Domestic Security Revisited | Winter 2007

Forum – Winter 2007

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

The future of nuclear deterrence
Re: “Nuclear Deterrence for the Future” (Thomas C. Schelling, Issues, Fall 2006). I add some comments that derive from my work with nuclear weapon technology… Read More

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From the Hill – Winter 2007

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Federal R&D funding stuck on hold
The outgoing Republican majority in Congress left town in December having passed only 2 (defense and homeland security) of the 11 appropriations bills needed to fund… Read More

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Not Safe Enough: Fixing Transportation Security

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

In August 2006, British authorities announced that they had uncovered a plot in which liquid explosives would be used to destroy airliners en route from England to the United States. When the… Read More

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Avoiding Gridlock on Climate Change

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

For the twelfth consecutive year, nearly 190 nations convened in November 2006, this time in Nairobi, to address the critical issue of climate change. Unfortunately, the atmosphere at these two-week annual conclaves… Read More

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None Dare Call It Hubris: The Limits of Knowledge

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

During the past four decades, many of us have come to terms with an increasing realization that there may be a limit to what we as a species can plan or accomplish.… Read More

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The New U.S. Space Policy: A Turn Toward Militancy?

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

At first reading, the Bush administration’s new National Space Policy looks much like the Clinton policy enunciated a decade ago. Supporters of the Bush policy in fact state that it is little… Read More

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Improving Public Safety Communications

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

At 9:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the first of many evacuation orders was transmitted to police and firefighters in the World Trade Center’s North Tower. Police heard the order, and most… Read More

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Commuting in America

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Everybody has ideas about how to solve traffic congestion, but the job is trickier than it seems, as a new report examining recent trends in computing patterns makes clear. Commuting in America … Read More

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Archives – Winter 2007

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Blue Mesa, Utah
James Sanborn is noted for his work with American stone and related materials that evoke a sense of mystery and the forces of nature. He is probably best known… Read More

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Update: U.S. flexibility on farm subsidies key to trade progress

Issues — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000

In “In Agricultural Trade Talks, First Do No Harm” (Issues, Fall 2005), I argued that negotiations at the World Trade Organization risked further impoverishment of the world’s poor because… Read More

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