Publications

Responding to the Belt and Road Rout

It’s a bad sign for the free world when a headline blares, “China is convinced that America is in decline.” There are many reasons why China’s leadership could consider America to be a fading superpower, but certainly, one is its inconsistent and insufficient response to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) over the past eight…
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Grossi Gets Ahead of the Evolving Nuclear Agenda

Topping the list of necessary skills for an effective Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are the ability to walk a political tightrope, often without a net, while orchestrating multiple rings of the global nuclear circus. Despite this taxing high-wire act, the new DG, Rafael Grossi, has decided that the job…
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Leadership Strategy for Climate, Nuclear Energy, and Global Security

The recent blackouts in Texas are a black eye for the nation and underscore the perils of a changing climate. If the punishing winter storms of 2021 weren’t enough, the U.N. secretary general has called it a red alert that the latest national commitments to carbon reduction would reduce emissions by less than 1 percent. This sets the stage for a U.S.-proposed climate summit on Earth…
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U.S. Advanced Nuclear Energy Strategy Joint Report

U.S. Advanced Nuclear Energy Strategyfor Domestic Prosperity, Climate Protection, National Security, and Global Leadership Today the Partnership for Global Security (PGS) and the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) and released a joint report defining a comprehensive strategy for the U.S. to become the global leader in advanced nuclear power. Based on extensive stakeholder engagement, the strategy…
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