Once China develops an operational aircraft carrier battle group, the report predicts, it would also be able to protect nuclear ballistic missile submarines stationed on Hainan Island.

Where do scientists and engineers belong in the current political landscape? What are the roles of scientists and engineers in global security and safety? How can scientists and engineers keep us safe?

Since 9/11, the United States has spent $1 trillion to defend against al-Qaeda and ISIL, dirty bombs and lone wolves, bioterror and cyberterror. Has it worked?

Estimate of global nuclear weapons in January 2016

Nuclear weapon states maintain and modernize nuclear arsenals, as their leaders remain silent about the threat that nuclear war poses to the human species.

Listen 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 ...