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Citizen Scientist: Frank von Hippel’s Adventures in Nuclear Arms Control: PART 2. Engaging with nuclear-weapons policy

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
This section covers von Hippel’s first engagement with nuclear-weapons issues, starting with a review of a US Secretary of Defense’s claim that a Soviet nuclear first strike on US nuclear weapons would kill only 15,000–25,000 people, through his efforts ...
Frank von Hippel, Tomoko Kurokawa
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring public knowledge on nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War: dimensionality and measurement invariance across eight European countries

open access: yesMeasurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 2021
Research on public opinion and international security has extensively examined attitudes toward nuclear weapons, but the diffusion of basic knowledge about nuclear weapons among the everyday citizens has nevertheless been mostly missed.
Fabrício M. Fialho
doaj   +1 more source

Proliferating Bias? American Political Science, Nuclear Weapons, and Global Security

open access: yesJournal of Global Security Studies, 2019
This article examines whether there is a US bias affecting how American political scientist study nuclear weapons and their effects. US dominance in the production and dissemination of political science literature on nuclear weapons is reflected in ...
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

A Bifunctional Small Molecule Degrader of the Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Triplex

open access: yesChemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.
Targeting disease‐linked RNAs with small molecules is often limited by the modest impact of binding RNA structure alone. Here, we present a first‐in‐class bifunctional molecule that degrades the oncogenic lncRNA MALAT‐1 by inducing proximity between the RNA and a cleaving warhead.
Christian A. T. Brega   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re-examining the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion: Concerning the Legality of Nuclear Weapons

open access: yesCadmus, 2012
The primary objections raised against total elimination of nuclear weapons are built around a few arguments mostly of non-technical nature.Nuclear weapons and the strategies for their use have resulted in the establishment of a vicious circle within ...
Jasjit Singh
doaj  

Beyond Arms Control: Cooperative Nuclear Weapons Reductions – A New Paradigm to Roll Back Nuclear Weapons and Increase Security and Stability

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
Arms control treaties have served admirably to control and limit nuclear weapons for several decades. The provisions and limits, however, have proven to be inflexible, often limited in scope to specific systems and countries, and difficult and time ...
William M. Moon
doaj   +1 more source

Fit for Purpose: An Evolutionary Strategy for the Implementation and Verification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2019
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons requires States Parties to designate a “competent international authority or authorities” for negotiating and verifying the irreversible elimination of nuclear-weapons programs.
Tamara Patton   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

233U/236U signature allows to distinguish environmental emissions of civil nuclear industry from weapons fallout

open access: yesNature Communications, 2020
Isotopic ratios of radioactive releases into the environment are useful signatures for contamination source assessment. Uranium is known to behave conservatively in sea water so that a ratio of uranium trace isotopes may serve as a superior oceanographic
K. Hain   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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