New FAS Podcast: “A Conversation with an Expert” Featuring Dr. Ali Vaez
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Listen above to a new edition of the FAS Podcast: “A Conversation With An Expert,” featuring Dr. Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Project. Topics discussed include: the recent IAEA report on Iran (released November 8, 2011), history of Iran’s relationship with IAEA and Iranian public opinion regarding nuclear pursuits.
To read the podcast transcript, click here (PDF).
Q+A With Dr. Mary Jean Scott Silk
In the 1950s, Dr. Mary Jean Scott Silk joined the Federation of American Scientists. She worked at Brookhaven National Laboratories from 1952 to 1958 and graduated from John Hopkins University with a doctorate in nuclear physics in 1958.
New FAS Podcast: “A Conversation with an Expert” Featuring Lindsey Marburger
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Listen above to a new edition of the FAS Podcast: “A Conversation With An Expert,” featuring Lindsey Marburger, Manager of the Earth Systems Program . Topics discussed include: sustainable housing, water security and clean energy investments.
To read the podcast transcript, click here (PDF).
Nuclear Security Q & A with Hans Kristensen
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On September 23, 2011, Hans Kristensen, Director of the Nuclear Information Project, participated in a conference call briefing with FAS members . The discussion centered around the 2012 FY Stockpile Stewardship Management Plan, which was recently highlighted in a four part series on the Strategic Security Blog. Listen above to conference call or read the transcript here (PDF).
New FAS Podcast: “A Nuclear-Free Mirage? Obstacles to President Obama’s Goal of a Nuclear Weapons Free World”
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Listen above to a special edition of FAS Podcast “A Conversation with an Expert,” featuring Dr. Robert Standish Norris, Senior Fellow for Nuclear Policy at FAS (interviewed by Charles Blair, Director of FAS’ Terrorism Analysis Project). In the second installment of this series, Dr. Norris discusses obstacles to the implementation of the Obama Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). After twenty years since the end of the Cold War, how far down the path are we toward a nuclear weapons free world? Despite President Obama’s goal of eventual nuclear disarmament, Dr. Norris explains why the latest effort to alter the role of nuclear weapons—a necessity if we seek to eliminate them—is likely to falter.
