make of reports that Zaporizhzhia’s steam turbine is leaking water & Were the U.S. and the IAEA ready to deal with Russia’s military assault and mismanaged operation of Zaporizhzhia?”
August 10, 2023
Deep dive by Associated Press on America’s continued imports of Russian uranium from Rosatom, a firm responsible for developing Russia’s nuclear weapons, draws on NPEC analysis in “Putin profits off US and European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel.”
August 4, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Chernobyl’s Dead Zone weaponized in February 2022.”
July 28, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: Beijing shows fear of forward deployment of NATO’s nuclear weapons.”
July 21, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Nuclear Power: The radiological threat in wartime & What is to be done?”
July 14, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine ZNPP is a nuclear weapon.”
July 10, 2023
The Quad Report cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “Urenco to Expand NM Uranium Enrichment Plant.“
July 7, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’ s Executive Director on “NPT and Belarus: The ambiguity of the 1968 Non-proliferation Treaty word, “control” and threats.”
July 7, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: No confirmation of the sabotage risk at ZNPP.”
June 30, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and Belarus: What is Lukashenko talking about? Control of deployed nuclear weapons?”
June 28, 2023
The Quad Report cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “Guest Commentary: War Gaming Civilian Nukes in War Zones.“
June 23, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “UKRAINE: Nuclear terrorism threats at ZNPP.”
June 16, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Belarus: Unprecedented deployment of nuclear weapons into a non-nuclear state.”
June 9, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: The ZNPP extreme risk after the dam break.”
June 6, 2023
How likely is it that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will blow up or melt down after today’s breach of a nearby dam? The Washington Post asks NPEC’s executive director in “Ukraine dam’s destruction could ‘forever’ change ecosystems, officials say“
June 6, 2023
The Washington Post cites NPEC’s executive director in “Russia and Ukraine trade blame for destruction of Kakhovka dam, power plant.“
June 2, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: ZNPP is an unsolved threat; Starlink is a military weapon system.”
May 31, 2023
Inside the IC interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “The over-classification problem in government.”
May 30, 2023
NPEC joins other experts in an appeal to the U.S. Energy Secretary to end program that will use bomb-grade uranium fuel. Letter cited in Reuters article, “US urged not to use bomb-grade uranium in nuclear power experiment.”
May 26, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Moscow says it sends tactical nukes to Minsk.”
May 19, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Over-classification and its discontents. What of a runaway NPP on a battlefield?”
May 12, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Zaporhizhia NPP said to be emptying of technical staff.”
May 12, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Classification: The Senate proposes remedies to over classification.”
May 5, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Trading with the enemy for uranium ore.”
May 5, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: In case of worst case nuclear events”
May 3, 2023
The Wall Street Journal cites NPEC’s report, “Over Classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?” in its rundown of proposed legislation to address the problem in “Intelligence Leak Fuels Senate Effort to Protect Government Secrets.”
May 1, 2023
The Quad Report highlights NPEC’s research in “Guest Commentary: Protect Secrets? Have Fewer.”
April 25, 2023
Christian Science Monitor cites NPEC’s proliferation concerns about spreading “peaceful” nuclear plants worldwide in “A third nuclear age? What to expect from US-South Korea summit.”
April 21, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine, Russia, and Rosatom: Trading with the enemy.”
April 19, 2023
New York Times thought piece on the nuclear weapons challenges America faces closes with citing NPEC and a question it has raised with few if any takers: As China’s nuclear number rise, what are we to do? Published in “3 Nuclear Superpowers, Rather Than 2, Usher In a New Strategic Era.”
April 14, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “DoD: Leaks & What is to be done?”
April 13, 2023
Government Executive spotlights NPEC’s study, “Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?” And dives into the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s fix for the practice in “This Agency’s Declassification Work Could Be a Model for Others.”
April 12, 2023
The Quad Report showcases NPEC – FDD piece calling for an end to Western business with Rosatom, the Russian firm that develops and produces Russia’s nuclear munitions: “Guest Commentary: America Helps Fund Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Complex.”
April 10, 2023
Public Interest Declassification Board highlights NPEC’s research in “NPEC Paper Offers Ideas to Reduce Over-classification; Touts Greater Role for the PIDB.”
April 7, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC and Russia: Nuclear war and the Two Peer problem.”
April 7, 2023
Space News spotlights NPEc’s space war game, “China Waging War in Space” in “Two recent wargames hold timely lessons for space resilience.”
March 31, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Why not sanction Rosatom?”
March 31, 2023
The Quad Report showcases NPEC’s over-classification report in “Guest Commentary: Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?”
March 30, 2023
Reporters at Pentagon press briefing spotlight NPEC over-classification report that concluded that the practice is undermining U.S. national security. See pages 11-12 of the transcript “Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing.”
March 30, 2023
Yahoo News showcases Fox News story on NPEC’s over-classification report in “US handling of state secrets ‘causing great harm’ to national security, report finds.”
March 29, 2023
Stars and Stripes spotlights NPEC’s report “Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?” in “Classifying information for no good reason is hurting military effectiveness, report warns.”
March 28, 2023
The Wall Street Journal spotlights NPEC’s report “Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?” in “Too Much U.S. Government Information Is Classified, Report Finds.“
March 23, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Classified: The grotesque overclassification since Hiroshima & What Is to be done?”
March 17, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Drones: Black Sea incident of future war.”
March 13, 2023
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists qualifies Pentagon’s plutonium projections, cites NPEC report and commissioned research extensively in “Nuclear Notebook: Chinese nuclear weapons, 2023.”
March 10, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “2029: North Korea wipes out LEO satellites and attacks Seoul; & What is to be done?”
March 10, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Proliferation: Russia supplies PRC warheads while Saudi Arabia bargains the US for warheads”
March 3, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Space War: In 2029, North Korea detonates a low yield nuke in Near Space & What is to be done?”
February 24, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Outer Space Treaty: Militarizing Near Space.”
February 24, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Russian military bloggers and aggregators advise targeting nuclear power plants.”
February 17, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: What is airspace, near space, outer space?”
February 9, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC and Russia: The assertion that the US destroyed Nord Stream 1 and 2; and the unsolved definition of sovereign airspace.”
February 7, 2023
China has more ICBM launchers and ICBM warheads than the US has deployed. What should the US do? Defense News spotlights NPEC’s answer — don’t compete quantitatively — in “China surpasses US in number of ICBM launchers.”
February 6, 2023
Outrider‘s feature piece spotlights NPEC answer in “Could Nuclear Power Plants Become Radioactive Weapons?”
February 3, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Reportedly not the first suspect PRC spy balloon over North America.”
January 30, 2023
Australian Financial Review cites NPEC analysis on why AUKUS nuclear sub project is not a sound basis for pushing commercial nuclear power in OZ in “AUKUS offers scope for nuclear energy debate: opposition.”
January 27, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Eight unknown explosions rattle Zaporizhia & What is to be done?”
January 27, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Offensive operation surrounding Zaporhizhia in the Springtime.”
January 25, 2023
Cowboy State Daily states safety and weapons proliferation concerns raised about Bill Gates’ Natrium fast reactor; former DoE official and NPEC analysis cited in “Former DOE Nuclear Security Official Says Wyoming Reactor Not Safe.”
January 21, 2023
The Washington Post cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “The U.S. imports uranium from Russia. What if sanctions end that?”
January 17, 2023
NPEC’s Executive Director answers how is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine likely to alter the post-World War II international order in Carnegie Foundation’s Carnegie Reporter winter 2022 issue.
January 13, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine, Japan and PRC: Tokyo and the arms race in Asia.”
January 6, 2023
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Unstable Zaporizhzhia and the Future of War in Eurasia.”
December 23, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Russia claims ownership of Zaporizhzhia & What is to be done?”
December 16, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: All of the nuclear power plants remain at severe risk to failure.”
December 13, 2022
Real Clear Defense’s hawkish critique of the debate over how real China’s nuclear weapons build-up is cites NPEC’s study, “China’s Civil Nuclear Sector: Plowshares to Swords?” in “Chinese Nuclear Deceptions.”
December 9, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and Russia: Torture and abduction at Zaporhizhiazhia & what is to be done?”
December 9, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: Warheads on ICBMs.”
December 7, 2022
Defense News presents evidence China has more warheads on ICBMs than US, quotes Congressmen who think this is so, an advisor to State who conceded it might be, & NPEC’s Executive Director who says getting more than China now will be difficult in, “China may have surpassed US in number of nuclear warheads on ICBMs.“
December 2, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: DoD assessment of PLA Rocket Forces 2035.”
December 2, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Lessons learned: Zaporizhzhya engineer turns coat to Russia.”
November 29, 2022
Pentagon annual China report says PRC nuclear numbers to climb to 1,500 warheads by 2035, cites NPEC “Ploughshares to Swords” report on pp.96-97 on China’s exploitation of civil nuclear sector to produce fissile, especially plutonium from fast reactors.
November 28, 2022
Energy Intelligence‘s Energy Intelligence Weekly cited NPEC’s Executive Director in “Window Narrows on Russian Nuclear Fuel Ban.”
