New developments in the Middle East are raising concerns about whether the region will become the world’s next nuclear hot spot. While the escalating situation stokes international anxiety, it has not stimulated an effective, comprehensive nuclear security policy response. The reality is that multiple nuclear facilities will be operating in several countries in the region…
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The Nuclear-Climate-Security Conversation Gains Altitude
The nuclear-climate-global security discussion has ramped-up in recent weeks, led by several high-profile international organizations responding to the growing global concern about the impact of increasing greenhouse gasses. But the debate is still balkanized with energy and technology garnering more attention than their security implications. In Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held a…
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Gates Gets It, Leaders Should Listen
Bill Gates gets that there is no real plan to address climate change. He made this point in the face of a tsunami of recent official declarations and street-level demonstrations bemoaning the worsening “climate crisis.” Four years after the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, atmospheric carbon emissions continue to grow and environmental conditions are worsening.…
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Nuclear, Climate, and the Next Election
The debate over the role of nuclear power in addressing climate change is heating up like the atmosphere. But it's amounting to a lot of hot air because it is not clear that America’s foremost presidential aspirants and allied leaders fully understand the essential connection between these issues. At a CNN Town Hall on climate…
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