Federation of American Scientists

  • Grantee Spotlight: Hans Kristensen

    Grantee Spotlight: Hans Kristensen

    A growing number of leaders like Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, are increasingly concerned about the US government’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild our nuclear arsenal – a plan that could trigger a new arms global arms race with Russia and...

    July 26, 2016 - By Will Lowry

  • Sid Drell on the Logic of Nuclear Zero

    Is it illogical to think of a world without nuclear weapons?  Must we accept the world as it is, with nuclear weapons, as many in the high priesthood of strategic policy insist?  That was a broad reaction to the effort to get rid of them that Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev made at the Reykjavik Summit 26 years ago in what George Shultz has called “the highest stakes poker game ever played.”  And I still hear it frequently today.

    November 16, 2012 - By admin

  • A Golden Mistake

    The B61 life extension program gets a gold medal for setting records as the most expensive nuclear warhead in U.S. history. It also gets another ignominious recognition – costing more than its weight in solid gold.

    July 30, 2012 - By Ben Loehrke

  • A Window of Opportunity with Iran

    In a sea of skepticism over U.S. policy on Iran, new developments are signaling progress toward a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program.

    October 7, 2011 - By Megan Murphy