2013 Publications
Articles, Reports, Media Appearances, etc., written or researched by current and former Scoville Fellows in 2013 (Year of Fellowship in parenthesis)
E. Scott Adler (Spring 1989)
• co-wrote Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving, Cambridge University Press, January 14, 2013
David Andersen (Fall 1995)
• wrote “The Missing Choice” (in response to the Syrian chemical weapons attack), Huntington News op-ed, September 3, 2013
• interviewed on Syria, US and Obama, KXTV News10 Sacramento, CA, September 10, 2013
• wrote “The Nobel Peace Prize From Kissinger to Obama,” Counterpunch, October 09, 2013
Erin Blankenship (Spring 2006)
• wrote Afghanistan Contested Spaces Briefing Paper, Oxfam America Briefing Paper, October 2013
Philipp Bleek (Fall 1999)
• interviewed on “The cost of dismantling chemical weapons in Syria,” Marketplace, September 11, 2013
• wrote “Atomic Kingdom? Not So Fast…” WMD Junction, November 15, 2013
Nate Cohn (Fall 2010)
• wrote chapter on demographics, “America’s Evolving Electorate,” in Barack Obama and the New America: The 2012 Election and the Changing Face of Politics Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, January 16, 2013
• wrote “Americans Are Asleep on the Sequester. The GOP Better Hope They Don’t Wake Up”. The New Republic, February 26, 2013
• wrote “Could North Korea Nuke Washington?” The New Republic, March 8, 2013
• wrote “Not Everyone Loves the NSA’s Snooping,” New Republic, June 11, 2013
• wrote “This One Chart Shows How GOP Support for Striking Syria Collapsed,” The New Republic, September 9, 2013
Kelsey Davenport (Fall 2011)
• wrote “N. Korea Launch Spurs Talk of New Policy,” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• wrote “Prospects for Iran-IAEA Deal Fluctuate,” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• wrote “Global Partnership Revamped in 2012,” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• wrote Options for a Diplomatic Solution to the Iranian Nuclear Challenge, Arms Control Association Iran Nuclear Brief, January 9, 2013
• contributed to Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle Arms Control Association Briefing Book, February 2013
• wrote “Nuclear North Korea: the View from Seoul,” Arms Control NOW blog, February 20, 2013
• co-wrote “A First Look at the February 2013 IAEA Report on Iran,” Arms Control NOW blog, February 21, 2013
• quoted in “Ahead of March Iran Talks, U.S. Urged to Back Possible Israeli Strike,” Inter Press Service, February 28, 2013
• wrote “EU Urges Middle East Meeting in 2013,” Arms Control Today, March 2013
• wrote “North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test,” Arms Control Today, March 2013
• wrote “P5+1 Revises Proposal Ahead of New Talks,” Arms Control Today, March 2013
• wrote “UN Imposes New Sanctions on N. Korea,” Arms Control Today, April 2013
• wrote “Amano Endorsed for Second IAEA Term,” Arms Control Today, April 2013
• wrote “Amano Reports No Progress on Iran,” Arms Control Today, April 2013
• co-wrote Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy Arms Control Association, April 23, 2013
• co-wrote Assessing Progress on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: 2010-2013 Report Card Updated ACA Report, April 25, 2013
• wrote “North Korea Sets Conditions for Talks,” Arms Control Today, May 2013
• wrote “P5+1 Package Seeks Transparency in Iran,” Arms Control Today, May 2013
• wrote “U.S. Cites Evidence of Syrian Sarin Use,” Arms Control Today, May 2013
• co-wrote “Cliff Notes on the May 2013 IAEA Report on Iran,” Arms Control Now blog, May 22, 2013
• wrote “U.S. Considers More Sanctions on Iran,” Arms Control Today, June 2013
• wrote “U.S., Canada Boycott Disarmament Forum,” Arms Control Today, June 2013
• wrote “Park Lays Out Korean Trust-Building Plan,” Arms Control Today, June 2013
• co-wrote “The future of nuclear security,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 24, 2013
• co-wrote Nuclear Security Summit: Progress Report Arms Control Association and Partnership for Global Security Report, July 2013
• co-wrote “U.S. Says Chemical Weapons Used in Syria,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2013
• wrote “‘More Active’ Talks Needed, Rouhani Says,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2013
• wrote “U.S. Seeking Unity for N. Korea Talks,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2013
