A survey of the world today finds the nuclear landscape – from Russia, to North Korea, to India, Pakistan, and China – to be more uncertain and precarious than it has been any time since the end of the Cold War. Yet, even as nuclear dangers seem to be growing, there seems to be deepening discontent with the notion of nuclear deterrence. A growing chorus of voices questions the legitimacy of assurance and deterrence, fracturing what might have been thought at one point to be a consensus between allies. There also seems to be a growing skepticism about the benefits of the internationalist system on which deterrence, and especially extended deterrence, depends. Agenda Introduction Panel 1: Nuclear Deterrence and the NATO Alliance: Risks of Conflict and Prospects for Cooperation Transcript Rebecca Hersman, Panel Chair Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies Kathleen H. Hicks Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies Iain King CBE Counsellor, Defence Policy and Nuclear, British Embassy Frank Miller Principal, The Scowcroft Group Alexander Vershbow Distinguished Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Panel 2: Nuclear Deterrence and the Asia-Pacific Alliances: Sustaining the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella in the face of rising challenges Transcript Elaine Bunn, Panel Chair Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, U.S. Department of Defense Tetsuo Kotani Senior Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs Michael Schiffer Senior Advisor and Counselor, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Andrew Shearer Senior Adviser on Asia Pacific Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies