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 Alex Wellerstein Starting from literally table-top science in 1939, the development of a full-fledged nuclear weapons production system in the United States by late summer 1945 is properly regarded…
Read moreSpeech by Hans M. Kristensen Director, Nuclear Information Project Federation of American Scientists To the Deterrence and Assurance Working Group USAF Global Strike Command Barksdale…
Read moreby Jay Kristoffer Brotz, Justin Fernandez, and Dr. Sharon DeLand As the United States remains on a path towards continued reductions of nuclear weapons in concert with Russia, there is…
Read moreby Ravi Patel Former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto once said, “If India builds the bomb, Pakistan will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get our own.”[ref]Feroz…
Read moreby Dr. Robert S. Norris Editor’s Note: The following text was prepared by Dr. Norris for a presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2013 Summer Institute on the International…
Read moreby Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. We at FAS are always looking for innovative thinking on reducing nuclear dangers. This issue features both emerging leaders in the field and seasoned practitioners…
Read moreby Erika Suzuki, Jasmina Vujic, and Bethany Goldblum “The need for understanding of today’s evolving nuclear threats is critical to informing policy decisions and diplomacy that can move the world…
Read moreby Michael Edward Walsh The future promises to be far more challenging than the past for international security analysts. The security challenges that we will face will be increasingly complex,…
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