Apr132016 Event / ConferencePONI 2016 Capstone ConferenceThe final conference of the 2015-2016 PONI Conference Series will be held on April 12 at United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Offutt Air Force Base. The one-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts covering topics such as modernization, unconventional threats, nonproliferation, and culture within the nuclear enterprise along with keynote addresses from senior… LocationOffutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska
Feb102016 Event / DiscussionISIS’ Hunt for WMDs: Navigating the Nuclear Underworld with C.J. ChiversThe Project on Nuclear Issues hosted a discussion with C.J. Chivers on nuclear smuggling in the Middle East. Chivers, a former marine and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigator with the New York Times, has reported from the front lines of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and more, analyzing conflicts and the weapons that fuel them. One of Chivers’ recent features, “The Doomsday Scam,” revealed how ISIS and other terrorist groups have pursued a fictional weapon-making substance known as red mercury. Chivers, who has been called “the greatest war reporter in a generation,” will share his unique insight about the possibilitiy of terrorist groups obtaining nuclear materials, where they could be bought, and how the international community should respond if a terrorist group were to acquire nuclear material, or some other weapon of mass destruction. The discussion was moderated by Rebecca Hersman, Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS. LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Dec092015 Event / ConferencePONI 2015 Winter ConferenceThe third event in the 2015-2016 PONI Conference Series will be held December 9-10 at CSIS in Washington, DC. The two-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts covering topics including U.S. nuclear policy and posture in the face of modernization and sequestration, non-state actors, nuclear security, escalation dyanmics, and perspectives on Russia and Europe…. LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Nov042015 Event / DiscussionReliving History: A Retrospective on TridentThe Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosted this exclusive panel discussion recounting the formation of the seminal UK Trident Program, featuring four former U.S. and UK national security policymakers present for its negotiation: the Honorable Frank Miller, Sir David Omand, the Honorable Walter B. Slocombe, and Sir Kevin Tebbit. Please watch below as we revisit this momentous chapter of the U.S. and UK’s nuclear partnership, from the Polaris A3 through the Trident II, and examine its implications for the two countries’ special relationship today. LocationCenter for Strategic and International Studies
Sep222015 Event / ConferencePONI 2015 Fall ConferenceThe second event in the 2015-2016 PONI Conference Series will be held September 22-23 at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. The two-day conference will feature panels of presentations from young nuclear experts covering topics including tracking nuclear material, nuclear security and insider threats, regional nuclear flashpoints, and new thinking on proliferation. The conference will also… LocationPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Event Lessons from Taiwan on Disinformation, Cybersecurity, and Energy SecurityThe East Asia Program is launching a new annual series, Taiwan Security Brief. In the inaugural volume, three emerging researchers examine the impact of several nontraditional security challenges in Taiwan: online disinformation, cybersecurity in the digital economy, and energy security. How can Taiwan effectively mitigate problems in these security issues? What opportunities does Taiwan have to… LocationStimson Center; Washington, DC
Event The Atomic Soldiers: A Conversation with Filmmaker Morgan KnibbeThey remember seeing a flash so bright that it felt like they had x-ray vision. They remember watching the mushroom clouds rise into the nighttime sky, uniquely bright and colored from the blast. From 1945-1963, the United States tested more than 200 atomic weapons aboveground and underwater. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers took part in… LocationNuclear Threat Initiative; Washington, DC
Event / DiscussionNew Technologies and Nuclear RiskThe proliferation of new technologies threatens to increase the risks of nuclear use. Join us to discuss two of those risks—precision-strike weapons in the hands of U.S. allies and artificial intelligence—explored in recent studies funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. AGENDA 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Conventional Precision-Strike Weapons and Non-Nuclear States How could… LocationCarnegie Endowment for International Peace; Washington, DC
Event Post-INF Treaty: The Future of Arms Competition, the End of Nuclear Arms Control?About this Event On August 2, 2019, the United States officially withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing Russian testing and deployment of missiles banned by the treaty. In the weeks after its withdrawal, the United States has tested its own intermediate-range ground-launched cruise missile, while Russia has continued to claim it… LocationNational Defense University; Washington, DC
Event Navigating the Nuclear FutureJoin CSPS for their 2nd Annual Symposium on International Security on September 27, 2019. This year’s topic is Navigating the Nuclear Future and will discuss the issues of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, and the nonproliferation regime. Speakers will include General Frank Klotz, Suzanne DiMaggio, Brian Mazanec, Laura Holgate, Ketian Zhang, and others. Lunch will be provided…. LocationGeorge Mason University; Arlington, VA