• co-wrote “The August IAEA Report on Iran: Key Takeaways,” Arms Control NOW blog, August 28, 2013
• wrote “Israel Back on Agenda of IAEA Conference,” Arms Control Today, September 2013
• wrote “N. Korea Continues to Evade Sanctions,” Arms Control Today, September 2013
• wrote “Rouhani Wants ‘Serious’ Nuclear Talks,” Arms Control Today, September 2013
• wrote “U.S. Says Nuclear Security Work Remains,” Arms Control Today, September 2013
• contributed to Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle Arms Control Association Briefing Book, September 2013
• co-wrote “A Nuclear Deal With Iran Is Within Reach, If Congress Plays Its Part,” Roll Call Commentary, September 27, 2013
• wrote “Iran, U.S. Push Nuclear Diplomacy,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• wrote “IAEA Members Reject Israel Resolution,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• wrote “Myanmar Signs Agreement With IAEA,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• wrote “Images Signal N. Korean Reactor Restart,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• wrote “Pakistan to Focus on Short-Range Missiles,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• wrote “Despite Israeli Doubts, Serious Diplomacy Is the Best Option for Iran,” Arms Control NOW blog, October 1, 2013
• wrote “U.S. needs to get real over Iran nuclear talks,” CNN op-ed, October 21, 2013
• wrote ” IAEA and Iran Engaged in “Substantive” Talks,” Arms Control NOW blog, October 29, 2013
• wrote “Iran, P5+1 Hold ‘Substantive’ Talks,” Arms Control Today, November 2013
• wrote “No Date Set for Middle East Zone Meeting,” Arms Control Today, November 2013
• wrote “N. Korea Lays Out Conditions for Talks,” Arms Control Today, November 2013
• wrote “Going Nowhere Fast: Iran’s Arak Reactor,” Arms Control NOW blog, November 15, 2013
• wrote “An Iran nuclear deal is a win for U.S.,” Reuters, November 19, 2013
• co-interviewed “Securing the 2014 Summit: An Interview With Dutch Nuclear Security Summit ‘Sherpa’ Piet de Klerk,” Arms Control Today, December 2013
• wrote “Iran, P5+1 Sign Nuclear Agreement,” Arms Control Today, December 2013
• wrote “Iran, IAEA Sign Framework Agreement,” Arms Control Today, December 2013
Philippe de Koning (Fall 2011)
• co-wrote “The Land of the Sinking Sun: Is Japan’s military weakness putting America in danger?” Foreign Policy, July 30, 2013
• co-wrote “The United States, China, and Nuclear Arms Control: Time for a Creative Spark,” CSIS Pacific Forum PacNet #63, August 8, 2013
Molly Clark Dunigan (Fall 2002)
• co-wrote Counterinsurgency Scorecard: Afghanistan in Early 2013 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II RAND Corporation, 2013
• wrote “A lesson from Iraq war: How to outsource war to private contractors,” Christian Science Monitor, March 19, 2013
Kate Edelen (Fall 2013)
• wrote “Aging water infrastructure in need of smarter solutions,” The Hill, November 5, 2013
• wrote “Water troubles and community-level solutions,” The Hill Congress Blog, November 5, 2013
• wrote “Resource mismanagement and Syria’s civil war,” Washington Times, November 27, 2013
John Feffer (Spring 1988)
• wrote “Croatia on the Brink,” www.johnfeffer.com January 3, 2013
• wrote “Taming the Wild East,” www.johnfeffer.com January 7, 2013
• wrote “Serbia’s Strategic Ambiguity and the EU,” www.johnfeffer.com January 14, 2013
• wrote “Human Rights in Serbia,” www.johnfeffer.com January 30, 2013
• wrote “The Two Europes,” www.johnfeffer.com February 4, 2013
• wrote “The Real North Korea,” Korean Quarterly, Spring 2013
• wrote “Infantalizing North Korea,” www.johnfeffer.com May 10, 2013
• wrote “We Were So Close to Preventing Genocide,” www.johnfeffer.com June 12, 2013
• wrote “Competitive Suffering (North Korea’s Prison Camps),” Forign Policy In Focus, July 8, 2013
• wrote “Collapsism” (North Korea and Cuba), Foreign Policy In Focus, October 16, 2013
• wrote “NSA and TMI: A modest proposal for how to spy more effectively,” Foreign Policy In Focus, October 30, 2013
• wrote “Running Off to War,” Forign Policy In Focus, November 20, 2013
• wrote “U.S. Still Playing Catch-up in Asia,” Inter Press Service, December 10, 2013
Robert Golan-Vilella (Fall 2010)
• wrote “A Decade of War, Forgotten,” The National Interest, January 7, 2013
• wrote “Drone Strikes and Congressional Power,” The National Interest, January 9, 2013
• wrote “Drones and Congressional Power (II)” The National Interest, January 14, 2013
