What Is the Sole Purpose of U.S. Nuclear Weapons? September 16, 2021
How can US officials assure allies that Biden’s sole purpose policy will increase their security, not decrease it?
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Defense Posture
What Is the Sole Purpose of U.S. Nuclear Weapons?
As a candidate, Biden said that the sole purpose of our nuclear arsenal should be to deter or retaliate for a nuclear attack. But what does this really mean for plans and weapons?
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Siloed Thinking: A Closer Look at the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
“Siloed Thinking,” authored by Research Associate Matt Korda, reviews the fundamental role of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in US nuclear strategy and examines the Pentagon’s justifications for pursuing an ICBM replacement program.
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Day One Project Policy Proposals
We are on a mission to collect, refine and push to implement innovative and actionable science & technology ideas. Read our catalog of Day One Project policy proposals or submit your own at DayOneProject.org
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A More Responsible Digital Surveillance Future
At a time when democratic rule of law and human rights have weakened globally, emerging digital surveillance technologies have made the authoritarian model more accessible, stable, and competitive than ever before.
Read moreWhy and How Faculty Should Participate in U.S. Policy Making August 17, 2021
If the U.S. Congress is to produce sound policies that benefit the public good, science and technology faculty members must become active participants in the American policy-making process. One key…
Read moreRare bipartisan consensus on innovation must lead to increased NSF support August 13, 2021
For what seems like the first time in years, innovation is having a bipartisan moment. Congress has spent months grappling with growing concerns over international competitiveness, underinvestment in research, and…
Read moreWe need this rule to keep foreign-born founders in the U.S. June 30, 2021
Immigrant entrepreneurs have played a remarkably outsize role in the growth of the U.S. economy. More than half of the country’s billion-dollar startups were founded by immigrants, and…
Read moreUnleashing international entrepreneurs to help the U.S. economy recover from the pandemic May 20, 2021
In 2014, then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Jeh Johnson issued a memo (The 2014 memo) recommending “policies supporting U.S. high-skilled businesses and workers.” DHS offered a range…
Read moreBiden Must Be Clear About What Nuclear Weapons Are For May 12, 2021
President Joe Biden has assumed command of the U.S. nuclear arsenal at a particularly turbulent time. The Trump administration, consistent with former President Donald Trump’s own fixation on the destructiveness…
Read moreBreaking Down Barriers: How the Department of Energy Can Immediately Advance Racial and Gender Equity for Entrepreneurs April 28, 2021
It’s hard to be a startup, given that most small businesses don’t survive past five years. It’s really hard to be a clean energy startup, given that venture capital firms…
Read moreWinning the Global Race for Artificial Intelligence Expertise April 9, 2021
New applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are expanding rapidly, while countries all over the world are fiercely competing for the talent necessary to take advantage of these increasingly consequential technologies.1…
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