• Netherlands to Host 2014 Nuclear Security Summit

    Updated: 2012-01-31 20:36:30
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Netherlands to Host 2014 Nuclear Security Summit Duyeon Jan 31, 2012 0 The Netherlands has accepted Seoul's request to host the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit in 2014. In a January 31 local time statement , its Foreign Ministry , said The Dutch government regards the request as a sign of trust and has responded positively . The chairmanship will be officially transferred at the 2012 Summit in Seoul in March . Yonhap News cited Korean language similar comments made by Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal who , while submitting a report to parliament , said that the Dutch government regards South Korea's request as an expression of confidence based

  • Hoffman on the New Strategic Guidance

    Updated: 2012-01-31 18:17:50
    Strategist and military analyst Frank Hoffman, now Director of National Defense University Press, takes a warm view of the new strategic guidance from DoD as a risk balancer in line with a dire fiscal and political reality. A “Pivot and Partner” strategy: DefenseNews - Pentagon’s New Guidance: Sound Strategy Intricately Linked to Policies  ….Despite the fact that [...]

  • 3-D Printing: A New Industrial Revolution?

    Updated: 2012-01-29 23:43:12
    I have been reading about the potential of 3-D printing here and there, particularly at John Robb’s   Global Guerrillas site. It looked hopeful as a technology vector, but not having a tech background myself, it was harder to envision the parameters of potential application and their possible economic impact. The following short TED talk by Lisa [...]

  • Metz on the Psychology of Insurgency

    Updated: 2012-01-28 07:18:26
    Dr. Steve Metz, a friend of ZP blog and Chairman of the Regional Strategy and Planning Department and Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute, has new and heavily footnoted article up at SWJ: Psychology of Participation in Insurgency   It’s common sense: to make insurgents quit the fight or to deter other [...]

  • US weapons for future include key relics of the past

    Updated: 2012-01-27 17:13:00
    The Associated Press' Robert Burns wrote an article entitled "US weapons for future include key relics of the past" that features the Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation's Laicie Olson discussing the 2013 Defense Budget.

  • Obama Counters Foreign Policy Criticism in State of the Union Address

    Updated: 2012-01-27 16:23:23
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Iran Watch Obama Counters Foreign Policy Criticism in State of the Union Address Tara Chandra Jan 27, 2012 0 With the 2012 election looming , it is not surprising that the bulk of President Obama†s State of the Union address was focused on the U.S . economy and job creation . But the focus on domestic issues was underscored by a strong defense of the President†s record on foreign policy , in particular his decision to order the mission that led to the death of Osama bin . Laden Apart from the killing of bin Laden , the only foreign policy issue that merited its own paragraph was Iran . President Obama†s critics have accused him of being

  • Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 24th – January 26th, 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-27 16:08:00
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  • Book: On Creativity

    Updated: 2012-01-27 03:37:08
    On Creativity by David Bohm  A former student, now an adult, stopped by and gave me a copy of of On Creativity by the late and controversial quantum physicist David Bohm. Thumbing through quickly, On Creativity had an air of consilience to it that I think I will find enjoyable, though I am not sure [...]

  • Are Ambitious Life Extension Programs on Hold?

    Updated: 2012-01-26 21:18:33
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Are Ambitious Life Extension Programs on Hold Nickolas Roth Jan 26, 2012 0 A B61 bomb in Europe I recently wrote an analysis on the future of the proposed life extension program for the B61 gravity bomb . It argues , Congress provided the full 233 million NNSA requested for the B61 life extension program in FY 2012. However , when you read the fine print , it is less clear how Congress will respond to future funding requests . According to the Conference Report for H.R . 2055, the legislation which funds the government for FY 2012, including NNSA , Congress withheld 134 million until “NNSA submits to the House and Senate Committees on

  • Missile Defense Still Not Defending

    Updated: 2012-01-26 04:47:56
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Missile Defense Still Not Defending Kingston Reif Jan 25, 2012 0 Regular readers of the blog will remember that last October we flagged the following rosy proclamation from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about U.S . missile defenses : “But you know , we really do have a very remarkable defense system set up to deal with that challenge i.e . the missile threat to the U.S . homeland ” emphasis mine . Two new reports suggest Panetta ought to be a little less effusive in his praise . The reports demonstrate that the currently deployed missile defense systems are still unable to reliably intercept and destroy incoming enemy

  • Are ambitious Life Extension Programs on Hold?

    Updated: 2012-01-26 00:48:00
    The B61 life extension program has come under increasing scrutiny. And for good reason writes Nickolas Roth in this new analysis.

  • AQ Khan and India at CEIP

    Updated: 2012-01-25 02:48:32
    A fun time was had by all yesterday morning at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC,  where I presented my research on AQ Khan and his fourth customer. (Well, perhaps there might have been a few stony faces out there.) George Perkovich moderated. I’m grateful for all of his compliments, starting with the invitation itself. [...]

  • A Caution

    Updated: 2012-01-24 21:50:16
    [ by Charles Cameron -- crowdsourcing and ye olde fine line between genius and insanity revisited ] . . Surowiecki should really have titled his book Extraordinary Popular Intuitions and the Wisdom of Crowds, no?

  • John Robb’s New Site – Resilient Communities

    Updated: 2012-01-24 15:27:48
    Via Shlok, cutting edge thinker, strategist and amigo  John Robb has launched a new site, add it to your daily “must read” list or blogroll: Resilient Communities What Resilient Communities .com does How do you take control of your life in an increasingly unstable world? Decide.  Right now, your success is akin a cork on [...]

  • Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 20th – January 23rd, 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-24 12:57:00
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  • Looser constraints on civilian nuclear trade?

    Updated: 2012-01-24 04:52:59
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Looser constraints on civilian nuclear trade Kingston Reif Jan 23, 2012 0 Via Elaine Grossman , the Obama administration on January 11 sent a letter to Congress informing Members that it plans to pursue a case-by-case approach to civilian nuclear cooperation agreements with other . countries In other words , it appears that the administration does not plan to require that future agreements require recipients of U.S . nuclear assistance to forswear the ability to make their own nuclear fuel via the pursuit of enrichment and or reprocessing capabilities , as the United Arab Emirates did in its 2009 agreement with the U.S . The

  • The End

    Updated: 2012-01-24 04:03:19
    The End by Ian Kershaw I have a deadline to meet this week for a publisher, so my posts are going to be short and to the point. Just received the above title as a gift from my father-in-law. Having read Kershaw’s 2 volume bio of Hitler, as a historian, he merits the accolade “critically [...]

  • AQ Khan and India: So What?

    Updated: 2012-01-18 06:20:30
    In a postscript of sorts to a recent debate in Australia over the supply of uranium to India, blogger and political scientist NAJ Taylor approvingly cites my recent article on the A.Q. Khan network and its fourth customer, and draws a rather strong conclusion: In a large part, Pollack has assembled evidence that makes public [...]

  • Nuclear Security Update

    Updated: 2012-01-17 22:24:38
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nuclear Security Update Duyeon Jan 17, 2012 0 Hi all , two new papers by yours : truly 1. Where Nuclear Safety and Security Meet co-authored with Jungmin Kang , KAIST visiting professor published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Jan Feb 2012 issue found here or here Fukushima has implicitly exposed the relationship between the nuclear safety problem and the nuclear security problem . The disaster also suggests that nuclear power plant safety and security can be strengthened simultaneously through improvements in vital areas , including on-site power supplies , the cooling system for reactors and spent fuel ponds , and the main control

  • Missile Defense Intercepts in Space: A problem not solved

    Updated: 2012-01-17 11:23:00
    A recent report by the Defense Science Board concludes that U.S. missile defenses are still unable to discriminate between an incoming missile and decoys or countermeasures designed to confound the system, writes Lt. Gen. Robert Gard (USA, ret.) in this new analysis.

  • The HOUR is getting late!!!

    Updated: 2012-01-12 00:32:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable America needs a new nuclear weapon as much as Lady Gaga needs another new . outfit Rep . Ed Markey D-MA Wednesday , January 11, 2012 The HOUR is getting late , Friends The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says It is Now 5 Minutes to Midnight . It should come as no surprise that this respected organization has moved the clock on January 10th an inch closer to the witching hour . nbsp It is black magic , indeed , that causes the clock to inch closer to midnight . nbsp As described on their : Website The Doomsday Clock conveys how close humanity is to catastrophic destruction--the figurative midnight--and monitors the means humankind could use to

  • UNSCR 1540 & the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit: A View From Seoul

    Updated: 2012-01-11 14:52:00
    The Republic of Korea (ROK) has been and remains a staunch supporter of the global nonproliferation regime as it borders a grave security threat and proliferator of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). With the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit just months away, the Republic of Korea should be more interested in enhancing UNSCR 1540, not only as the Summit Chair but against the backdrop of a “Global Korea” policy and the nation’s growing prominence in the nuclear energy industry.

  • NUKE DEBATE??? Let’s have the real one…

    Updated: 2012-01-10 00:14:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable America needs a new nuclear weapon as much as Lady Gaga needs another new . outfit Rep . Ed Markey D-MA Monday , January 9, 2012 NUKE DEBATE Let's have the real one . , Friends The front page of today's Seattle Times is embazoned with the : headline Plan for 715 million Bangor wharf fires up NUKE DEBATE Under the headline is a mammoth photo of a Trident nuclear submarine somewhere in Puget Sound near Squim . nbsp Each of these behemoths has 24 launch tubes , and is capable of carrying 24 Trident II D-5 missiles , each with a capacity of 8 warheads , each warhead being either a W76 100 kiloton or W88 475 kiloton In contrast , the Hiroshima bomb

  • Some Additional Thoughts on the Pentagon Strategy Review and Nuclear Weapons

    Updated: 2012-01-09 09:57:00
    On January 5 President Obama and Secretary of Defense Panetta unveiled new defense guidance at a press briefing at the Pentagon. The new strategy sets the stage, albeit cautiously, for further reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the nuclear weapons budget. How the play ends, however, remains to be seen, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.

  • What is to be done? – The Russian Reset and Missile Defense Cooperation

    Updated: 2012-01-09 00:41:00
    NATO and Russia are on the verge of missing a big opportunity on missile defense cooperation write Kingston Reif and Ulrika Grufman in this new analysis.

  • Where Nuclear Safety and Security Meet

    Updated: 2012-01-06 15:32:00
    A Fukushima-like nuclear accident does not have to be caused by nature. Similar results could be wrought by a dedicated terrorist group that gained access to a nuclear power plant and disabled its safety systems. To guard against natural accidents, terrorist sabotage, and possible combinations of these two classes of events, nuclear plant operators and regulators should consider a combined approach called nuclear safety-security.

  • Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Applauds Pentagon Strategy Review, Urges More

    Updated: 2012-01-05 15:44:00
    The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today applauds the Pentagon’s decision to scale back Pentagon spending in a way that best provides for the strength and security of our country, but labeled the move “only a step in the right direction.”

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