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SUMMARY:U.S. Government Assessments of Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism Risks: Findings of a National Academies Study
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n\n\nAbstract \nA recent congressionally-mandated study by the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine examined U.S. government methods for assessing nuclear war and nuclear terrorism risks\, how those assessments are used to develop strategy and policy\, and their limitations and gaps. In this webinar\, the co-chairs and director of this National Academies study will discuss how US nuclear war and terrorism assessments are generated and some findings and key recommendations. These include a need for the methods used to create nuclear war risk analyses to consider a broader scope of pathways and outcomes\, and possible weaknesses in how U.S. Strategic Command generates its daily “Risk of Strategic Deterrence Failure” assessment for each nuclear-armed adversary. The findings also highlight the need for the current limited assessments of the consequences of nuclear explosions resulting from strategic deterrence failure to include other physical and environmental effects of nuclear weapons\, as well as psychological\, societal\, and political consequences of nuclear weapons use. \nThe report is available for free download at: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27745/risk-analysis-methods-for-nuclear-war-and-nuclear-terrorism-phase \nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Jenny Heimberg\, Study Director of the Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism\, and Acting Director of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control\, National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine.\nWilliam C. Ostendorff\, Co-Chair of the Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism\, and former Principal Deputy Administrator of the US National Nuclear Security Administration\nDr. M. Élisabeth Paté-Cornell\, Co-Chair of the Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism\, and Professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering\, Stanford University\n\nSpeakers’ full biographies: \nDr. Jennifer (Jenny) Heimberg has worked at the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine since 2011. She is currently the acting director for the Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC). Most recently\, she was the inaugural director for the Strategic Council for Research Excellence\, Integrity\, and Trust\, an effort initiated and led by the President of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition\, she has directed studies related to nuclear risks\, nuclear security\, nonproliferation\, and nuclear environmental cleanup. Other topics include reproducibility and replicability in science (Reproducibility and Replicability in Science\, 2019) and estimating the costs of climate damages (Valuing Climate Damages: Updating the Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide\, 2017). Prior to coming to the National Academies\, she worked as a program manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL). She received a BS in physics from Georgetown University\, a BSEE from Catholic University of America\, and a PhD in physics from Northwestern University. \nDr. M.-Elisabeth Paté-Cornell is the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford\, a Courtesy Professor of the Stanford Department of Aero-Astro\, and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Stanford Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies. Her specialty is engineering risk analysis\, with applications to complex systems (space\, medical\, offshore oil platforms\, cyber security\, etc.). Her work has been based on probabilistic and stochastic models\, and on Artificial Intelligence. She has been a member of the Army Science Board\, of the Air Force Science Board and of the Board of the Navy Post-Graduate School\, which she chaired. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering\, the French Académie des Technologies\, and the NASA Advisory Council. She was a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2001 to 2008). She holds a BS in Mathematics and Physics in Marseille (France)\, an Engineering degree (Applied Math/CS) from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble (France)\, and from Stanford University an MS in Operations Research (OR) and a PhD in Engineering-Economic Systems (EES). She is the author or coauthor of more than a hundred publications including several Best Paper awards. From the Society for Risk Analysis (of which she is a Fellow and past President) she was awarded the 2002 Distinguished Achievement Award and the 2025 Distinguished Educator Award. She received the Ramsey Medal of Decision Analysis from INFORMS in 2010\, an Honorary PhD from the University of Strathclyde\, Scotland\, in 2016\, and the IEEE Ramo medal for Systems Engineering and Science in 2021. \nBill Ostendorff currently serves on the board of directors of Sandia National Laboratory\, Global Laser Enrichment and Cavendish Nuclear USA. He also serves on INPO’s Advisory Council and chairs the Decommissioning Nuclear Safety Review Board for Three Mile Island Unit 2. From 2016-2021\, he served as the Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the US Naval Academy. Mr. Ostendorff has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on three occasions in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He served as Principal Deputy Administrator at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the Bush administration (2007-2009) and as a Commissioner at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2010-2016) in the Obama administration prior to joining the Naval Academy faculty. From 2003 to 2007\, he served as counsel and staff director for the Strategic Forces Subcommittee with oversight responsibilities for the Department of Energy’s Atomic Energy Defense Activities as well as the Department of Defense’s space\, missile defense and intelligence programs. Mr. Ostendorff was an officer in the United States Navy from 1976 until he retired in 2002 with the rank of captain. Entering the Rickover Nuclear Navy\, he served on six submarines. During his naval career\, he commanded a nuclear attack submarine and a nuclear attack submarine squadron. Mr. Ostendorff earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy and law degrees from the University of Texas and Georgetown University. He is the recipient of the US Nuclear Industry Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Nuclear Society’s Eisenhower Award.
