PONI 2017 Summer Conference

The first conference of the 2017-2018 PONI Conference Series was held on June 21-22 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Global Security Research. The two-day conference will feature a series presentations from emerging nuclear experts, a keynote address, tours of facilities at Lawrence Livermore, and a breakout discussion on nuclear terrorism adapted from a ministerial-level scenario...

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The first conference of the 2017-2018 PONI Conference Series was held on June 21-22 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Global Security Research.

The two-day conference will feature a series presentations from emerging nuclear experts, a keynote address, tours of facilities at Lawrence Livermore, and a breakout discussion on nuclear terrorism adapted from a ministerial-level scenario that will led by Corey Hinderstein and Heather Looney from NNSA. The conference will be off-the-record.

 

Agenda and Participants

Panel 1: Multi-Domain Dynamics in East Asia

Recent Chinese Thinking on Military Space and Nuclear Strategy
Jonathan Ward, Research Associate, The Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford

Combined Strategic Arms: China’s nuclear, outer space, and cyberspace military force postures
Fiona Cunningham, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cross-Domain Threats and the Escalation of International Crises in East Asia
Andrés Gannon, PhD Student, University of California-San Diego

U.S.‐China Maritime Relations: Strengthening Confidence Building Measures to Address the Security Challenges in the South China Sea
Brittney Washington, MA Graduate, Tufts University

Panel 2: Threats to Global Norms

The Promise and Limitations of International Law: Nuclear Zero Lawsuits
Sarah Shirazyan, Lecturer, Stanford Law School

3D Printing: The Path to Proliferation?
Grant Christopher, Research Fellow, King’s College London

Governing Naval Nuclear Material: Designing a Supplemental Protocol
Andrew Reddie, PhD Student, University of California-Berkeley

Disarming Without the Armed: A New Arms Control Model
Jennifer Knox, Research Assistant, Global Zero

Panel 3: Challenges to Deterrence

Russia’s “Non-Nuclear Deterrence”: Doctrine, Capability Gaps, and Implications
Anya Loukianova Fink, Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, RAND Corporation

Expanding U.S. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons: Enhancing or Undermining U.S.-NATO Relations?
James McKeon, Policy Analyst, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Nuclear Command and Control in the 21st Century: Maintaining Surety in Outer Space and Cyberspace
Jared Dunnmon, PhD Candidate, Stanford University

The Impact of Hypersonic Glide, Boost-Glide, and Airbreathing Technologies on Nuclear Deterrence
Rachel Wiener, Program Management and Technical Analyst, National Nuclear Security Administration

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