Late last month, the Department of Energy (DoE) again floated the idea of chemically extracting or “reprocessing” nuclear weapons explosive plutonium from spent fuel reactor fuel. Why? To keep up with Russia and China in building multi-billion dollar fast “advanced” reactor commercial demonstration programs that […]
On April 23rd, 2020, NPEC hosted a National Security Classification Policy Reform Virtual Meeting. The following videos are highlights of Richard Immerman and Pete Worden respectively. Transcripts of Richard Immerman’s and Harvey Rishikof’s presentaion have also been included. The meeting itself was in response to […]
Henry Sokolski and Patrick Malone discuss nuclear power, next steps in treaties, and HBO’s miniseries “Chernobyl” Aug 08, 2019AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski and Patrick Malone How was HBO’s “Chernobyl” miniseries inaccurate? (part 1) Why was HBO’s miniseries “Chernobyl” so popular? (part 2) Aren’t reactors becoming safer […]
This article reviewed three major projections of the global space industry by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch and extracted the trands that would significantly impact the design of both the domestic and international space traffic management (STM) schemes. If found […]
As part of NPEC’s project, “Tracking Emerging Asian Nuclear Weapons Doctrines,” experts were commissioned to study the impact of Russian nuclear military doctrine on the doctrines of China and India. Below are presentations on the preliminary findings of this research. Mar 10, 2018 Tracking Russian […]
NPEC asked Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University and a Former Science Advisor on nonproliferation for the U.S. Department of State Scott Kemp to write a study on centrifuges. Scott explains that centrifuge technology can be fairly easily developed in a matter of 36 months […]
A commentary by William Tobey shared at NPEC’s meeting, “Securing Nuclear Arsenals for the Next Half Century: What Does History Recommend?” Feb 28, 2012 AUTHOR: Willam Tobey Comments on Controlling Soviet-Russian Nuclear Weapons in Time of Inst…. (PDF) 11.20 KB Comments on the Russia Case […]
A paper by Nikolai Sokov discussed at NPEC’s meeting, “Securing Nuclear Arsenals for the Next Half Century: What Does History Recommend?” Feb 28, 2012 AUTHOR: Nikolai Sokov Controlling Soviet-Russian Nuclear Weapons in Time of Instability (PDF) 441.81 KB Controlling Soviet/Russian Nuclear Weapons in Time of […]
NPEC’s Executive Director, Henry Sokolski, discusses how the modernization of nuclear weapons and delivery capabilities throughout the world will influence global strategic military competitions over the next two decades. The final version will be published in an edited volume. This paper is a companion piece […]
In a major, fresh analysis of the Russian military literature, Dr. Jacob Kipp, former Deputy Director, U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, argues that how Russia chooses to cope with the strategic challenges China poses, rather than any developments regarding NATO, the Balkans, or […]
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