ABSTRACT

The achievements in nuclear reductions during the Obama Administration were modest, in part because of waning public pressure. But the nuclear deal with Iran was important. Thanks in part to a former senior Iranian diplomat, Hossein Mousavian, joining Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security in 2010, the Program was able to make two significant technical contributions to that deal. The discussion then turns to the importance of foundation support for policy research in the United States, the necessary ingredients for successful policy activism, including working with citizens’ groups, the role of the Program in training the next generation of activist technical-policy analysts, and a new initiative to engage more US physicists to help educate the public and Congress about the continuing dangers from nuclear weapons and about policy options for reducing those dangers.

摘要

奥巴马政府期间在核削减方面的成就微不足道，部分原因是公众压力减弱。但是与伊朗的核协议很重要。得益于前伊朗高级外交官侯赛因·穆萨维亚（Hossein Mousavian）于2010年加入普林斯顿科学与全球安全计划，该计划能够为该交易做出两项重要的技术贡献。然后，讨论转向了为美国政策研究提供基础支持的重要性，这是成功的政策行动主义的必要组成部分，包括与公民团体合作，该计划在培训下一代激进主义技术政策分析师中的作用，