November 28, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: It’s the whole power grid at risk, including the nuclear power plants on and offline.”
November 21, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and Russia: Zaporizhzhya blame shifting.”
November 18, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Russia attacks the energy grid including a third Nuclear power plant.”
November 16, 2022
The Quad Report cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “Do U.S., EU Subsidize Russian Weapons?“
November 11, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Hard Lessons from Zaporizhzhia for the IAEA.”
November 9, 2022
AEI’s The Eastern Front interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “The Zaporizhzhia Power Plant and Beyond.”
November 8, 2022
Roll Call cites NPEC’s Executive Director, Henry Sokolski, in “Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks of US export policies.”
November 4, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia mysteries.”
October 28, 2022:
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: In search of legal protocols to secure a nuclear power plant in a warzone.”
October 26, 2022
The Quad Report posts NPEC’s analysis for the US Army War College, “Present Danger: Nuclear Plants in War”
October 21, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: The Egyptian fish that maintain the highly at risk Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.”
October 17, 2022
The Washington Times cites NPEC analysis in its brief on tactical nuclear weapons in “Uncharted territory: High-stakes questions swirl around Russia’s tactical nuke threats in Ukraine.”
October 17, 2022
Christian Science Monitor cites NPEC ‘s take on why Putin is threatening nuclear use in “All that nuclear talk: Is the unthinkable suddenly possible?“
October 16, 2022
The Energy Mix cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “Thunberg Backs German Nuclear Plants as Russia’s War Raises Risk.”
October 14, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and Russia: Tass says Russian standards at Zaporizhzhya.”
October 9, 2022
The New York Times piece cites NPEC analysis in “Decades of Nuclear Reactor Strikes Predate Ukraine Power Plant Crisis.“
October 7, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Restarting Zaporizhzhia in a war zone in Russian hands.”
September 30, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: The drone threat to energy infrastructures.”
September 23, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: No wargame has prepared for nuclear reactors in war zones.”
September 16, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: The IAEA demands Russia depart from the plant.”
September 12, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia’s “cold shutdown” is neither an immediate nor a secure answer.”
September 9, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “EU and NATO: Exploring all energy sources in wartime.”
September 9, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia continues at most high risk in ‘island mode.’”
September 6, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and IAEA: ‘Gravely concerned’ over Zaporizhzhia.”
September 2, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “What we don’t know about Zaporizhzhya.”
September 2, 2022
National Public Radio interviews Under Secretary Bonnie Jenkins and NPEC’s executive director on what to make of the latest Zaporizhzhia developments in “State Department official says Russia’s activities in Zaporizhzha are irresponsible.”
September 1, 2022
The Washington Times cites NPEC’s executive director in “Inspectors reach embattled Ukrainian nuclear plant amid fear of disaster.”
August 26, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia has one power line left to maintain stability.”
August 26, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: The IAEA inspectors cannot alone solve the crisis.”
August 26, 2022
Foreign Policy’s latest take on the crisis at Zaporizhzhia cites NPEC analysis of the legality of military attacks on reactors in “The Race to Protect Zaporizhzhia.”
August 19, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine and Russia: Ministry of Defence threatens radiation from Ukraine to Germany.”
August 12, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia and nuclear power in a combat zone worldwide.”
August 10, 2022
National Public Radio report quotes NPEC analysis on why the IAEA cannot follow Russia’s conditions to access the plant at Zaporizhzhia without confirming it is “owned” by Russia, an NPT weapons state that is under no obligation to allow inspections
August 8, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Outer Space Treaty, Russia, and Iran: Surrogate Spying in Low Earth Orbit.”
August 8, 2022
National Public Radio spotlights NPEC analysis of some of the key safety issues military assaults against nuclear power plants, including those in Ukraine
August 5, 2022
Energy Intelligence showcases NPEC’s analysis of why complying with Russian demands on IAEA nuclear inspectors to see the nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia could do far more damage to the international safeguards system than having such visits in “Ukraine: Zaporozhye Referendum Raises Stakes at Nuclear Plant.”
August 3, 2022
The World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “UN nuclear chief warns Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘completely out of control.’”
August 1, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Occupying Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants is a war crime & What is to be done.”
August 3, 2022
The World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “UN nuclear chief warns Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘completely out of control.’”
August 1, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Occupying Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants is a war crime & What is to be done.”
August 1, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “France: Why are French nuclear plants offline in a time of electricity crisis?”
August 1, 2022
Longitude cites NPEC’s recent wargame on North Korea waging war in space in “Space traffic lights.”
July 21, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “North Korea and the Outer Space Treaty: War Game in Earth Orbit, 2029 A.D.”
July 14, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “EU: Out of Energy and What Is to Be Done?”
July 6, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “NATO: Nuclear deterrence returns.”
July 6, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Saudi Arabia and South Korea: Nuclear energy in the age of fossil fuels.”
June 10, 2022
Energy Intelligence cites NPEC analysis of what leverage Washington still has to condition any deal in “Newbuild: Behind Riyadh’s Exclusion of Westinghouse and EDF.”
June 10, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Iran: The surveillance cameras exit.”
June 7, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Kgs of Plutonium.”
June 3, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Energy: Brownouts in Europe; brownouts in the US.”
May 25, 2022
Carnegie Corporation of New York cites NPEC’s Executive Director on “How Is Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Likely to Alter the Post-World War II International Order?”
May 24, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “What is the nuclear weapon deterrence and assurance gap?”
May 17, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: Ignoring the NPT.”
May 10, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: Breaking through the Bamboo Curtain.”
May 5, 2022
Decisive Point, a United States Army Way College Press podcast, interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on his monograph, Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future, and explores potential future nuclear trends.
May 3, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Threat to global nuclear energy reactors; & What is to be done?”
April 26, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on a tabletop exercise challenging China’s NPT violations & what is to be done.
April 26, 2022
Washington Post piece cites NPEC’s executive director on Russian nuclear threats and Moscow’s buzzing today on the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl accident of Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant with two low-flying cruise missiles.
April 19, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski on classifying KH-11 and the city-busting beginnings of US classification regime.
April 13, 2022
War Maven cites NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski in “What Abolitionists Get Wrong About U.S. Nuclear Deterrence.”
April 8, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski on AUKUS and how it should serve as a model for US and European space collaboration with Seoul and Tokyo.
April 4, 2022
Korea Economic Institute cites NPEC’s analysis of ROK interest in acquiring nuclear weapons.
April 1, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski on the unknowns of the Chernobyl catastrophe in war.
March 25, 2022
CBS Eye on the World features an in-depth analysis of NPEC’s China space war game after-action report.
March 18, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski on why the CIA director classified the agency’s Christmas card and if governments have done due diligence assessing power reactors’ military vulnerabilities.
March 10, 2022
Dave and Dujanovic interview NPEC’s executive director on the dangers of Russia controlling 3 nuclear plants in Ukraine.
March 9, 2022
KSL at Night interviews NPEC’s executive director on how a nuclear catastrophe would affect the world overall.
March 4, 2022
Al Jazeera interviews NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski on the Ukraine reactor attack.
March 4, 2022
Reuters cites NPEC’s executive director on the Ukraine reactor attack in “Analysis: Russian attacks spur debate about nuclear power as climate fix.“
March 4, 2022
CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s executive director on the Ukraine reactor attack in “Ukraine: Attacking Zaporozhye is a war crime.”
March 4, 2022
The World, a WGBH radio show in Boston, taps NPEC’s analysis on the Ukraine reactor crisis in “A Ukrainian nuclear plant survived Russian attack. But it raises security concerns over reactors in war zones, analyst says.”
March 4, 2022
USA Today cites NPEC analysis of the military vulnerability of civilian reactors in “How Russian attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant unfolded.”
March 4, 2022
Al Jazeera cites NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski in “Ukraine nuclear power plant attack: All you need to know.”
March 3, 2022
The New York Times cites NPEC study “Hot Mess Next: Missile-Struck Reactors in the Middle East” in “A fire breaks out at a nuclear plant during a Russian assault, Ukraine says.”
March 3, 2022
Al Jazeera cites NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski in “Russia-Ukraine live news: Russian forces seize Zaporizhzhia plant.”
March 1, 2022
The Australian Financial Review cites NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski in “Nuclear threats are rising, and not just in Russia.”
February 3, 2022
Peter Garretson from Space Strategy podcast interviewed NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski on “A China-U.S. war in space: The after-action report.”
January 17, 2022
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cites NPEC’s “A China-US war in space: The after-action report” in “Why the final frontier should not become the final battleground.”
December 8, 2021
Al Jazeera showcases NPEC’s latest study, “Hot Mess Next: Missile-Struck Reactors in the Middle East,” in their “Report: Missile strike risks to Middle East nuclear reactors”
December 5, 2021
The National Interest cites NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski in “Minimum Deterrent No More: Where China’s Nuclear Buildup Is Headed.”