• wrote “Inaugurations and Speaking to History,” The National Interest, January 18, 2013
• wrote “Rand Paul’s Foreign-Policy Mad Libs,” The National Interest, January 24, 2013
• wrote “U.S. Leaders: ‘We Are Number One’” The National Interest, January 28, 2013
• wrote “The Dumbest Argument against Hagel,” The National Interest, January 30, 2013
• wrote “How Not to Make a Point,” The National Interest, February 8, 2013
• wrote “Drones and Double Standards,” The National Interest, February 11, 2013
• wrote “North Korea Is Irrelevant to Size of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal,” The National Interest, February 13, 2013
• wrote “A Subtle Shift at Foggy Bottom,” The National Interest, February 21, 2011
• wrote “The Meaning of the Hagel Fight,” The National Interest, February 26, 2013
• wrote “The Results of Threat Inflation,” The National Interest, March 1, 2013
• wrote “The Four Horsemen Ride Again,” The National Interest, March 6, 2013
• wrote “Drone Policy after the Filibuster,” The National Interest, March 8, 2013
• wrote “John Yoo’s Tortured Logic on Iraq,” The National Interest, March 20, 2013
• wrote “Iraq and Moral Imagination,” The National Interest, March 22, 2013
• wrote “So Kim Jong-un Walks Into a Bar . . .,” The National Interest, April 11, 2013
• wrote “The Bay of Pigs and Its Consequences,” The National Interest, April 17, 2013
• wrote “‘Neo-Isolationist’ Is a Useless Label,” The National Interest, April 23, 2013
• wrote “The ‘Isolationist’ Drone Warriors,” The National Interest, April 30, 2013
• wrote “The Onion Goes to War,” The National Interest, May 1, 2013
• wrote “Iran and Obama’s Threat Calculus,” The National Interest, May 9, 2013
• wrote “What Closing Guantánamo Means,” The National Interest, May 16, 2013
• wrote “An Ugly Smear of Jeremy Scahill,” The National Interest, May 17, 2013
• wrote “Obama’s Second-Term Team: Divided by Design?,” The National Interest, June 5, 2013
• wrote “Security, Liberty and the Forever War,” The National Interest, June 13, 2013
• wrote “What Closing Guantánamo Means (II),” The National Interest, June 18, 2013
• wrote “The Strangelove Caucus,” The National Interest, June 21, 2013
• wrote “On the Plain Meaning of Words,” The National Interest, July 10, 2013
• wrote “Reflexive Hawkishness 2014,” The National Interest, July 17, 2013
• wrote “Congress and NSA Secrecy,” The National Interest, July 18, 2013
• wrote “Who Are We at War With? The Answer Is Classified,” The National Interest, July 24, 2013
• wrote “Our Restrained Great Powers,” The National Interest,, August 16, 2013
• wrote “Washington’s Strange Strategy-Review Ritual,” The National Interest, August 25, 2013
• wrote “UK Review Doubts Trident Alternatives,” Arms Control Today, September 2013
• wrote “Time to Narrow the AUMF,” The National Interest, September 18, 2013
• wrote “The Future of Executive War Powers,” The National Interest, October 11, 2013
• wrote “Good and Bad Reasons to Cut Defense,” The National Interest, November 10, 2013
• wrote “‘Option C’ and Other Gimmicks,” The National Interest, November 18, 2013
• wrote “Andrew Jackson Lives! America’s Foreign-Policy Populism,” The National Interest, December 5, 2013
• wrote “Hillary Clinton’s Afghanistan Problem,” The National Interest, December 17, 2013
• wrote “Closing Time? The Shifting Politics of Guantánamo,” The National Interest, December 23, 2013
Barb Guy (Fall 1991)
• wrote “Vets suffer while Bush regards his toes,” The Salt Lake Tribune, March 31, 2013
Homa Hassan (Spring 2013)
• wrote “Syria, Mali – Any Other Takers?” Democracy Arsenal blog, March 1, 2013
• wrote “Graham’s Green Light to Israel’s Red Line on Iran,” Democracy Arsenal blog, March 22, 2013
• provided research to “Security in the 21st Century: What Role for Nukes?” NSN Daily, June 19, 2013
• provided research to “Navigating the Crisis in Egypt” NSN Daily, July 29, 2013
• wrote “Chemical weapons or not, more arms in Syria fan the flames,” Democracy Arsenal blog, July 30, 2013
• co-wrote “Syria and the Limits of ‘Responsibility to Protect’,” U.S.News & World Report, August 27, 2013
• provided research to “Special Update: Updating Key Questions on Syria Debate,” The War Room, September 9, 2013
• wrote “After Geneva Talks A Consensus on Moving Forward,” Democracy Arsenal, October 16, 2013
• compiled Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recommendations National Security Network, November 2013
