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. “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 moreby Harris Wofford and Tad Daley In the wake of the extraordinary media focus on the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and on the search to define…
Read moreby B. Cameron Reed Introduction Edward Friedman and Roger Lewis’s essay “A Scenario for Jihadist Nuclear Revenge,” published in the Spring 2014 edition of the Public Interest Report, is a…
Read moreby Michael Bodner Today, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or “drones”), are an ever-present entity in both political discourse and the skies above countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Unmanned aerial…
Read moreAndrew Marienhoff Sessler Editor’s Note: This article[ref]Article available online here: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/67/8/10.1063/PT.3.2489[/ref]originally appeared in the August 2014 issue of Physics Today; it can also be accessed online. Dr. Sessler…
Read moreby Irma Arguello There is broad international consensus about reduction of nuclear risks as one of the most relevant drivers to enhance global security. However, degrees of involvement, priorities…
Read moreby Rebecca Slayton It is currently U.S. policy to deploy missile defenses that are “proven, cost-effective, and adaptable.” As outlined in the 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense Review, proven means “extensive testing…
Read moreby Nickolas Roth In March 2013, the Senate voted down an amendment offered by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to cut $700,000 from their budget that was set-aside for the National…
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