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September 13, 2017

Russia’s Use and Stockpiles of Highly Enriched Uranium Pose Significant Nuclear Risks

Russia currently holds the world’s largest stockpile of highly enriched uranium, a nuclear weapon-usable material, posing significant nuclear…

August 22, 2017

Orange is the New Green: How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest

In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park…

Göttsche Awarded $1 Million Fellowship to Study Nuclear Archaeology

Malte Göttsche, a Princeton University postdoctoral researcher at the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), was awarded a $1million, five…

Princeton Study Evaluates Aid Programs in Afghanistan

On June 21, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) hosted an event featuring guest speakers and a public discussion of a study led by the…

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Climate Change to Damage U.S. Economy, Increase Inequality

Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a study published June 29 in the journal Science. The…

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Addressing Global Conflict through Policy

The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) held their 7th Annual Meeting on May 18 and 19, drawing experts and policymakers from across the…

U.S. Nuclear Regulators Greatly Underestimate Potential for Nuclear Disaster

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) relied on faulty analysis to justify its refusal to adopt a critical measure for protecting Americans…

$2-Million Grant Awarded to Program on Science and Global Security to Train Next Generation of Nuclear Arms Control Experts

Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has…

'A Bee, a Tree, What’s In It For Me?' Class Examines Environmental Policy

On a morning in March, Professor Michael Oppenheimer pointed to a photograph he took while flying over the North Pole.

Current Climate Change Measurements Mask Trade-Offs Necessary for Policy Debates

Scientists and policymakers use measurements like global warming potential to compare how varying greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane,…