Taylor Jo Isenberg (Fall 2010)
• wrote “Government as a Force for Good,” New York Times, March 6, 2013
Elise Keppler (Fall 1997)
• wrote “Unfinished business in Sierra Leone – justice must be done,” Public Servuce Europe, June, 20 2013
• quoted in “Sudan President Bashir’s Nigeria visit causes anger,” BBC News Africa, July 15, 2013
• wrote “Sudan: Bashir’s Hasty Departure – Did He Feel the Heat?” allAfrica, July 22, 2013
• quoted in “Arms dealer ‘expelled’ from Sierra Leone amid pending legal case,” Washington Post, August 5, 2013
• quoted in “Charles Taylor to hear judgment in appeal against Sierra Leone atrocities conviction,” Washington Post, September 25, 2013
Daryl Kimball (Fall 1989)
• wrote “Mine Policy Review Near End, U.S. Says,” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• wrote “Obama’s Second Chance” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• quoted in “How Did Iranian Bullets Wind Up in Africa?” The Atlantic, January 21, 2013
• contributed to Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle Arms Control Association Briefing Book, February 2013
• quoted in “Analysis: Diplomatic Window Closing on Iran,” New York Times, February 4, 2013
• quoted in “Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms,” New York Times, February 10, 2013
• co-wrote “Defying Global Taboo, North Korea Conducts 3rd Nuclear Blast,” Arms Control NOW blog, February 12, 2013
• “Shifting Tactics in Talks With Tehran,” interview with Council on Foreign Relations, March 1, 2013
• wrote “North Korea’s Nuclear Wake-Up Shot,” Arms Control Today, March 2013
• co-wrote “Nuclear-Arms Budgetary Realities,” Wall Street Journal letter to the editor, March 26, 2013
• quoted in “UN Arms Treaty Stalled,” Voice of America News, March 28, 2013
• wrote “Time to Move Forward on the Test Ban Treaty,” Arms Control Today, April 2013
• co-wrote Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy Arms Control Association, April 23, 2013
• wrote “Toward Deeper Nuclear Cuts,” Arms Control Today, May 2013
• co-wrote “Cliff Notes on the May 2013 IAEA Report on Iran,” Arms Control Now blog, May 22, 2013
• wrote “How to Break the Deadlock on Missile Defense,” The Moscow Times, May 27, 2013
• wrote “Missile Defense Détente?” Arms Control Today, June 2013
• wrote “US signature needed to advance global arms trade treaty,” The Hill’s Global Affairs, June 3, 2013
• cited in “Cold War Turning Point: Fifty Years On,” PBS NewsHour, June 10, 2013
• wrote “Statement on President Obama’s June 19 Address in Berlin on Eliminating Nuclear Weapons Threats,” Arms Control Association, June 19, 2013
• wrote “Death by Cuts to a Thousand: Obama’s plan to reduce nuclear weapons does too little and will take too long,” Foreign Policy, June 20, 2013
• wrote “Obama’s Nuclear Challenge,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2013
• wrote “67 States Sign Arms Trade Treaty,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2013
• co-wrote “Obama Calls for Deeper Nuclear Cuts,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2013
• quoted in “Next US-Russia Arms Talks Could Involve Short-Range Nuclear Weapons,” Voice of America, July 2, 2013
• wrote “Hitting the Re-START Button,” The Moscow Times, July 3, 2013
• cited in “Obama: Don’t Cancel the Moscow Trip,” The Nation, July 19, 2013
• quoted in “Iran’s new president puts Obama in a quandary,” Al Jazeera, August 4, 2013
• quoted in “Ties Fraying, Obama Drops Putin Meeting,” New York Times, August 7, 2013
• quoted in “White House Muted on Alleged Syrian Chemical Atrocity,” Time, August 22, 2013
• quoted in “Critics decry US cluster bomb sales to Saudi,” Al Jazeera, August 24, 2013
• co-wrote “The August IAEA Report on Iran: Key Takeaways,” Arms Control NOW blog, August 28, 2013
• wrote “Will Attacking Syria Prevent More Chemical Weapons Attacks?” Defense One, August 29, 2013
• quoted in “Even after 100,000 deaths in Syria, chemical weapons attack evoked visceral response,” Washington Post, August 31, 2013
• wrote “Time to Solve the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle,” Arms Control Today, September 2013
• contributed to Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle Arms Control Association Briefing Book, September 2013
• co-wrote “How to secure Syria’s chemical weapons,” Christian Science Monitor op-ed, September 11, 2013
