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"Escape from Camp 14": Blaine Harden at the World Affairs Council
This Wednesday, July 11, the Asia Society Northern California and World Affairs Council will host a discussion with Blaine Harden, former Washington Post journalist and author of the bestselling book Escape from Camp 14, moderated by Ploughshares Fund Executive Director Philip Yun. Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on July 9, 2012
5 Fun Finds in the Ploughshares Office
As we all wished a very happy birthday to the United States of America this week, at Ploughshares we were also busy with some spring – make that summer – cleaning. Books made their way onto new shelves, and pamphlets into files. Along the way we found some blasts-from-the-past and other items that left us scratching our heads: Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on July 5, 2012
North Korea, atomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nuclear Security
Bombs Mean Big Business for Big Business
Lobbies claim that thousands of companies benefit from nuclear weapons spending. But according to a new report from the Center for International Policy, those claims are far from reality. In truth, only a handful of companies stand to gain significantly, with a network of subcontractors behind them. Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on June 27, 2012
CMRR, MOX, Nuclear Budget, Nuclear Weapons
Not With a Whimper, But a Bang?
We aren't the only ones concerned about nuclear disasters. National Geographic’s “Doomsday Dashboard” uses Twitter feeds to see which "end-of-the-world scenario" has people the most worried. Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on June 22, 2012
fukushima, Nuclear Weapons, radiation
12 Books on Nuclear Weapons That We're "(Summer) Loving"
Summer’s here! Time to kick back and… brush up on nuclear policy? Whether you’re looking for a beach read, or are from San Francisco like us – where summer proved to be Mark Twain’s “coldest winter” – these summer months are a great time to dive into a good book. Did our New Year’s list leave you hungry for more? These 12 books - from Shute’s science-fiction to Alibek’s science-all-too-real – should do the trick: Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on June 14, 2012
Barack Obama, Cold War, Colin Powell, David Corn, Entertainment, Nuclear Weapons, Rachel Maddow
Slavin and Albright Talk Baghdad
Though the Baghdad talks have been criticized in the press for failing to achieve a breakthrough, a discussion hosted this week by the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force suggested that there is hope in the fact that “these were the first substantive discussions between Iran and the international community on the issue of the nuclear program in more than two years.” Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on May 30, 2012
Diplomacy, atlantic council, Baghdad, Barbara Slavin, David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, Iran Task Force, national security, Nuclear Weapons, P5+1, Iran