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Comment on Missile Defense Myths by susan

susan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:37:30 +0000

As long as everyone involved is clear that the dismissal of the GMD proposal by the Obama Administration is based on prudent measures and will instead be replaced by a proposal that will provide Europe with a more technically sound system of missile defense. There can be no misunderstanding that we are not abandoning those countries who have become our allies and that we will not be intimidated by rogue states.

Comment on Public Engagement in the Bioterrorism Preparedness-Prevention Nexus by susan

susan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:25:14 +0000

There are many ways to spread pertinent information on biodefense, bioterrorism and how to counteract such an incidence should it happen. In addition to the internet and media coverage, the government could also team up with corporations and post information on the packaging of different products like what is done for missing persons on the back of a milk carton. Products which are bought by people from all socio-economic groups would be the most effective way to reach millions.

Comment on The Need for a Mobilized, Prepared, and Infodemiological Citizenry by Susan

Susan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:04:21 +0000

As citizens, we should all be more responsible and take an active role in trying to keep our country safe from any kind of harm, whether it be man made or natural. How to engage Americans to willfully become more interested in maintaining the well-being of our great country is a tremendous challenge. We need to start there.

Comment on Responsibility in Biotechnological Advances by Public Engagement in Bioterrorism Preparedness and Prevention | Weapons and Hope

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:38:54 +0000

[...] biological materials (pathogens) as opposed to fissile materials. As pointed out in an earlier post, biological sciences are simply more prolific and easier to pursue than nuclear physics, all [...]

Comment on The Need for a Mobilized, Prepared, and Infodemiological Citizenry by Public Engagement in Bioterrorism Preparedness and Prevention | Weapons and Hope

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:14:54 +0000

[...] explained in last week’s post about infodemiology, there are two approaches to confronting the low-risk but high-impact threats [...]

Comment on The Need for a Mobilized, Prepared, and Infodemiological Citizenry by Sue Massey

Sue Massey — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:03:16 +0000

Well said

Comment on Vulnerabilities in the Disarmament Agenda by Separating Fact from Postulation in the Nuclear Disarmament Debate | Weapons and Hope

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:14:48 +0000

[...] type of thinking—the type of thinking that is endemic to nuclear debates, as explained here. The description of the bargain does not quite catch the magnitude of the trade-off. In the [...]

Comment on Revisiting the Nuclear North-South Divide by India Pakistan Nuclear Cooperation ElBaradei on U.S. India Civil Nuclear Deal | Weapons and Hope

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:39:19 +0000

[...] support for it. Despite the regular tension between ElBaradei and U.S. policies (see here), despite the fact that the deal was a bilateral accord between the U.S. and a country known to [...]

Comment on Responsibility in Biotechnological Advances by Transparency Challenges in the Biological Weapons Convention and Biotechnology | Weapons and Hope

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:07:46 +0000

[...] troublesome element of the biological dual-use dilemma, which I did not develop in my earlier post here, is the possibility of dangerous international competition. National research agendas, aimed at [...]

Comment on A New Scientific Ethos: Atomic Bomb Guilt and the End of Reductionist Self-Identity by A New Scientific Ethos: Atomic Bomb Guilt and the End of … : Science and Technology News

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:15:51 +0000

[...] Read the original: A New Scientific Ethos: Atomic Bomb Guilt and the End of … [...]