Jonathan Tucker argues that the U.S. position on the Biological Weapons Convention is untenable and he urges the Bush administration to "join with other nations in taking urgent and meaningful steps to reinforce the BWC." The article also contains a sidebar on the need for better self-regulation within the scientific community on "dangerous research" such as the Mousepox experiments.
The authors survey the terrorist threat to the energy infrastructure in the United States and urge caution in current efforts to restructure the electricity industry.
The author argues that strengthening the U.S. public health infrastructure is the key to enhancing the nation's defenses against bioterrorism.
The authors argue that the devastating success of the September 11th attack demands greater emphasis on research into anti-terrorism technology research and development.
John Logsdon argues that the Pentagon should shelve plans for space control weapons and strategies until "after the full range of concerned interests have engaged in thoughtful analysis and discussion."
Jonathan Tucker critically reviews 'The Biology of Doom' by Ed Regis.
Florini and Dehqanzada discuss the implications of the growing availability of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery. They examine the effect greater transparency will have on economic, environmental, and military affairs and conclude that more openness will on balance be beneficial.
The infrastructure of the United States-the foundations on which the nation is built-is a complex system of interrelated elements. Those elements-transportation, electric power, financial institutions, communications systems, and oil and gas supply-reach into every aspect of society. Some are so critical that if they were incapacitated or destroyed, an entire region, if not the nation itself, could be debilitated. Continued operation of these systems is vital to the security and well-being of the country.
Although the media are full of scary-sounding stories about violated military Web sites and broken security on public and corporate networks, the menacing scenarios have remained just that-only scenarios. Information warfare may be, for many, the hip topic of the moment, but a factually solid knowledge of it remains elusive.