Stories by Zia Mian

Zia Mian is a physicist and co-director of Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security (SGS). He also directs the SGS Project on Peace and Security in South Asia.

Politics

India’s Inadvertent Missile Launch Underscores the Risk of Accidental Nuclear Warfare

Complex weapon systems are inherently prone to accidents, and this latest launch is one of a long history of military accidents in India

April 8, 2022 — Zia Mian and M. V. Ramana | Opinion

Policy

Scientists Must Rise in Defense of Democracy

Now is the moment to act so that we never have to experience an authoritarian version of the U.S.

October 2, 2020 — Robert Goldston, Zia Mian, Ali Nouri, Stewart Prager, Paul G. Richards, Andrew Rosenberg, Lynn R. Sykes and Frank von Hippel | Opinion

Environment

Time to Ban Production of Nuclear Weapons Material

A new global treaty that cuts off production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons could jump-start nuclear disarmament and help prevent proliferation

January 13, 2010 — Alexander Glaser, Zia Mian and Frank N. von Hippel