FAS’s online, quarterly science and security journal featuring articles by members of the FAS network on issues related to foreign policy and national security.
For prior issues of the FAS Public Interest Report from 1946-2005 see the PIR archive.
by Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. The presidential candidates’ debates will soon occur, and the voters must know where the candidates stand on protecting the…
Read moreby Heather Williams The George W. Bush Administration is not typically viewed as the paragon of arms control. This was the Administration that withdrew…
Read moreby Debalina Ghoshal Ever since the United States began developing a missile defense system, the focus has been on pursuing a robust missile defense…
Read moreby Diva Puig The special nature of nuclear energy requires particular safety and security conditions and stronger protective measures. The International Atomic Energy Agency…
Read moreFLAWED PENTAGON NUCLEAR CRUISE MISSILE ADVOCACY – JUNE 10, 2016 In its quest to secure Congressional approval for a new nuclear cruise missile, the…
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 Megan Sethi The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) formed after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, precisely because many scientists were genuinely concerned…
Read moreby Robert S. Norris On August 8, 2015, twenty-nine scientists sent a letter to President Obama in support of the agreement with Iran that…
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