December 1, 2021
Italian magazine Longitude quotes NPEC’s wargame report in “Snowball Effect”
November 26, 2021
US Naval Institute spotlights NPEC-Hudson analysis of AUKUS offer at an event Hudson and NPEC cohosted
November 15, 2021
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ latest “Nuclear Notebook: Chinese nuclear forces, 2021“ cites NPEC study, “China’s Civil Nuclear Sector: Plowshares to Swords?” & credits it for increased Pentagon projections of PRC arsenal for 2030
September 29, 2021
Politico piece on how excessive secrecy is harming national security cites NPEC analysis in “How a former Trump aide is pressing Biden to loosen national security secrets.”
September 24, 2021
The Christian Science Monitor quotes NPEC’s executive director in “Why some Pacific powers may be siding with US against China”
August 23, 2021
Mediaite cites NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski and Brian Chow’s op-ed on “U.S. satellites increasingly vulnerable to China’s ground-based lasers” in “Pentagon Reportedly Set to Declassify Space Laser Capable of Destroying Satellites, Spacecraft”
August 12, 2021
Financial Post cites letter written by US nonproliferation experts and former officials (including NPEC’s executive director) asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop a Canadian reprocessing project in “Trudeau’s multi-million dollar nuclear deal called out by non-proliferation experts”
August 5, 2021
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace sites NPEC’s report on China’s civil nuclear sector in “What’s Driving China’s Nuclear Buildup?”
Jul 30, 2021
WyoFile quotes NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski in “We’ve been here before: Wyoming nuclear project echoes of past”
Jul 28, 2021
Canada’s National Observer cites letter written by US nonproliferation experts and former officials (including NPEC’s executive director) asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop a Canadian reprocessing project in “Non-proliferation experts send letter of concern over New Brunswick nuclear project”
Jul 24, 2021
Ken Maize’s The Quad Report showcases NPEC’s analysis of the nuclear weapons proliferation implications of Bill Gates’ Natrium fast reactor project in “Commentary: Will Bill Gates’ Fast Nuclear Reactor Bomb?”
Jul 16, 2021
The Hill spotlights NPEC’s latest report, “Grim Prospect: Low-yield Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East” in “Iran cannot build a nuclear weapon if we dismantle its infrastructure.”
Jun 16, 2021
Ken Maize’s The Quad Report showcases NPEC analysis on the lack of military mission for micro-reactors in “Guest commentary: Tiny military nukes are a bad idea”
Jun 14, 2021
Al Jazeera cites NPEC analysis of the range of safety issues that might be in play with reported leak of noble gases from a French-designed Chinese reactor in “China nuclear reactor: French partner calls meeting over leak”
Jun 08, 2021
Columbia International Affairs Online posts NPEC’s latest publications on their website.
Jun 07, 2021
KSL TV quotes NPEC’s Executive Director in “Giant Utah Missile Contract Generates Lots Of Jobs, Debate”
Jun 01, 2021
Politico Morning Defense spotlights NPEC’s latest report, “Grim Prospect: Low-yield Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East” in Nuclear Weapons News.
May 28, 2021
Neutron Bytesshowcases NPEC’s report, “China’s Civil Nuclear Sector: Plowshares to Swords?” in “China’s CFR-600 Draws Concerns as a Breeder Reactor”
May 27, 2021
Al Jazeera showcases NPEC’s latest report on the harm a low-yield 1-kt nuclear weapon would do to five major Middle Eastern cities in, “Iran nuclear deal: Are IAEA safeguards ‘dangerously obsolete’?”
May 26, 2021
Tech Times cites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “China Fast Reactor 600 to be Launched in 2023, 2026 Draws International Attention.”
May 25, 2021
Popular Mechanicscites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “China Is Building Two Secret Nuclear Reactors. Scientists Are Worried.”
May 19, 2021
Al Jazeera cites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “Concerns grow over China nuclear reactors shrouded in mystery”
Apr 22, 2021
South China Morning Post cites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “China’s new nuclear reactors could yield weapons-grade plutonium, warns US commander”
Apr 21, 2021
Reuters cites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “UPDATE 1-China reactors will yield weapons-grade plutonium -U.S. commander”
Apr 15, 2021
The Christian Science Monitor on US-Japan relations cites NPEC’s executive director’s analysis and the center’s latest report, “New Frontiers for Security Cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo,” in “Hosting Japan’s leader first, Biden signals new global priorities”
Apr 7, 2021
Asia Times cites latest NPEC report on US security ties with Seoul and Tokyo in “Toward stronger US security ties with Seoul, Tokyo”
Mar 26, 2021
Energy Intelligence cites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “China: A Second Reprocessing Plant at Jinta”
Mar 25, 2021
Reuters cites recent NPEC occasional paper on Chinese plutonium stockpiles in, “China nuclear reprocessing to create stockpiles of weapons-level materials-experts”
Mar 24, 2021
Foreign Policy cites NPEC’s program advisor Victor Gilinsky and NPEC’s executive director Henry Sokolski in, “Rafael Grossi Has a Plan to Stop Future Pandemics”
Mar 10, 2021
Al Jazeera cites NPEC analysis in its examination of the risks associated with Turkey’s nuclear power program in, “Turkey’s nuclear power dilemma“
Sep 17, 2020
Foreign Policy cites NPEC in their piece, “Why Israel Should Worry About the Saudi and Emirati Nuclear Programs”
Sep 01, 2020
Aerospace’s Center for Space and Policy Strategy cites two NPEC and ABA sponsored space reports in their 2021 space agenda, “Defense Space Partnerships: A Strategic Priority”
Aug 06, 2020
Foreign Policy cites NPEC analysis of what the next 75 nuclear years might bring in their piece, “The Hiroshima Effect”
Jul 21, 2020
Al Jazeera cites NPEC insights on the dangers of building reactors in the Middle East in, “Nuclear Gulf: Is Saudi Arabia pushing itself into a nuclear trap?”
Jul 14, 2020
Al Jazeera cites NPEC insights on the dangers of building reactors in the Middle East in, “Nuclear Gulf: Experts sound the alarm over UAE nuclear reactors“
Dec 09, 2019
New York Times runs story quoting NPEC’s executive director on new legislation requiring tighter nonproliferation conditions on future U.S. civil nuclear cooperative agreements, in their piece “U.S. Defense Policy Bill Requires Nuclear Power Inspections for Saudi Arabia: Sources”
Sep 22, 2019
The Times of Israel cites NPEC’s Executive Director on the United State’s refusal to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons program in, “Did the Carter administration cover up a 1979 Israeli nuclear test?”
Sep 18, 2019
Bloomberg cites NPEC’s Executive Director on Trump administration’s ambiguous adaptation of the gold standard in “U.S. Says Saudis Must Forgo Enrichment for Nuclear Sharing Deal”
Sep 18, 2019
Reuters cites NPEC’s Executive Director on troubling plans to construct a nuclear reactor after drone strikes against Saudi oil infrastructure in “Update 1-U.S. senators urge Trump administration to end nuclear talks with Saudis”
Jun 04, 2019
NBC News cites NPEC’s Executive Director on the Trump Administration negotiations with the Saudis in “Trump admin gave green light to nuclear permits for Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi killing”
May 09, 2019
Al-Monitor cites a Washington Examiner article written by NPEC Executive Director, Henry Sokolski, and Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Executive Director, Mark Dubowitz, in their piece “Congress tries to defund US nuclear transfers to Saudi Arabia”
Apr 03, 2019
University of Utah’s MIAGE students highlight NPEC’s Executive Director and his course “Fundamentals of Nuclear Policy” in their department news.
Apr 02, 2019
NPEC Executive Director cited in National Journal article “Secret Nuclear-Tech Deals Spark Calls for Transparency”
Apr 01, 2019
The Progressive cites NPEC’s Executive Director on the US sending nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in “The Other Collusion Scandal”
Mar 26, 2019
NPEC Executive Director, Henry Sokolski, remembers his mentor and friend, Andrew Marshall, in the New York Times obituary, “Andrew Marshall, Pentagon’s Threat Expert, Dies at 97”
Mar 14, 2019
Christian Science Monitor cites NPEC’s Executive Director on the risks of the U.S. pulling out of INF in “A budding nuclear threat, from more than just the usual suspects”
Mar 05, 2019
NBC News cites NPEC’s Executive Director on intervention in the Pakistani-Indian crisis in “With Trump Silent, No ‘Sheriff’ in Town on Pakistan-India Crisis, Ex-Diplomats Say”
Feb 27, 2019
NBC News cites NPEC’s Executive Director on his analysis of the Pakistani-Indian crisis and the risks of nuclear war in “Can nuclear-armed Pakistan and India step back from the brink?”
Feb 27, 2019
Politico cites NPEC Executive Director’s view on North Korea and the NPT in the piece “How Trump and Kim could succeed in Hanoi”
Feb 22, 2019
Energy Intelligence quotes NPEC’s Executive Director on a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia in “IP3’s Damage to US Nuclear Prospects in MidEast” in their Nuclear Intelligence Weekly Vol. 3 No. 8.
