Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Dr. David Kay, Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, is a former IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector who focuses on counterterrorism and weapons proliferation issues.  In a recent talk on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus, Dr. Kay warned that the threat of nuclear weapons remains with us. He offered students the sobering message that responsibility for resolving world conflicts will soon fall to their generation.  And he spoke frankly about his 2003 mission to Iraq, which led him to conclude that Iraq lacked stockpiles of WMD. Click here to read more about Dr. Kay's recent talk.   

 

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that The Honorable John Young, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, has joined the Institute as a Senior Fellow and Member of the Board of Regents.

Mr. Young says he welcomes his new role at the Institute, adding, “The Potomac Institute has been very successful in delivering professional, unbiased analysis on a broad range of issues in Washington, without becoming part of the debate.  The Potomac team’s policy views have been grounded in data analysis and in comprehensive review of all aspects of an issue.  I was honored to be asked to join the distinguished current members of the Board of Regents.  I look forward to working with the capable Potomac team as the Institute seeks to aid policy makers by providing balanced perspectives on the challenging issues that our Nation faces today and in the future.” Click here to read more.

Prof. James Giordano, PhD, Director of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Center for Neurotechnology Studies, writes in the March 2010 issue of Practical Pain Management about the prevalence of neurotechnology-based devices on the market today. Dr. Giordano writes that neurotechnology, including neurofeedback, has valid applications in a medical setting but is currently being marketed to the public by poorly trained technicians and non-professionals. He writes, "Simply put, there is indubitably great value of neurotechnology in pain care, but neurotechnological progress should not be ethically undermined by capricious, unprofessional utilization engendered through improper education, training and/or misdirection by market forces." Click below to read the article in full.  

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that its Potomac Institute Press has launched a new online publication, Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy, www.synesisjournal.com. Synesis will be a forum for critical thinking and for analysis of the science, ethics and policy needed for successful human endeavor in a wide range of fields. The Editor-in-Chief of Synesis is Prof. James Giordano, PhD, Chair of Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and Senior Research Associate at the Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics and Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK.