J. Robert Oppenheimer and Ernest Lawrence were worthy of a dual biography. Oppenheimer and Edward Teller will be forever intertwined. So why haven’t Oppenheimer and Alan Turing been joined at the hip? Both were brilliant pathfinders — Turing in mathematics, Oppenheimer in physics. Their actions shortened World War II, saving countless lives — Turing because …
Monitoring Missile Proliferation with Open Source Tools
by | 2014-11-12 | No Comments
How does Jeffrey find time to podcast? He has super talented staff to do the real work! Jeffrey talks with Melissa Hanham and Catherine Dill, research associates at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, about their latest work modeling North Korean missiles and eyeballing Chinese military bases. A collection of missile models produced by the Center …
Nuclear Dangers: Now What?
by | 2014-11-10 | 10 Comments
What can the Obama Administration hope to accomplish to reduce nuclear dangers during the last quarter-pole of this presidency, especially after being drubbed in the mid-term elections? Quite a lot, actually. The big “get” remains a nuclear deal with Iran that leaves Tehran far more poorly positioned to sprint to a nuclear arsenal than the …
Carnegie RFP on Disruptive Tech
by | 2014-11-06 | 1 Comment
Ok, so I am biased. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has always been a supportive funder for the arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation field. The whole staff is filled with people who’ve been nice to me. And Carl Robichaud is one of my favorite people in the field. But still, this is an awesome …