Feb 20, 2019
ThinkProgress cites NPEC’s Executive Director in “Putin vowed to aim missiles at U.S. and Europe, but experts say his threat isn’t new”
Feb 05, 2019
NPEC Executive Director cited in Daily Beast article “Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose Trump’s Withdrawal From Nuclear Pact”
Dec 13, 2018
TRT World cite NPEC analysis and Executive Director in “Does Saudi Arabia plan to build a nuclear bomb?”
Dec 09, 2018
Brian Chow references piece co-authored with NPEC Executive Director in The National Interest article, “Is It Time for ‘Space Arms Control’?”
Oct 31, 2018
Bloomberg quotes NPEC’s Executive Director on a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia in “Khashoggi Killing Spurs Senate Fury Over Nuclear-Power Talks”
Oct 10, 2018
NPEC Executive Director cited in Bloomberg article, “Westinghouse Could Be Hurt by New U.S. Curbs on Nuclear Exports”
Jun 25, 2018
Stanford University’s Hoover Institution quotes NPEC Executive Director on the risks of nuclear weapons spreading in “Should More Nations Have Nukes?”
Jun 15, 2018
Politico summarizes NPEC Executive Director’s book, Best of Intentions: America’s Campaign Against Strategic Weapons Proliferation, in “U.S. calls for international control of nuclear weapons, June 15, 1946”
Jun 08, 2018
NPEC’s Executive Director quoted by Eric Schloser in The Globe and Mail article, “Ban the Bomb: How the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Helped Prevent Annihilation”
Jun 08, 2018
The Arms Control Association cites NPEC Executive Director and Program Advisor in its issue brief, “The U.S.-North Korean Summit and Beyond”
May 24, 2018
The Washington Post quotes latest NPEC-organized letter on the need for the nonproliferation “Gold Standard” in any nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia in “Pompeo: Saudis must not enrich uranium if it seeks civilian nuclear cooperation”
May 11, 2018
The Washington Post cites NPEC-organized letter from 2015 in “Billions of dollars later, Energy Department pulls plug on partly built nuclear fuel plant”
Apr 20, 2018
NPEC’s Executive Director quoted by Politico in “North Korea’s pledge to halt nukes holds new promise — and peril”
Apr 02, 2018
The Daily Beast quotes NPEC’s Executive Director on a potential war in East Asia in “How North Korea Could Start World War III”
Mar 22, 2018
NPEC Executive Director’s testimony cited extensively in Bloomberg article, “U.S.’s Pass on Saudi Reactors Benefits China, Russia, Perry Says”
Mar 21, 2018
Bloomberg cites NPEC Executive Director’s House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee testimony in “Saudi Prince’s Nuclear Bomb Comment May Scuttle Reactor Deal”
Mar 21, 2018
NPEC’s Executive Director mentioned in The New Arab article, “Lawmakers threaten to derail US-Saudi nuclear deal”
Mar 21, 2018
NPEC Program Advisor and Executive Director quoted in The Algemeiner piece, “The Middle East’s Nuclear Technology Clock is Ticking”
Mar 19, 2018
Middle East Eye previews NPEC Executive Director’s upcoming testimony in front of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa in “US-Saudi nuclear deal will face rough ride in Congress”
Feb 20, 2018
The Washington Post cites NPEC’s Executive Director on the stability of the Saudi regime in “Why Trump might bend nuclear security rules to help Saudi Arabia build reactors in the desert”
Feb 20, 2018
The Wall Street Journal quotes NPEC’s Executive Director and NPEC-commissioned researcher in “U.S. Pursues Saudi Nuclear Deal, Despite Proliferation Risk”
Feb 20, 2018
NPEC’s Program Advisor quoted by Bloomberg News in “As Saudis Go Nuclear, U.S. Seeks an Edge Over Great-Power Rivals”
Feb 20, 2018
Bloomberg News cites NPEC’s Program Advisor on the risks of spreading nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in “The Bigger Story Behind the Saudi Reactor Contest”
Feb 01, 2018
NPEC’s Executive Director profiled by Congressional Quarterly in “Nonproliferation Expert Schools Hill Aides on the Danger of Nuclear Annihilation”
Jan 31, 2018
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy quotes NPEC Executive Director about proliferation risks in the Middle East in “Saudi Nuclear Talks: Risks and Limitations”
Jan 29, 2018
China Daily cites article by NPEC’s Executive Director and NPEC Board Member on Japanese nuclear reactors in “Is Japan moving to renege on no-nuclear weapon policy?”