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/methods-nas/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Russell-Einstein Manifesto at 70: Scientists Advancing Peace and Global Security
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n\n\nOn 9 July 1955\, Bertrand Russell delivered a public statement in London on the dangers of nuclear weapons. It was cosigned by Albert Einstein\, in his last public political act\, and has come to be known as the Russell-Einstein Manifesto. The Manifesto led in 1957 to the founding of the Pugwash Conferences for Science and World Affairs\, which received the 1995 Peace Nobel Prize. This presentation will introduce Pugwash\, its work during the Cold War\, and its current status and priorities at a time of grave nuclear dangers and challenges. It will highlight some ways scientists today can act on the Manifesto’s call. \nSpeakers: – \n\nKaren Hallberg\, Secretary General\, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs\nMatthew Evangelista\, President White Professor of History and Political Science Emeritus\, Cornell University\nTalia Weiss\, Physics Ph.D. student at Yale University\, Director of International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP)\nZia Mian (moderator)\, Co-Director\, Princeton Program on Science and Global Security.\n\n\nResources: \nKaren Hallberg Slides \nMatthew Evangelista Slides \nTalia Weiss Slides \nAdditional Readings: \n\n\nZia Mian\, Out of the Nuclear Shadow: Scientists and the Struggle against the Bomb\,  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, January 2015\nFetter\, R. Garwin\, and F. N. von Hippel\, Nuclear Weapons Dangers and Policy Options\, Physics Today\, April 2018\nZia Mian\, Stewart Prager\, and Frank N. von Hippel\, Once More Into the Breach: Physicists Mobilize Again to Counter the Nuclear Threat\, Arms Control Today\, May 2021\nZia Mian\, Stewart Prager\, and Frank von Hippel\, Confronting the bomb – Physicists have rallied against nuclear weapons for 80 years — and must do so again\, APS News\, March 6\, 2025
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/webinar-the-russell-einstein-manifesto-at-70-scientists-advancing-peace-and-global-security/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: “Golden Dome”: A Costly\, Destabilizing\, and Ineffective Missile Defense System
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nIn May 2025\, President Donald Trump approved the Defense Department’s architecture and implementation plan for “Golden Dome”—a multilayered missile defense system incorporating ground-\, sea-\, and space-based components designed to protect all U.S. territory from any scale of missile attack by any country. In this webinar\, three physicists specializing in missile defense will examine why the proposed system would be technically ineffective\, carry projected costs in the hundreds of billions of dollars or more\, and exacerbate global arms race dynamics. They will also discuss how “Golden Dome” could heighten crisis instability and ultimately increase the risk of nuclear war. \nSpeakers include \n\nDr. Laura Grego\, Senior Scientist\, Union of Concerned Scientists\nDr. Fred Lamb\, Research Professor\, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\nDr. Igor Moric\, Research Scholar\, Program in Science and Global Security (SGS)\, Princeton University\nDr. Zia Mian (moderator)\, Co-Director\, Program in Science and Global Security (SGS)\, Princeton University\n\n\nREFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  \nIgor Moric Slides  \nFred Lamb Slides  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/webinar-golden-dome-a-costly-destabilizing-and-ineffective-missile-defense-system/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T120000
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SUMMARY:Webinar:US Policy and Nuclear Threat Reduction Challenges in 2025
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URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/webinarus-policy-and-nuclear-threat-reduction-challenges-in-2025/
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SUMMARY:US Policy and Nuclear Threat Reduction Challenges in 2025
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: This webinar will share expert views on current and emerging crises and opportunities for nuclear threat reduction efforts in the United States\, and introduce the near-term nuclear policy advocacy goals of the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction. \nREGISTER HERE\nTopics and Speakers:   \n\nModerator – Zia Mian\, Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security\, and member of the Steering Committee Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction.\nUS nuclear weapons programs –  Hans Kristensen\, Director of the Nuclear Information Project\, Federation of American Scientists\nThe US Iron Dome program – Laura  Grego\, Senior scientist and Research Director\, Global Security Program\, Union of Concerned Scientists\nOpportunities for arms control talks – Xiaodon Liang\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Nuclear Weapons Policy and Disarmament\, Arms Control Association\nPhysicists Coalition advocacy goals for 2025 – Stewart Prager\, Professor emeritus of astrophysical sciences\, Princeton University\, and chair of the Steering Committee\, Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/us-policy-and-nuclear-threat-reduction-challenges-in-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240701T120000
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SUMMARY:Understanding the New Nuclear Arms Race: Views From Washington\, Moscow and Beijing
