Watch the recorded event video from our conversation on The Nuclear Policy Trilemma Conference. Conference Welcome | 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Keynote Address | 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Senator Angus King will keynote the conference and will provide remarks regarding U.S. nuclear modernization, alliance management, and arms control. ModeratorRebecca Hersman, Senior Advisor and Director, CSIS Project on Nuclear IssuesPanelistsSenator Angus King, Chair, Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces A Unified Front? Understanding Partner and Alliance Views on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Which nuclear weapons capabilities and policies do U.S. partners and allies view as most instrumental for extended deterrence? Are they most concerned with U.S. declaratory policy, overall U.S. force structure, conventional military presence in the region, or nuclear stationing and burdensharing? What are their policy preferences in each of these elements? How would allies view a decreased role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security strategy? ModeratorEric Brewer, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues PanelistsIvo Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Jessica Cox, Director of Nuclear Policy, NATO Jina Kim, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses Hideshi Tokuchi, President, Research Institute for Peace and Security September 22, 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Forging Arms Control in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities of Nuclear Modernization | 9:00AM – 10:30 AM Do unilateral reductions in nuclear weapons or delivery systems help or undermine future arms control initiatives? What is the role for allies in U.S. bilateral and multilateral arms control? What is the role for the P-5, particularly France and the UK in strategic arms control? Which types of arms control might better support extended deterrence? Can arms control measures check expanding Russian and Chinese nuclear capabilities? Can deterrence and arms control priorities be effectively balanced? ModeratorBrad Roberts, Director, Center for Global Security Research PanelistsJane Vaynman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Temple University Heather Williams, Senior Lecturer, Defense Studies Department, King’s College London Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy Modernizing the Nuclear Triad: Key Capabilities to Maintain Credible U.S. Deterrence | 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM How should the Biden administration pursue a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear deterrent and maintain effective extended deterrence and assurance while reducing the role of nuclear weapons in the national security strategy? Taking these trilemma tensions into account, what are the best policy prescriptions for the next Nuclear Posture Review—and beyond.ModeratorRebecca Hersman, Senior Advisor and Director, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues PanelistsRose Gottemoeller, Payne Distinguished Lecturer, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University Christopher Ford, Senior Advisor, MITRE Lynn Rusten, Vice President, Global Nuclear Policy Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative Virtual Conference sponsored by Northrop Grumman