Jan 19, 2018
The International Institute for Strategic Studies cites op-ed by NPEC’s Executive Director and Program Advisor in “Concern over China’s Move Towards Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle”
Dec 22, 2017
The CIA spotlights NPEC-sponsored research on disarmament in Libya in “Cooperation in the Libya WMD Disarmament Case”
Oct 28, 2017
The New York Times cites NPEC research on nuclear proliferation in South Korea in “North Korea Rouses Neighbors to Reconsider Nuclear Weapons”
Sep 29, 2017
NPEC’s Executive Director cited by The Washington Post about failing nuclear plants in “Rick Perry just proposed sweeping new steps to help struggling coal and nuclear plants”
Sep 28, 2017
The Daily Texan describes NPEC’s Research Advisor’s UT Austin consortium lecture in “Former CIA Cfficial Speaks about Monitoring Nuclear Agreements”
Sep 20, 2017
NPEC’s Wohlstetter Public Affairs Fellow weighs in on Trump UN Speech in Vox article, “Trump threatened to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea. I asked 8 experts how worrisome that is”
Mar 16, 2017
RAND Corporation cites NPEC when noting the worrisome long-term threat the Areva reprocessing plant poses in “China’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrent: Major Drivers and Issues for the United States”
Mar 08, 2017
CNN’s Fareed’s Global Briefing spotlights NPEC’s analysis of nuclear rivalries in “Kim Jong Un’s Strategy is Working“&
Mar 08, 2017
The Wall Street Journal cites NPEC’s Executive Director on North Korean sales of lithium-6 and its usefulness for making tritium and secondaries in “North Korea Tried to Sell Nuclear-Weapon Material Last Year“
Dec 08, 2016
The National Security Archive cites and backs NPEC study on 1979 South African flash as Israeli nuclear test in “The Vela Incident: South Atlantic Mystery Flash in September 1979 Raised Questions about Nuclear Test”
Oct 05, 2016
The Daily Texan article features lecture given by NPEC’s Executive Director in “Intelligence Studies Project, Nuclear Proliferation Project host policy expert.”
Aug 22, 2016
Gordon Chang quotes NPEC Executive Director regarding how to respond in nuclear attacks in “America Must be Ready to Nuke Back Fast”
Jul 27, 2016
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists quotes NPEC’s Executive Director Henry Sokolski in “Declaring a no-first-use nuclear policy would be exceedingly risky”
Jun 06, 2016
Christian Science Monitor quotes NPEC Executive Director regarding the risks of condoning Indian proliferation to counterbalance China in “With Modi visit, Obama builds legacy”
Apr 14, 2016
Bloomberg cites NPEC Executive Director on China’s previous 123 Agreement violations in “U.S. Charges Chinese Nuclear Firm, Engineer With Conspiracy”
Mar 31, 2016
NPEC Executive Director cited in the Christian Science Monitor regarding the likelihood of the Nuclear Security Summit addressing specific nuclear security threats in “After Brussels attack, new urgency for nuclear summit”
Mar 24, 2016
NPEC’s March 22nd East Asian forum on Capitol Hill cited by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in “Removing Japan’s dangerous fissile material”
Mar 20, 2016
The Washington Post cites NPEC Executive Director in “As North Korea flexes its muscles, some in South want nukes, too”
Feb 25, 2016
Steven Mufson of The Washington Post highlights NPEC letter to Energy Secretary in “Obama plan to de-fund Savannah River plutonium conversion plant draws fire”
Feb 08, 2016
NPEC’s program advisor publishes op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “Israel’s sea-based nukes pose risks”
Feb 01, 2016
NPEC’s executive director quoted by The Daily Beast in “Will North Korea’s Next Missile Test Wake John Kerry Up?”
Jan 19, 2016
The Daily Beast cites NPEC Executive Director on further possible sanctions against Iran by the U.S. in “The Keys to Iran’s Missiles are in China and North Korea”
Jan 14, 2016
AP spotlights Harvard’s detailed assessment that PRC should delay reprocessing plutonium & quotes NPEC executive director in “China faces nuclear energy choice: reprocess or not?”
Jan 08, 2016
The second largest English language newspaper in India, The Hindu, quotes NPEC executive director on potential Pakistani nuclear proliferation in “Nuke test brings to fore Pak’s proliferation record”
Jan 07, 2016
Executive director of NPEC cited by South Korea’s largest news agency, Yonhap News, in “N.K.’s latest nuclear test could give rise to calls for tactical nuclear weapons in S. Korea”
Jan 06, 2016
The Wall Street Journal cites NPEC executive director on North Korea in “U.S. Analysis Indicates North Korea Test Wasn’t Hydrogen Bomb“