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US National Security Policy And Nuclear Weapons: Perspectives on the Nuclear Posture Review

By Page | Published: January 10, 2010
Originally published here. Last week, physicist and Nobel laureate Leon Lederman, and Catholic Bishop Howard J. Hubbard published a passionately worded op-ed piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution entitled “Nuclear threat demands a sustained U.S. effort“. Here’s an excerpt: Our leaders must embark on a step-by-step process to prevent the use and spread of these devastating [...]
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Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: How The Obama Administration is Addressing Biological Threats

By Page | Published: December 27, 2009
Originally published here. When most of us think of “Cold War history”, we think of the Soviet Union and the United States building up massive nuclear arsenals, staring each other down over missiles in Cuba, or former Eastern and Western Europe. We think of the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev, and Reagan. But what most people don’t [...]
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A New Approach to US Nuclear Policy: Deterring Nuclear Terrorism

By Page | Published: December 19, 2009
Originally published here. Back in August of this year, the Pentagon released two fact sheets on the Nuclear Posture Review, or NPR. As it states quite simply, the objective of the NPR is: To establish U.S. nuclear policy, strategy, capabilities and force posture for the next 5 – 10 years. At the time, a number [...]
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