by William R. Roy
April 15, 2020
People tend to be afraid of anything radioactive, and the management of radioactive wastes quickly evokes NIMBY (not in my backyard). Radioactive wastes, however, are a necessary byproduct of using nuclear energy as green energy...
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by Lesley Wexler February 20, 2018 Professor Lesley Wexler Writes on Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria During World War I, the use of chlorine gas as a weapon violated prohibitions of the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions on the use of poison weapons...
by Jürgen Scheffran November 13, 2017 In October of 2017, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian...
by Maxime H. A. Larivé October 27, 2017 Maxime H. A. Larivé, Ph.D., is Senior Research Associate at the European Union Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Iranian Dossier – France’s...
By Nicholas Grossman, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois October 9, 2017 How pulling out might impact U.S. Interests On October 5, 2017, President Trump announced a plan to “decertify” the...
by Frederick Lamb June 1, 2017 Dr. Frederick Lamb, a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is currently working at the Kennedy Space Center on NASA’s NICER astronomy mission. In...
Interview with Donald Keefer May 16, 2017 Donald Keefer is a Research Affiliate and retired Senior Hydrogeologist with the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS), a division of the Prairie Research Institute. His research...
Lecture with Carol Leff On February 7, 2017, Professor Carol Leff gave a lecture titled “Democratization and State Dissolution in the Communist Federations,” to help answer whether partition can be a solution to ethnic violence. Using the examples of Yugoslavia...
Interview with Alexander Withers March 29, 2017 Alexander Withers is a Senior Security Engineer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He has worked for NCSA for two years. As part of the...
Discussion with the UIUC Science Policy Group February 10, 2017 On January 27, 2017, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Science Policy Group hosted the panel discussion “What does a Trump Administration...
by Clifford Singer January 31, 2017 During the Cold War, a nuclear-armed missile fired from a submarine would likely be known to come from either the USSR or one of the NATO allies. In a world with more than two alliances...
Interview with Charles (Chuck) Geigner January 23, 2017 Charles (Chuck) Geigner works in the fields of privacy and Information Technology infrastructure. He also leads teams that are in charge of operational security on the...
Interview with Hui Lin (Hugo), Ph.D. December 12, 2016 Tell us a little bit about what you do? Within cyber security, I primarily research Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things....
by Maxime H. A. Larivé, Ph.D. November 28, 2016 Africa was a missing piece in the 2016 American presidential elections. Trends in, Africa including political instabilities, the rise of extremist movements, and all...
by Michael Lehman October 3, 2016 Secrets: Asked to name a strategic intelligence system of comparable significance prior to the 1956 advent of the U-2, Cold War history often suggests the aircraft’s...
by Lynne Rudasill September 19, 2016 The articulation of the canon of global studies is ongoing and still incomplete, practical, and intellectual exercise. In Governing Globalization: Challenges for Democracy and Global...
by Ayşe Özcan September 6, 2016 15 July 2016 marks a historical date for Turkey in many ways. Turkey faced a coup attempt that mobilized millions of citizens for one common goal: to save the nation from a military takeover....
by Frederick Lamb August 22, 2016 It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Jeremiah D. Sullivan, one of the early leaders of ACDIS and a dear friend and colleague. Jeremiah died peacefully at home on July 7, after a...
by Maxime Larivé July 8, 2016 In 2014, Scotland decided to remain in the United Kingdom (UK) for one reason: membership in the European Union (EU). Two years later, citizens of the UK decided at 51.8% to leave the EU, known as...
By Clifford Singer, ACDIS Director The outcome of the June 23 vote on British exit (Brexit) from the European Union raises questions about the value to Britain of its “special relationship” with the United States. A recent ...
