Publications

This paper mulls the re-establishment of an acceptable international regime to promote the reduction of national nuclear warhead stockpiles. For examination, it breaks nuclear warhead reductions into ...chevron_right

This paper considers the transformation of security threats in tandem with human development since the end of the Cold War. The authors argue contemporary security threats are dispersed in nature, lin...chevron_right

This paper examines the need for oversight of biotechnologies that could pose a danger to public health and outlines a possible oversight system. It first defines and measures the relative gravity of ...chevron_right

This study reviews the content of US news media coverage during three periods of time when issues relating to what have been ubiquitously termed “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) were being featured...chevron_right

This paper considers the budgetary aspects of US government plans to expand military activities in outer space. It documents the allocation of funds in the US Fiscal Year 2004 budget request to three ...chevron_right

This paper considers the oversight of biotechnologies that could be used as weapons of mass destruction. The author argues too little oversight exists to counter effectively the threat of potentially ...chevron_right

This paper surveys the US federal regulatory structure for scientific research. It outlines each agency's purview and considers the issues of basic research, clinical trials, human gene therapy, human...chevron_right

This compendium examines the ways in which the US Navy might fight as a more lethal and distributed force. The text’s articles particularly focus on 1) the role distributed lethality plays in other joint warfighting concepts, such as...chevron_right

This collection of articles focuses on managing the rise of Chinese power in the Asia-Pacific region, and on how the US and China can operate in this part of the world without seeming to contain each other. Among other topics, the articles explore 1) Chinese, Russian and US military strategies in the region; 2) how to avoid an Asia-Pacific Cold War; and 3) how to prevent a local conflict between China and Taiwan.chevron_right

This testimony offers insights into the long-term future of al-Qaeda. In his remarks, the author raises three main points: 1) the peak of organized jihadi terrorism in the West has passed; 2) the jiha...chevron_right

This transcript of a hearing on nuclear programs and strategies provides insights into the technical perspective of the US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. After introducing the work of the Board...chevron_right

Why do territory-holding drug cartels prefer to battle weak states instead of overthrow or even secede from them? The answer, according to Benjamin Lessing, is that calibrated violence permits the cartels to influence state policy. It thus acts as a form of corruption, a lobbying tool, or both.chevron_right

This transcript of a question and answer session with Siegfried Hecker focuses on North Korea's nuclear policy. According to Hecker, Pyongyang's announcement that it will restart all its nuclear facil...chevron_right

This statement discusses the ability of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to take the lead in national security. The author recommends several areas the US and Coalition Forces might focus on...chevron_right

The author of this speech draws an optimistic picture in the long term but a pessimistic picture in the short term that the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula can be resolved. He adds that the cha...chevron_right