This article critically reviews scholarship on the role of conflict and cooperation in conditioning nuclear proliferation. We start by laying out the trajectory of scholarship on the causes of proliferation, organizing it in three waves: (a) security and (b) nonsecurity drivers of proliferation,...

In 2015, two powerful styles of ecological thought were presented as alternatives to mainstream secular-progressive environmentalism. One was Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, which sees climate change as a moral problem exacerbated by consumerism, technocentrism, greed, and...

This paper establishes the feasibility of Low-Enriched Uranium fueled Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (LEU-NTP) reactors in the low-thrust region below 16klbf (71kN). A reference, 7.5klbf, HEU design is converted to 19.75% enriched LEU and shown to be capable of reaching criticality and meeting other...

Most of what is written on nuclear weapons concentrates, understandably, on the here and now: the nuclear threat is a central and continuing fact of modern history . But this is intellectually constricting, both for understanding the nuclear age and for making thoughtful political judgments. It...

The International community has been pushing for economic sanctions for Iran, hoping to pressure the leadership from within. While it significantly cuts funding to the regime, straining their ability to pursue their nuclear program, it may counterproductive. Economic strain may push more...