• quoted in “Destroying Syria’s Chemical Stockpiles a Costly, Lengthy Process,” Voice of America, September 12, 2013
• guest on C-SPAN Washington Journal to discuss Russian Proposal on Syrian Chemical Weapons, September 15, 2013
• co-wrote “Keep Cutting Nukes,” Foreign Policy, September 19, 2013
• co-wrote “Putin’s Credibility on the Line With Syria Plan,” The Moscow Times, September 22, 2013
• co-wrote “US signature on Arms Trade Treaty will help end wars and protect civilians,” Christian Science Monitor opinion, September 27, 2013
• wrote “Syria Plan Is Difficult but Doable,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• wrote “Foreign Ministers Urge Action on CTBT,” Arms Control Today, October 2013
• interviewed on “Air Force general in charge of nuclear weapons removed for lack of trust: defense officials,” NBC News, October 11, 2013
• quoted in “Iran opens nuclear talks with proposals to end ‘unnecessary crisis’ over its atomic program,” Washington Post, October 15, 2013
• wrote “A Nuclear Deal With Iran,” Arms Control Today, November 2013
• quoted in “Talks With Iran Fail to Produce a Nuclear Agreement,” New York Times, November 9, 2013
• interviewed on “Can the US Salvage a Deal with Iran?” To The Point, November 12, 2013
• wrote “After the First-Phase Deal With Iran,” Arms Control Today, December 2013
• interviewed on “Members Of Congress Signal Unhappiness With Iran Deal,” NPR’s Morning Edition, November 26, 2013
• presented “Updating Nonproliferation Criteria for U.S. Nuclear Trade,” Prepared Comments for Nonproliferation Policy Education Center Forum, December 11, 2013
• quoted in “US Lawmakers Debate Increased Iran Sanctions,” Voice of America, December 13, 201
• wrote “The Humanitarian Obligation to Achieve Nuclear Disarmament,” Hiroshima Report Blog, December 26, 2013
Michael Kraig (Fall 1998)
• wrote “In Defe nse of the Defense: The Continuing Political Value of ‘Denial of Enemy Aims’,” Air & Space Power Journal, January–February 2013
Chris Lindborg (Spring 1997)
• wrote “Iran Meets with IAEA Representatives Again,” This Week – from BASIC, January 14, 2013
• wrote “Chuck Hagel, North Korea and Russia,” BASIC News, February 4, 2013
• wrote “Unjamming the FM(C)T,” BASIC Report on Expert Roundtable in Ottawa, March 8, 2013
• wrote “Implications of President Obama’s speech in Berlin and nuclear strategy review,” BASIC News, June 21, 2013
• wrote “This Week: Iran, the United States, Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, at the United Nations,” BASIC News, September 23, 2013
• wrote “This Week — P5+1 and Iran: finding common ground?” BASIC News, November 4, 2013
• wrote “Nuclear Diplomacy in 2014,” BASIC News, December 16, 2013
Krista Nelson (Spring 2003)
• wrote “Syria Insta-Symposium: The Significance of Chemical Weapons Use Under International Law,” Opinio Juris, September 6, 2013
Que Newbill (Fall 2012)
• wrote “Parliamentary Elections in Jordan – Change or More of the Same?”
Muftah, January 21, 2013
• wrote “Jordan’s Forgotten Youth Problem,” Diplomatic Courier, March 19, 2013
Andrew Prosser (Spring 2004)
• “Much Ado About Nothing? A Tale of Status Ambitions and the Iran Nuclear Puzzle”. Paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Francisco, April 3-6, 2013
Cassidy Regan (Spring 2011)
• wrote “Speaking Out Against U.S. Militarism in Africa,” 2C blog, January 28, 2013
• wrote “President Obama’s Message to the People of Kenya,” 2C blog, February 8, 2013
• wrote “We Will Make a Difference,” 2C blog, February 28, 2013
• wrote “Prevention in Action: Kenya Election Update,” 2C blog, March 5, 2013
• wrote “Success! Senate Resolution on Kenya,” 2C blog, March 27, 2013
• wrote “Making History: U.N. Adopts an Arms Trade Treaty,” 2C blog, April 4, 2013
• co-wrote “Aid Gone Awry in Africa,” U.S.News & World Report, June 19, 2013
Kingston Reif (Spring 2008)
• wrote “The Fiscal Cliff Deal and Nuclear Reductions,” Nukes of Hazard blog, January 3, 2013
• wrote “Nuclear Myths (and Realities),” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 15, 2013
• wrote “Dr. King Had a Dream, But Not the One Air Force Global Strike Command Thinks He Had,” Nukes of Hazard blog, January 22, 2013
• wrote “Atomic Bond,” Foreign Policy, January 30, 2013
• wrote “Does Missile Defense Work?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, February 8, 2013
• wrote “The Banality of Unilateral Nuclear Cuts,” Time, February 15, 2013
• discussed the cost effectiveness of the US missile defense system, Scott Horton radio show, February 19, 2013
• wrote “Washington Post Editorial Board Gets It Wrong on Nuclear Reductions,” Nukes of Hazard blog, February 20, 2013
• quoted in “Obama Can Skirt GOP With Executive Action on Arms Control, Missile Defense,” Global Security Newswire, February 25, 2013
• wrote “Putting a Corker in Hofe-Baked Nuclear Straw Men,” Nukes of Hazard blog, February 27, 2013
• wrote “Nuclear Weapons Cuts Will Make the United States Safer,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 6, 2013
• wrote “Hodgepodge: New Info on Interim Plutonium Strategy,” Nukes of Hazard blog, March 6, 2013
• wrote “The Missile Defense Announcement,” Nukes of Hazard blog, March 16, 2013
• wrote “Key Nuclear Weapons and Related Amendments to the FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution,” Nukes of Hazard blog, March 28, 2013
• wrote “Nuclear weapons cuts will make the United States safer,” Nukes of Hazard blog, April 7, 2013
• wrote “Budget Day Preview: NNSA weapons programs to get further increase; nonpro programs to be cut,” Nukes of Hazard blog, April 9, 2013
• wrote “Early Budget Analysis: GTRI cut; big increase for nuclear weapons,” Nukes of Hazard blog, April 10, 2013
• wrote “Could a nuclear-armed Iran be contained?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 18, 2013
• wrote “Budget Busting SSBN(X) Style,” Nukes of Hazard blog, May 13, 2013
• wrote “HASC preparing to go wild,” Nukes of Hazard blog, May 16, 2013
• co-wrote “U.S. Delay on Anti-Nuclear Terror Measures Hinders Global Efforts,” World Politics Review, May 17, 2013
• wrote “It’s smart to scale back nuclear weapons spending,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 21, 2013
• wrote “House Passes Anti-Nuclear Terror Legislation (Again), Ball in Senate’s Court (Again),” Nukes of Hazard blog, May 26, 2013
• wrote “Key GOP Senator agitated by cost explosion of nuclear weapons enterprise,” Nukes of Hazard blog, May 31, 2013
• wrote “Jersey Shore 2.0: An East Coast Missile-Defense Site,” Time, June 4, 2013
• quoted in “HASC Green-Lights East Coast Missile Shield,” DefenseNews, June 6, 2013
• wrote “Summary of House Floor Amendments to the FY 2014 NDAA,” Nukes of Hazard blog, June 17, 2013
• wrote “Just when you thought NNSA couldnt ask for more money, they ask for even more,” Nukes of Hazard blog, June 18, 2013
• wrote “What Obama should say on nuclear weapons,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 18, 2013
• wrote “Obama in Berlin,” Nukes of Hazard blog, June 24, 2013
• wrote “Sen. Sessions Gives Away the Game on Nuclear Reductions,” Nukes of Hazard blog, July 3, 2013
• wrote “‘3+2’ for Freedom,” Nukes of Hazard blog, July 11, 2013
• wrote “House floor action on the FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill,” Nukes of Hazard blog, July 11, 2013
• co-wrote “The B61 Life Extension Program,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation fact sheet, July 11, 2013
• wrote “What Ash Carter Gets Wrong about Nuclear Weapons Spending,” Defense One, July 24, 2013
• wrote “House floor action on the FY 2014 Defense Appropriations bill,” Nukes of Hazard blog, July 25, 2013
• wrote “Senate Defense Appropriators Slash DoD Request for Budget Busting B61 Bomb,” Nukes of Hazard blog, August 1, 2013
• wrote “Don’t blame Moscow,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 5, 2013
• wrote “Blown Opportunity: The Folly of Exempting Nuclear Weapons from Sequestration,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Analysis, August 14, 2013
• wrote “New START and Nuclear Modernization Funding,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation fact sheet, August 22, 2013
• wrote “Jersey Shore Update,” Nukes of Hazard blog, September 14, 2013
• wrote “Would the United States ever actually use nuclear weapons?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 17, 2013
• wrote “The U.S.-Russia Deal on Syria Really Does Make Sense,” Wall Street Journal letter to the editor, September 23, 2013
• wrote “Navy Tries a Budget Sleight-of-Hand to Pay for Ballistic Missile Submarines,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, September 24, 2013
• wrote “Pentagon pushes for billions to refurbish nuclear bombs,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 25, 2013
