President’s Message: Reinvention and Renewal May 10, 2016
by Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. From its inception 70 years ago, the founders and members of the Federation of American Scientists were reinventing themselves.
Read moreby Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. From its inception 70 years ago, the founders and members of the Federation of American Scientists were reinventing themselves.
Read moreby Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. Imagine thousands and potentially millions of scientists committed to making the world safer and more secure. This was the vision of the dedicated group of…
Read moreby Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. Here is some news from recent research in neuroscience that, I think, is relevant for FAS’s mission to prevent global catastrophes. Psychologists Dacher Keltner of…
Read moreby Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. “To destroy the other, you have to destroy part of yourself. To deter the other, you have to deter yourself,” according to a Chinese nuclear…
Read moreAs I write this president’s message, the U.S. election has just resulted in a resounding victory for the Republican Party, which will have control of both the Senate and House…
Read moreby Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. “One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not…
Read more“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it,” warned British statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke more than 200 years ago. Having recently delved into reading about the history…
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