François Diaz-Maurin

1 month ago | thebulletin.org | Chloe Shrager |François Diaz-Maurin

Nine months have passed since the law that compensates US victims of radiation exposure expired in June, and yet another opportunity to reinstate it fell to the wayside last week. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), enacted in 1990, provided pay-outs to people unwittingly exposed to radioactive substances from the Manhattan Project and Cold War efforts.

2 months ago | thebulletin.org | Sulgiye Park |Jennifer J. Knox |Dylan Spaulding |François Diaz-Maurin

The career of Brandon Williams, President Trump’s pick to run the National Nuclear Security Administration, does not give many clues about his priorities for the agency that safeguards the US nuclear arsenal. He served as a naval officer, co-founded a venture capital firm, and farmed truffles in upstate New York before spending two years in Congress as a Republican representative.

Jan 17, 2025 | thebulletin.org | Ankit Panda |François Diaz-Maurin

Mr. President, North Korea remains a pressing challenge for the United States but also presents substantial opportunities for your new presidency. During your first term, you demonstrated that casting aside traditional caution and engaging the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proactively, leader to leader, could yield novel results.

Jan 17, 2025 | thebulletin.org | Henry Sokolski |François Diaz-Maurin

Mr. President, in the closing days of your first administration, you issued an executive order spotlighting the growing dangers of drone attacks against America’s critical energy infrastructure. Your order asked the Federal Aviation Administration to propose regulations restricting overflights of critical infrastructure. Four years later, large drones overflying nuclear plants both here and abroad demonstrate your request was spot on.

Jan 16, 2025 | thebulletin.org | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb |François Diaz-Maurin

The incoming Trump administration will have to deal with many challenges in domestic and foreign policy, including threats and dangers related to nuclear weapons, deterrence, and arms control.