• wrote “Sen. Feinstein on nuclear strategy, the “3+2″ strategy, B61 LEP, and more,” Nukes of Hazard blog, November 18, 2013
• wrote “Making a nuclear deal with Iran,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November 20, 2013
• wrote “Gut reactions to the first step Iran deal,” Nukes of Hazard blog, November 24, 2013
• co-wrote Non-Treaty Cuts to the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation report, November 26, 2013
• interviewed on “Potential ‘dirty bomb’ material stolen,” CNN The Situation Room, December 4, 2013
• quoted in “Rep. Hunter: US Should Use Tactical Nukes on Iran if Strikes Become Necessary,” Defense News, December 4, 2013
• quoted in “Compromise Bill Limits Restrictions on Nuclear Arms Control Efforts,” Global Security Newswire, December 12, 2013
• co-wrote “Analysis of the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Bill, H.R. 3304,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, December 17, 2013
Ariana Rowberry (Fall 2013)
• co-wrote “Keeping Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Inspections in Perspective,” Brookings Institution Up Front blog, November 26, 2013
• wrote “CW Destruction and the Field Deployable Hydrolysis System,” Arms Control Wonk, December 18, 2013
• wrote “Sixty Years of “Atoms for Peace” and Iran’s Nuclear Program,” Brookings Institution Up Front blog, December 18, 2013
Usha Sahay (Fall 2012)
• co-wrote “Sen. Robert Menendez Can Help Solve Iran Impasse,” Star-Ledger (New Jersey), January 10, 2013
• updated “Fact Sheet: Iran’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile rograms,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, January 2013
• wrote “Iran Sanctions and the Big Picture: A Closer Look at a New Report,” Nukes of Hazard blog, January 24, 2013
• provided assistance to “To Cut Wasteful Spending, Start With Nuclear Weapons,” Huffington Post blog, February 5, 2013
• co-wrote “Optimistic in Almaty? How to Move the Iran Impasse,” LobeLog, February 8, 2013
• wrote “Obama Nuclear Arms Reduction Plan Picks Up Where Reagan and Bush Left Off,” Policy Mic blog, February 14, 2013
• co-wrote “Bringing the Troops Home, But Not Soon Enough,” The Hill’s Congress Blog February 14, 2013
• co-wrote “North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test: What Now?” Nukes of Hazard blog, February 20, 2013
• wrote “Beyond March Madness: The Nuclear Weapons Budget after Sequestration,” Nukes of Hazard blog, March 4, 2013
• wrote “Intel Chief’s Iran Assessment: No Weapons Program Yet,” Nukes of Hazard blog, March 15, 2013
• co-wrote “The End of Endless War?” Huffington Post, March 19, 2013
• wrote “A Tale of Two Outliers: Comparing Options on Iran and North Korea,” Lobe Log, April 22, 2013
• wrote “In Afghanistan, Money Can’t Buy Us Love (Or Much of Anything Else),” Nukes of Hazard blog, May 2, 2013
• wrote “Don’t waste money upgrading obsolete nukes,” DailyRecord.com, May 16, 2013
• wrote “Congress Plans Tough New Sanctions Amidst Widespread Skepticism,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, May 21, 2013
• co-wrote “Are Sanctions on Iran Working?” A Report by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, June 3, 2013
• wrote “More Sanctions, More Problems,” LobeLog, June 5, 2013
• co-wrote “The Best-Laid Iran Plans,” The National Interest, June 12, 2013
• co-wrote “Upgrading B61 nuclear bomb doesn’t make sense,” Knoxville News Sentinel, June 22, 2013
• co-wrote “The B61 Life Extension Program,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation fact sheet, July 11, 2013
• wrote “On Iran, Two Steps Forward – And One Step Back?” Nukes of Hazard blog, July 31, 2013
• co-wrote “Time to take U.S. out of the Afghanistan equation,” News & Observer, August 16, 2013
• wrote “Syria, Signaling, and Operation Infinite Reach,” War on the Rocks, September 5, 2013
• wrote “Weekend Reading: October 18,” War on the Rocks, October 18, 2013
• wrote “Weekend Reading: Halloween Edition,” War on the Rocks, November 1, 2013
• wrote “Iran, United States Finally Learning to Talk,” The National Interest, November 4, 2013
• wrote “Weekend Reading: November 15,” War on the Rocks, November 15, 2013
• co-wrote Non-Treaty Cuts to the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation report, November 26, 2013
• wrote “Weekend Reading: Thanksgiving Edition,” War on the Rocks, November 29, 2013
• co-updated “Fact Sheet: Iran’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, December 2013
