Taiwan Is on the Cusp of an Energy Revolution
Taiwan is experiencing an energy crisis. As the island completes a phaseout of nuclear power plants—long the bedrock of its energy mix—plans for a promised offshore wind buildup have sputtered. ...
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Iran Is on Course for a Bomb After U.S. Strikes Fail to Destroy Facilities
I’ve spent the past several days telling incredulous reporters that Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran, even with help from the United States, looked anemic—and that it would, at best, set ...
Don’t Let Iran Become Another Iraq
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. and Israeli military operations had effectively closed the Iran nuclear file: “The only thing we’d be asking for is what we ...
Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him
As the dust continues to settle after the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which were meant to destroy Tehran’s ability to build nuclear weapons but did not apparently succeed ...
How the U.S. Locked Itself Into a Regime Change War
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that the U.S. military had struck three nuclear facilities in Iran. The escalation followed months of fruitless negotiations between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s ...
Israel Is Going for the Death Blow on Iran
On Oct. 9, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel would “change the Middle East.” Observers may not have been paying careful attention, or they may have thought ...
The United States Needs a Nuclear Operation Warp Speed
A new Pew Research Center poll finds partisan polarization among Americans at its highest level in decades. As just the latest example, House Republicans passed a budget bill without a ...
Germany Is Rethinking Everything Nuclear
The incoming German government, rattled by the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump withdrawing security guarantees, is preparing a fundamental readjustment of its defense posture. The new coalition of Christian ...
Nuclear Power Is the Cuckoo in the Climate Policy Nest
Enthusiasm for a new generation of nuclear technology has gripped politicians across the world. The United Kingdom is the latest country to take action, with the Labour Party government set ...