DESCRIPTION: \nThis webinar delves into the multifaceted dimensions of the contemporary nuclear arms race\, offering in-depth analyses from three of the world’s nuclear powers. Experts will explore the motivations\, defense policies\, and diplomatic postures of the United States\, Russia\, and China\, providing the audience with a comprehensive understanding of each nation’s policies and perspective. The triangular approach aims to foster a nuanced dialogue on the implications for global security\, arms control treaties\, and the prospects for future nuclear disarmament efforts. \nSpeakers include: \n\nDr. Sharon Weiner\, Associate Professor\, American University\nDr. Timur Kadyshev\, Senior Researcher\, Inst. for Peace Research and Security Policy\nDr. Tong Zhao\, Senior Fellow\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\nDr. Zia Mian (moderator)\, Princeton Program on Science and Global Security\n\n\nREFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  \n\nDr. Timur Kadyshev presentation slides: View from Moscow (PDF)\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS  \nSharon K. Weiner is an Associate Professor at American University’s School of International Service and a visiting researcher at Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security. She has extensive experience in Government\, including as a program examiner with the National Security Division at the White House Office of Management and Budget. \n\n\n \nTimur Kadyshev is a Senior Researcher with the natural sciences module of the Research and Transfer Project Arms Control and Emerging Technologies. Previously he worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Moscow’s Center for Arms Control\, Energy\, and Environmental Studies\, where he conducted research and supervised a course on Technical Aspects of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. \n\nTong Zhao is a senior fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China\, Carnegie’s East Asia-based research center on contemporary China. He is the author of “Tides of Change: China’s Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines and Strategic Stability” and “Narrowing the U.S.-China Gap on Missile Defense: How to Help Forestall a Nuclear Arms Race.” \nZia Mian is a physicist and co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. He is a co-founder of the Physicist Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction and has served on the board of the Arms Control Association.
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/understanding-the-new-nuclear-arms-race-views-from-washington-moscow-and-beijing/
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SUMMARY:The Sentinel ICBM program: Risks\, Costs\, and Alternatives
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nWebinar Abstract: \nThe U.S. Air Force is moving forward with plans to refurbish all its 450 nuclear missile silos and replace its current fleet of Minuteman III land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles with new Sentinel missiles. A new study based on state-of-the-art nuclear war modeling suggests the scale of the human and environmental impact of this policy may be larger than previously known. Described as one of the largest and most complex weapon system programs ever undertaken by the U.S. Air Force\, the Sentinel program is proving challenging to deliver on time and on cost. The program already faces significant overruns that may trigger a Congressional review. This provides a new opportunity to think about alternatives to the current Sentinel program and ending six decades of reliance on land-based ICBMs. \n  \nThe Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction held a webinar in January 2024\, to discuss this issue. \nPanelists included: \n\nSébastien Philippe is a Research Scholar with Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. His research focuses on modeling the impact of nuclear weapon use on people and planet. He is a former nuclear weapon system safety engineer in France Ministry of Armed Forces.\nSharon K. Weiner is Associate Professor at American University’s School of International Service and a visiting researcher at Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security. She has extensive experience in Government\, including as a program examiner with the National Security Division at the White House Office of Management and Budget.\nFrank von Hippel is professor emeritus with Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security. He has been engaged with US ICBM issues since the 1970s. He is a co-founder of the Physicist Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction.\nZia Mian is a physicist and co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. He is a co-founder of the Physicist Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction and has served on the board of the Arms Control Association.\n\nREFERENCES: \nFrank von Hippel slides (PDF) \nInteractive map depicting impact of a potential nuclear attack on U.S. ICBM silos 
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/the-sentinel-icbm-program-risks-costs-and-alternatives/
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SUMMARY:Oppenheimer: Scientists\, The Bomb\, and the Implications for Today
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe film Oppenheimer\, which opened in theaters in July\, tells the story of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who led the team that built the first atomic bomb\, and later worked to curb the nuclear arms race. The scientific community has played a critical role in highlighting the dangers of nuclear weapons and their human and environmental impacts\, as well as nuclear arms racing from the days of the Manhattan Project to the present. Prompted by the film\, the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction held a webinar on July 31\, 2023\, to discuss: \n\nThe devastating human and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons testing and use\nThe role of scientists in the effort to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and reverse the nuclear arms race\nThe growing nuclear threat and how physicists can help reduce the danger today\n\nSpeakers included \n\nDr. Arjun Makhijani\, President\, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)\, co-author of Radioactive Heaven and Earth and Nuclear Wastelands\nDr. Lisbeth Gronlund\, Research Affiliate\, Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy\, MIT\nDr. Stewart Prager\, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysical Sciences\, Princeton University; The Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction\nDr. Frederick Lamb (Moderator)\, Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; The Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction\n\nThis webinar was co-sponsored by \n– The APS Forum on Physics and Society\n– The APS Forum on International Physics\n– The APS Forum on the History and