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Reordering the Nuclear Regime in the Wake of the Iran War

The Iran war has set a precedent for the forcible dismantlement of a sovereign nation’s active nuclear program. Military strikes on nuclear infrastructure are unusual in the history of containing nuclear proliferation and the United States and Israel launched air strikes that incapacitated much of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. This has led to the loss of…
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Congressional Progress Report on the American Nuclear Renaissance

A longer version of this article was published by The Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. The U.S. Congress is largely responsible for laying the groundwork for what has now emerged as a potential American nuclear energy renaissance. This is a response to many domestic and geopolitical factors including the need…
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A Nuclear Power Perspective for 2026

A longer version of this article was published by The Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. The United States’ approach to nuclear energy in 2025 was characterized by typical Trumpian bravado. It offered expansive executive orders, a dose of new reactor rugged individualism, and a warm embrace of government-financed projects.…
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National Security Impact of Irrational Nuclear Energy Exuberance

A longer version of this article was published by The Center for the National Interest and it can be found here. Nuclear energy evangelists becoming multi-millionaires and paper billionaires based on yet-to-be-proven projects represents the essence of the market’s power and the risk-taking that is required to resurrect America’s nuclear industry. But if this process leads to an irrationally exuberant…
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