We strive to examine issues important to U.S. national security from a post-partisan perspective, meaning we try to break through the spin to find ideas we can use to encourage fresh thinking and build genuine consensus.
GAO: Further Actions Needed by U.S. Agencies to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear and Radiological Materials
posted by Bryan Gold on March 14, 2012 at 4:50 pm
GAO testimony reveals cracks in the current state of nuclear security policy in the United States. The lack of overseas accountability, lack of inter-agency communication and use of resources, and uneven security controls demonstrates the fact that the United States still has a ways to go if it is to achieve the President’s nuclear security agenda.
Bloomberg: Obama Needs to Go the Whole Mile on Iran Diplomacy
posted by Bryan Gold on March 14, 2012 at 1:51 pm
With Iran signaling its willingness to restart talks and pull back from the edge, the United States needs to make the case to both the American people and to its allies that diplomacy, not war, can bear fruit.
What we are reading
posted by Paul Hamill on March 14, 2012 at 1:15 pm
ASO ICYMI – latest on Afghanistan and Iran, Climate, Energy, and rare earth metals
Rare Earths and Energy: China’s Monopoly
posted by Harper Dorsk on March 13, 2012 at 3:39 pm
A BBC article was just published discussing the new trade dispute the US has filed against China for its monopolization of the rare earths market.
What we are reading
posted by Paul Hamill on March 13, 2012 at 11:38 am
ASP ICYMI – latest on Afghanistan, China and rare earth metals, energy, drones, Syria and missile defense
The Nuke Review
posted by Bryan Gold on March 12, 2012 at 4:32 pm
From the AIPAC conference to Mitt Romney’s latest Op-Ed in the Washington Post, last week was another big one for Iran and policymakers.
