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Through Innovation and Investment, the U.S. Can Lead in Next-Generation Energy, Nuclear Fusion Nick Cunningham and Andrew Holland/ AOL Energy Right now America’s energy policy is hampered because politicians only plan around four-year cycles.   David Shaver: We...

What we are reading

Pentagon More Than Doubles Cost Estimate for B61 Nuclear Bomb Kate Brannen/Defense News According to a new estimate from the Pentagon, the life-extension program for the B61 nuclear bomb will now cost roughly $10 billion, two-and-a-half times the original cost...

Russia’s Syria Conundrum

By Patricia H. Kushlis Standing on principle is rarely a good place to find one's feet in the shifting world of international politics – if that’s the reason the Russian government continues to behave as it does with respect to its apparent unflinching...

Turkey vs Syria: What Should America Do?

US Secretary of State Clinton and Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu (Image courtesy of State Department) With the recent downing of a Turkish F-4 fighter jet by Syrian forces and reports of shots being fired at a Turkish rescue plane, there is a growing possibility...