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Uncertainty, Risk, and Responsibility: Lessons from Three Technologies
February 18, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/wKXawdBrCEs About this Event: Are we still in the Nuclear Age? Is this the Age of AI? Are we entering the Age of Synthetic Biology?
The Strike on Qassem Soleimani: Implications for Iran, the Middle East and the World
January 6, 2020
Panel discussion with Stanford international affairs experts on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Register: Click here to RSVP Livestream: Please click here to join the livestream. About this Event: U...
Security in a Post-Nuclear Age
October 28, 2019
Livestream: This event will not be live-streamed or recorded. Abstract: Seventy-five years after the introduction of nuclear weapons, it is no longer clear that these tools of security remain the...
Molten-Salt and Salt-Cooled Nuclear Reactors: The Opportunities and Challenges Faced in Providing a Global Solution to Clean Energy
October 3, 2019
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/8JDHuY0HMCM /*-->*/ Abstract: The motivation to develop nuclear energy waned in the latter part of the twentieth century.
Discussion on the DPRK with Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun
January 28, 2019
UPDATE: This event will be live streamed on our Facebook page.
Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena
December 14, 2018
Click here to view paper Abstract: Nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient in and of themselves to neutralize the existential threat of the nuclear weapons.
The Stopping Power of Norms
December 14, 2018
Abstract: Sagan and Valentino's path-breaking survey of public opinion American attitudes towards the laws of war found Americans are relatively insensitive to international norms and taboos...
The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review
December 14, 2018
This seminar will provide analysis and implications of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review from the perspectives of three people who spent a significant portion of their careers working on the nuclear...
The INF Treaty’s Demise: What it Means for Arms Control, Europe and U.S.-Russia Relations
October 26, 2018
INF Public Panel DiscussionPresident Trump announced on October 20 that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
Is India Shifting to a Nuclear Counterforce Strategy?
October 18, 2018
Abstract: Is India considering developing nuclear counterforce options against Pakistan?
Law as Discursive Resource: The Politics of the Nuclear/Non-Nuclear Distinction in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
September 19, 2018
Abstract: The purpose and force of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty hinges on a legal distinction between "nuclear weapons states" and "non-nuclear weapons states." But rather than being a self...
A Comprehensive History of North Korea's Nuclear Program and Lessons Learned
March 26, 2018
NOTE: Seminar room changed to Oksenberg Conference RoomEncina Hall, 3rd floor This is an APARC-CISAC joint event.With all eyes on the upcoming Inter-Korean Summit and the planned Kim-Trump Summit,...
A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg on ‘The Doomsday Machine’
March 19, 2018
- RSVP here - Abstract: Must we, should we, possess a Doomsday Machine? For over half a century there have been two of these in the world: the U.S.
Rethinking the Kargil conflict: What did Pakistan learn from a nuclear crisis?
March 8, 2018
Abstract: In November 1998, ‘mujahideen’ warriors climbed the heights above Kargil in Indian held Kashmir, crossed the Line of Control, and occupied Indian military posts.
"Our theoreticians were armed with McNamara's arguments." Reflections on Soviet military strategy in the 1960s and 1970s.
March 3, 2018
Abstract: The quotation in the title is taken from the memoirs of Boris Chertok, a leading Soviet missile designer. In my talk I will examine significant shifts in Soviet thinking about nuclear...
A 21st century Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
February 5, 2018
Abstract: Founded in 1945 by Manhattan Project scientists who “could not remain aloof to the consequences of their work,” the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists aimed to chronicle the dawn of the...
Countering nuclear terrorism: Can the United Nations deliver?
December 18, 2017
Abstract: It has been more than a decade since the UN Security Council enacted Resolution 1540—the most far-reaching of international instruments to counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)...
Safety assessment of nuclear waste repositories: scientific issues vs societal expectations
December 8, 2017
Abstract: In the last 30 years I have been actively involved in various safety assessment exercises for high level and low and intermediate level nuclear waste disposal sites, mainly for the...
Nuclear accidents, causes and consequences
July 21, 2017
Abstract: The safety of a nuclear and any complex system is enhanced by analyzing failures and incorporating the lessons learned into ongoing and future activities.The triad of hardware, software,...
A Worst Practices Guide to Preventing Insider Threats
April 7, 2017
Video of Worst Practices Guide 5 16 17 Abstract: High-security organizations around the world face devastating threats from insiders—trusted employees with access to sensitive information,...
Conventional Conflicts with Nuclear-Armed Powers: Prospects for Escalation Control
March 22, 2017
Abstract: Under what conditions could the United States control escalation in a conventional conflict with a nuclear-armed adversary? The possibility that a dispute between the U.S.
Japan's shift in the nuclear debate: a change in its security identity
March 20, 2017
Abstract: Throughout the Cold War, Japanese leaders and policymakers have generally been careful to reflect the public’s firm opposition to anti-nuclear sentiment.
Thorium reactors: silver bullet or proliferation hazard?
January 26, 2017
Abstract: Since their conception in the 1950s, thorium reactors have been promoted as a promising technology for nuclear energy generation, though they have not yet been successfully commercialized...
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