Research and teaching on fusion energy, non-proliferation, arms control. Director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1997-2009.
Princeton University
Joined January 2011
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My take on an Iran nuclear deal without sunset clauses: thebulletin.org/2025/05/a-ne…
I was interviewed on local TV by friend Joan Goldstein. I spoke about the movie "Oppenheimer," and how we need to widen our perspective on that movie. vimeo.com/881043629
Here is my take on how we should broaden our point of view on the movie “Oppenheimer” nam12.safelinks.protection.o…
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Happening this week: Prof. @RobGoldston of @Princeton & @PhysCoalition will be visiting @penn_state Sep. 7 for a colloquium on "How to Avert the Coming Arms Race" at @PennStateNucE.
This event is open to the public via Zoom!
See details: physicistscoalition.org/even…
If you want to think about the issues raised in “Oppenheimer” you need to widen the field of view.
thebulletin.org/2023/08/wide…
It is pretty remarkable to talk about Poland in WW2 and leave out the bit about Russia taking half of it in a deal with Hitler. He didn’t even bother to make up something about protecting eastern Poland from the Germans or some such. en.kremlin.ru/events/preside…
The U.S. will be in this situation if Trump wins. We should be supporting Biden with every muscle we have.
timesofisrael.com/on-the-eve…
Beyond being costly and redundant, a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile would damage US national security in both the short and long term.
thebulletin.org/2023/07/a-ne…
ChatGPT just found a new customer base:
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective.
Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay….
John Mearsheimer should re-read the section on appeasement in his book, “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics.” It’s towards the end of Chapter 5. He recommends against it.
Elsewhere he is eloquent on the topic that nuclear powers frequently lose wars against non-nuclear states.
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Fusion is the future. Today it’s one step closer
I’m excited to announced the launch of a new fusion start-up that will harness the power of grape-confined plasma: Common Fruit Systems (CFS)
<< Nous pourrions peut-être attaquer le soleil, en priver l'univers ou nous en servir pour embraser le monde, ce serait des crimes, cela... >> Camus quoting de Sade.
Fermi famously asked, “Where is everybody?” Could it be that once a civilization has a Fermi to give it the power of nuclear weapons, it destroys itself within a hundred years?
We need to change course soon.
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"We Must Prevent a New Nuclear Arms Race." Smart U.S. leadership and intl. pressure on Russia can prevent an unconstrained global nuclear arms race, write @DarylGKimball and Frank von Hippel, members of the steering committee of @PhysCoalition in @sciam scientificamerican.com/artic…
Nice piece by @HannaNotte: U.S.-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse - War on the Rocks. For a piece on how these relations could get better by strengthening strategic stability in Europe see this piece: thebulletin.org/2022/04/the-… warontherocks.com/2023/02/u-…
Russia has legitimate grievances and I have written at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about how the West should address them, by advancing strategic stability in Europe. For example removing sub-strategic weapons from Europe - Portugal to the Urals.
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With our #fusionenergy record at the JET fusion device @UKAEA, we also settled a 34-year-old wager with @PPPLab! @RobGoldston & Jean Jacquinot decided to donate the prize money to @RESCUEorg to benefit refugees from Ukraine.
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#fusionrecord #road2fusion
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Could fusion energy, if commercialized, be palatable to a larger cross-section of the world than fission? I don't know the answer but would love to find out.
foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/21…
A compelling, and in some ways counter-intuitive article. It seems like the path forward is strategic stability dialog with China and North Korea. Just like with Russia. (See thebulletin.org/2023/01/endi… ) thebulletin.org/2023/01/the-… via @BulletinAtomic
