CISAC experts participate in Spring Quarter lectures on 'Defusing the Nuclear Threat'

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Martin Hellman, a professor emeritus of electrical engineering who lectures on the risk analysis of nuclear deterrence, has organized a series of lectures aimed at increasing societal awareness of this threat, starting with Stanford's students and the campus community. Hellman argues that little will change until the public understands the risk everyone faces from nuclear weapons and can use this knowledge to demand change. All lectures, apart from the April 20 event, will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 201, Hewlett Teaching Center near Serra Mall. They are free and open to the public.

  • Prof. Martin Hellman, "Defusing the Nuclear Threat: An Audacious Plan"
    April 13, 2010
  • The Hon. George Shultz, The Hon. William Perry, Prof. Sidney Drell, Mr. Philip Taubman, "Nuclear Tipping Point" 
    April 20, 4-6 p.m., Paul Brest Hall, Munger Residence, Building 4 
     
  • Dr. Joseph Martz, "Nuclear Weapons: Deterrence, History, and Current Issues" 
    April 27. Martz is the inaugural William Perry CISAC Fellow, on leave from Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he headed their RRW (Reliable Replacement Warhead) design team.
  • Prof. Siegfried Hecker, "North Korea: Nuclear Weapons, Risk and Hope" 
    May 4. Hecker, CISAC co-director and director emeritus of Los Alamos, has visited North Korea six times in recent years. 
  • Paul Chappell, "Why Peace Is Possible and How We Can Achieve It" 
    May 11. Chappell is a 2002 West Point graduate who served in the U.S. Army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He currently serves as Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
  • Dr. Tad Daley, "Apocalypse Never" 
    May 27. Daley is author of Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World.