Philosophy of Physics \nREFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  \nRecommended by Dr. Arjun Makhijiani: \n\nArjun Makhijiani\, Webinar Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)\nArjun Makhijani\, ““Always” the target?: While U.S. bomb scientists were racing against Germany\, military planners were looking toward the Pacific\,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, May/June 1995\nArjun Makhijani. “Nuclear Targeting: The First 60 Years\,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, May/June 2003\n\nRecommended by Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund: \n\n“Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System\,” Union of Concerned Scientists\, April 18 2000\nRichard L. Garwin and Hans A. Bethe\, Anti-Ballistic-Missile Systems\,” Scientific American\, March 1968\nJASON Panel\, “Nuclear Testing: Summary and Conclusions\,” August 3 1995\nKurt Gotfried\, “Physicists in Politics\,” Physics Today\, 1999\n\nRecommended by Dr. Stewart Prager: \n\nGeneral Advisory Committee’s Majority and Minority Reports on Building the H-Bomb \, Atomic Archive\, 1949.\nHans Kristensen and Robert Norris\, Worldwide Deployments of Nuclear Weapons\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, Sept 3\, 2017\nAlan Robock and Owen B. Toon\, Self-assured Destruction: The Climate Impacts of Nuclear War\,Vol.68\, Issue 5\, p. 66\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (2012).\nZia Mian\, Stewart Prager and Frank von Hippel\, Once More Into the Breach: Physicists Mobilize Again to Counter the Nuclear Threat\, Arms Control Today\, May\, 2021.
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/oppenheimer/
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SUMMARY:U.S. Budget for FY24 and Advocacy for Nuclear Threat Reduction
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThis webinar discusses highlights of the U.S. budget for nuclear weapons for fiscal year 2024\, in particular the possibility of additional funds for new nuclear weapon systems including nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missiles. \nThe speakers include\n– Shannon Bugos\, Senior Policy Analyst\, The Arms Control Association\n– Hans Kristensen\, Director\, Nuclear Information Project\, Federation of American Scientists \nADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  \n\nShannon Bugos’ Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)\nHans Kristensen’s Presentation Slides (PDF)\n\nRelated: \nAdvocacy: Say no to new weapon systems!
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/u-s-budget-for-fy24-and-advocacy-for-nuclear-threat-reduction/
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SUMMARY:New Developments in International Treaties on Nuclear Weapons: the NPT and the TPNW
DESCRIPTION: \nThe 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)\, also known as the Nuclear Ban Treaty\, went into force in January 2021. The treaty was negotiated with the purpose of strengthening the largely unimplemented disarmament pillar of the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The NPT has been signed by all but four nations. The Nuclear Ban Treaty has been signed by 91 nations and ratified by 68\, none of which are nuclear weapon states. This August saw the completion of the tenth NPT review conference\, a meeting held between the parties to the Treaty to review its progress. The conference exposed a rift between the nuclear weapon states and the non-nuclear weapon states on the lack of progress toward the NPT disarmament requirement. In this webinar\, we will cover these recent developments\, as well as the significance of\, and the issue of compatibility between the NPT and TPNW. \n\n\n\n\nPanelists \n\nZia Mian is a physicist and co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. He made presentations at the August 2022 NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference and at the first meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in June.\nRandy Rydell is a former Senior Political Affairs Officer for the UN’s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and a staff member working on nonproliferation in the United States Senate. Since his retirement in 2014\, he’s served as an Executive Advisor to Mayors for Peace\, managed by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation.\nRay Acheson has been providing analysis on arms control diplomacy at the United Nations and other international forums for over a decade as the head of Reaching Critical Will\, the disarmament program at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. They are currently a visiting researcher at Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security and a steering group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/npt-tpnw-webinar/
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SUMMARY:The Nuclear Dimensions of the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Our March 28\, 2022 briefing examined Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the connection to nuclear weapons. Speakers included Alex Glaser (Princeton University)\, Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association)\, Pavel Podvig (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research – UNIDIR) and Laura Grego (MIT).
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/the-nuclear-dimensions-of-the-war-in-ukraine/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211204
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SUMMARY:President Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review
DESCRIPTION:Our December 3\, 2021 briefing discussed the current status of the Biden Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and unpacked the biggest outstanding controversies and questions. Speakers included Jessica Sleight (Global Zero)\, Tom Collina (Ploughshares Fund)\, Laura Grego (MIT)\, and Charlotte Selton (APS).
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/president-bidens-nuclear-posture-review/
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Arms Racing
DESCRIPTION:Our September 13\, 2021 webinar discussed the dynamics of a nuclear arms race between the US\, Russia\, and China. Speakers include Steve Fetter (University of Maryland\, College Park)\, Laura Grego (Union of Concerned Scientists)\, