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The continuing realities of a nuclear world

Adam Lowther (AFRI): The Logic of the Nuclear Arsenal. Michael S. Gerson (CNA): Conventional Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age. Jonathan Granoff (GSI): The Process of Zero. From Daedalus, a special issue on nuclear power is out, including an essay by Thomas Schelling on a world without nuclear weapons? A world without nuclear weapons: Six wrong-headed cliches about disarmament. David Krieger and Richard Falk, longtime opponents of nuclear weapons, reflect on heady times as the Obama administration puts disarmament back on the map. Farewell to nuclear nonproliferation: An article on the failing diplomatic effort to contain the bomb's spread. From The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Richard Rhodes on reducing the nuclear threat: The argument for public safety. When more is less: “Redundancy” may actually reduce nuclear security. A look at the future nuclear powers you should be worried about. A review of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al Qaeda by John Mueller. A review of A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon by Neil Sheehan. Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri goes missing in Saudi Arabia. Mohamed ElBaradei on why everyone in the Middle East wants to be American, what the neocons hath wrought, and the continuing realities of a nuclear world (and an interview). Cullen Murphy spotlights historian Garry Wills, who argues that the Bomb has blasted U.S. democracy. From Judgment and Decision Making, an article on emerging sacred values: Iran’s nuclear program. The world’s approximately 23,300 nuclear weapons are stored at an estimated 111 locations in 14 countries. The coming nuclear crisis: The world is running out of uranium and nobody seems to have noticed.