Final paper resources

I posted a bunch of general resources to this blog for last year's class that are still mostly quite useful, so I suggest browsing that post:
http://theunstablenucleus.blogspot.com/2012/11/extra-resources-on-nuclear-weapons.html
It contains links to key policy documents, anti-nuclear organizations, and an article on why nuclear weapons should be given the Nobel Peace Prize.  Lots of good stuff!

For this semester, here are a few additional interesting starting points for final paper issues/topics:

1) Recent book on the safety of nuclear weapons:  Eric Schlosser has written a book called "Command and Control:  Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety."
There have been loads of interviews with him and articles about the book and related topics, so even if you don't read the whole book you can track down some interesting commentaries just by finding some of those articles.

2)  The Union of Concerned Scientists has a fact sheet on nuclear weapons facilities in the U.S.
Start here to find out what they are and where they are, but then look at news sources to see what current economic/social/political issues might surround these facilities and their work.

3) Articles on a few random specific topics:
A thought-provoking analysis of the situation with Iran from the Economist
Washington Post on the ending of an agreement between the U.S. and Russia for recycling bomb-grade uranium
National Journal piece on U.S. missile defense and related issues with Russia

Happy paper writing!