Public Interest Reports

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.

President’s Message: What Will the Next President’s Nuclear Policies Be?

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 United States against catastrophic nuclear attacks. While debating foreign policy and national security issues, the Democratic and Republican candidates could reach an apparent agreement about the…

Three-Dimensional Arms Control: A Thought Experiment

by Heather Williams The George W. Bush Administration is not typically viewed as the paragon of arms control. This was the Administration that withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 2002, agreed to the Moscow Treaty that same year with no verification provisions, and generally eschewed traditional approaches to…

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President’s Message: What Will the Next President’s Nuclear Policies Be?

Three-Dimensional Arms Control: A Thought Experiment

President’s Message: Reducing Catastrophic Risks: Why FAS Matters March 5, 2013

by Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. Senator Sam Nunn has often underscored that humanity is in “a race between cooperation and catastrophe.” As co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative,…

The Unha-3: Assessing the Successful North Korean Satellite Launch February 20, 2013

by Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker On December 12, 2012, North Korea finally succeeded in placing an object into low Earth orbit. Recovered debris of the launcher’s first stage verified…

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