General
Nonproliferation: Now a Workable Idea
This editorial in the Christian Science Monitor discusses the contradictions inherent in the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, especially in the world 25 years later. The authors argue that nuclear nonproliferation is viable in large part because of the commercial collapse of the nuclear market and the rise of superior alternative…
Security Without War: A Post Cold War Foreign Policy
This book lays out security principles and policies for the United States to adopt in a post-Cold War world. The authors encourage Americans to take account of all threats, to emphasize preventing conflicts over winning wars, to enhance every nation’s security, to favor multilateral approaches over bilateral ones, and to…
Winning the Peace
In this piece from the years of the first Gulf War, Amory and Hunter Lovins describe the war as both a moral war (good versus evil) and a resource war (America’s quest for oil). The authors argue that improving the efficiency of America’s vehicle fleet would replace U.S. imports of…
Why America Beat Iraq but Loses to Japan
This paper compares superiority of the Japanese over the U.S. in competitive business strategy to the U.S. win over Iraq in the first Gulf War. The author argues that America won the military war against Iraq for the same reason the Japanese are winning the high-technology trade war against the…
Greenhouse Warming: Efficient Solution or Nuclear Nemisis
In this paper from 1988, Bill Keepin compares the environmental and economic costs of nuclear power and energy efficiency in order to determine which option can create the most energy with the least impact. The analysis shows that while nuclear energy is an energy option with little carbon impact, it…