• wrote “Weekend Reading: Friday the 13th Edition,” War on the Rocks, December 13, 2013
• wrote “Weekend Reading: December 27,” War on the Rocks, December 27, 2013
Salome Samadashvili (Fall 1997)
• wrote “What next after the EU’s Vilnius summit?” euobserver.com, November 27, 2013
• wrote “Race Against Time-Democratic Future of Ukraine,” EurActiv.com, December 17, 2013
Javier Serrat (Spring 2011)
• wrote “Judgment at Luxembourg: Will Iran Forgo a Negotiated Outcome?” Arms Control and Regional Security for the Middle East blog, March 2013
• wrote “Iran’s Legal Challenge to Sanctions: Another Hurdle for Talks?” RUSI Analysis, April 3, 2013
Travis Sharp (Fall 2006)
• wrote “Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges,” Center for a New American Security, April 10, 2013
• quoted in “Pentagon’s Proposed Budget About Aame As Last Year,” Washington Post, April 10, 2013
Jerome Simons (Fall 2011)
• contributed to NRDC Global Nuclear Reactor Database, April 10, 2013
Mark Sternman (Fall 1992)
• wrote “With his own watchful eye, Santa needs no military transport,” Boston Globe letter to the editor, December 6, 2013
Rachel Stohl (Fall 1997)
• quoted in “Chemical Overreaction,” Executive Magazine, January 10, 2013
• co-wrote “UN Committee Criticizes Obama Administration’s Use of Child Soldiers’ Waivers,” Stimson Center Spotlight, February 14, 2013
• co-wrote “Arming the Syrians Continues To Be a Bad Idea,” The Hill’s Congress Blog, March 12, 2013
• wrote “Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Set to Resume at United Nations,” Stimson Center Spotlight, March 18, 2013
• wrote “Tell the Truth About the Arms Treaty,” New York Times op-ed, April 11, 2013
• quoted in “Military Use of Unmanned Aircraft Undeterred by Drone Backlash,” National Defense, April 25, 2013
• wrote “Arms Twisting: Why won’t Obama sign his own weapons treaty next week?” Foreign Policy, May 30, 2013
• co-wrote “Unarmed Drones Can Strengthen US And African Security,” International Business Times, July 16 2013
• co-wrote “Killing Lions, Buying Bombs,” New York Times op-ed, August 9, 2013
• interviewed on “US signs global arms treaty, joining more than 90 nations in deal to stem weapons trade,” Free Speech Radio News, September 25, 2013
• co-wrote “US signature on Arms Trade Treaty will help end wars and protect civilians,” Christian Science Monitor opinion, September 27, 2013
• co-wrote “The Other Side of Drones: Saving Wildlife in Africa and Managing Global Crime,” Conflict Trends, October 2013
• quoted in “UN-Initiative UNSCAR: Helping Smaller Nations Implement the Arms Trade Treaty,” Huffington Post, October 7, 2013
Marcus Taylor (Fall 2012)
• wrote “Law Cuts U.S. Ties to Russian Arms Firm,” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• wrote “MDA Interceptor Flies Successfully,” Arms Control Today, March 2013
• wrote “New Spending Law Raises Nuclear Funding,” Arms Control Today, April 2013
• co-wrote Assessing Progress on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: 2010-2013 Report Card Updated ACA Report, April 25, 2013
• co-wrote “Key Senator Questions Plans for B61 Bomb,” Arms Control Today, May 2013
• co-wrote “Pentagon Sees China Progressing on SLBM,” Arms Control Today, June 2013
• provided research support for Nuclear Security Summit: Progress Report Arms Control Association and Partnership for Global Security Report, July 2013
Masako Toki (Fall 2001)
• co-wrote “Time to Stop Reprocessing in Japan,” Arms Control Today, January/February 2013
• interviewed in “Better Understanding North Korea: Q&A with Seven East Asian Experts, Part 2,” FAS Strategic Security Blog, April 17, 2013
• quoted in “Local, foreign high school students come together in Monterey to talk nuclear disarmament,” San Jose Mercury News, April 22, 2013
Sarah Williams (Fall 2010)
• co-wrote “The future of nuclear security,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 24, 2013
• co-wrote Nuclear Security Summit: Progress Report Arms Control Association and Partnership for Global Security Report, July 2013
• wrote “Voluntary regimes can advance nuclear security,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November 8, 2013
Hisham Zerriffi (Fall 1995)
• co-wrote “Is Fairtrade certification greening agricultural practices? An analysis of Fairtrade environmental standards in Rwanda,” Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 32, October 1, 2013