Opinion

OP-ED ARTICLES

“AUKUS Submarine Revelations Compel a Rethink,” Australian Outlook, Australian Institute of International Affairs, November 16, 2023.

“U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary,” Scientific American, October 20, 2023.

“Biden’s horse-trading on nuclear technology and fuels is an unprecedented proliferation risk,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 6, 2023.

“Fixing a fatal, nuclear flaw in AUKUS,” Breaking Defense, March 7, 2023.

“France can help Albanese fix AUKUS,” The Interpreter (Australia), July 14, 2022.

“How Australia’s new leader can fix the submarine deal,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 22, 2022.

“Why military aid to Ukraine is backfiring,” New York Daily News, March 25, 2022.

“American Military Diffidence Handed Iran the Bomb,” Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2022.

“Bomb-grade uranium for Australian submarines?” Kyodo News, November 11, 2021.

“Fixing the Submarine Fiasco,” Boston Globe, September 23, 2021.

“The US Navy’s Nuclear Proliferation Problem,” Breaking Defense, September 15, 2021.

“The Bay Area is sitting on a nuclear time bomb,” San Francisco Chronicle, op-ed, July 2, 2020.

“America Shouldn’t Restart Production of Weapons-Grade Uranium,” War on the Rocks, June 15, 2020.

“Luria erred on nuclear fuel decision,” The Virginian-Pilot, op-ed, June 27, 2019.

“A nuclear weapon that could change everything: Don’t allow low-yield atomic warheads to be deployed,” New York Daily News, op-ed, March 8, 2019.

“How not to reduce Japan’s plutonium stockpile,” Kyodo News, op-ed, July 13, 2018.

“The US Navy Should Start Weaning its Reactors off Bomb-Grade Uranium,” Defense One, March 13, 2018.

“Why is NASA testing bomb-grade materials for its Mars mission?” Baltimore Sun, op-ed, August 21, 2017.

“Japan’s Intentional Plutonium Surplus,” Kyodo News, op-ed, August 17, 2017.

“Our African friend, the mass murderer,” New York Daily News, op-ed, August 7, 2017.

“Proper Response To An Amoral President,” Huffington Post, January 20, 2017.

“A Bad Idea for Nuclear Security,” Huffington Post, March 29, 2016.

“Obama’s Bomb-Grade Mistake,” New York Times, op-ed, March 26, 2016.

“Burundi’s Balancing Act: Making Peace After Genocide,” Foreign Affairs, Snapshot, August 28, 2015.

“Appeasing Iran?” The Hill, op-ed, August 25, 2015.

“The Iran Deal is Built on a Lie,” New York Daily News, op-ed, July 19, 2015.

“The Iran Deal’s Fatal Flaw,” New York Times, op-ed, June 23, 2015.

“Is pending Iran nuclear deal a ‘fool’s bargain’?” Jerusalem Post, op-ed, March 3, 2015.

“Highly Enriched Danger,” New York Times, op-ed, March 22, 2014.

“How U.S. nuclear reactors are vulnerable to terrorists,” CNN, August 26, 2013.

“A Nuclear Iran Is Too Much to Risk,” Los Angeles Times, op-ed, April 1, 2012.

“False pretense for war in Libya?” Boston Globe, op-ed, April 14, 2011, p. A19.

“5 things the U.S. should consider in Libya,” USA Today, op-ed, March 22, 2011, p. A7.

“There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran,” New York Times, op-ed, December 24, 2009, p. A23.

“Government inflated fear of medical isotope shortage,” Toronto Star, op-ed, March 1, 2008, p. A6.

“The U.N.’s Flawed Kosovo Plan,” Wall Street Journal, op-ed, August 16, 2007, p. A11.

“How can we deprive al-Qaeda of an Iraqi base? Arm moderate Sunnis,” USA Today, op-ed, April 4, 2007.

“Strategic Victimhood in Sudan,” New York Times, op-ed, May 31, 2006, p. 19.

“The Energy Bill’s Gift to Terrorists,” New York Times, op-ed, August 11, 2005.

“Canadian Con: A manufacturer uses false scare tactics to push its agenda,” National Review Online, op-ed, June 20, 2005.

“Next Steps in Sudan,” Washington Post, op-ed, September 28, 2004, p. A27.

“Halting genocide is easier said than done: Lessons from Rwanda,” International Herald Tribune, op-ed, June 25, 2004.

“Running Risks with Uranium,” The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), op-ed, November 21, 2003.

“Loose Nukes of the West,” Washington Post, op-ed, May 7, 2003.

“Lack of Troops Threatens Bush’s Postwar Goals,” USA Today, op-ed, April 17, 2003.

“Should the USA Punch First? No.” USA Today, op-ed, November 12, 2002.

“Iraq Next Target? Beware of Unintended Costs,” USA Today, op-ed, December 11, 2001.

“Will Missiles Return to Sting?” USA Today, op-ed, November 14, 2001.

“Once Again, Peacekeepers Arrive Too Late [in East Timor],” Wall Street Journal, op-ed, September 21, 1999.

“Fixing a Bad Deal with Russia,” Boston Globe, op-ed, July 22, 1999.

“Perspective on Kosovo: Support of Rebels Was a Mistake,” Los Angeles Times, op-ed, April 11, 1999.

“Rambouillet Requiem: Why the Talks [on Kosovo] Failed,” Wall Street Journal, op-ed, March 4, 1999.

“The Rwanda Failure,” The Washington Post, op-ed, December 29, 1998.

“Kosovo Option: Conditional Surrender,” The Washington Post, op-ed, September 25, 1998.

“U.S. Policy Is the Option That Works [in Iraq],” Los Angeles Times, op-ed, September 18, 1998.

“The Good Achieved by Nuclear Transports,” Sacramento Bee, op-ed, July 21, 1998, p. B7.

“False Hope Abroad: Promises to Intervene Often Bring Bloodshed,” The Washington Post, Outlook Section, June 14, 1998.

“A Coup Against Saddam — Then What?” Los Angeles Times, op-ed, March 13, 1998.

“A Three-Nation Nuclear End Run,” International Herald Tribune, op-ed, June 8-9, 1996, co-authored with Paul Leventhal.

“Nonproliferation Fumble,” The Washington Post, op-ed, August 26, 1994, co-authored with Paul Leventhal.

“Nuclear Proliferation is Everybody’s Business,” Los Angeles Times, op-ed, December 25, 1988, co-authored with Paul Leventhal.

“Putting Alaska in the path of a plutonium catastrophe,” Anchorage Daily News, op-ed, April 11, 1988, co-authored with Paul Leventhal.

“The A-Bomb Material in Civilian Reactors,” The Washington Post, op-ed, September 23, 1987.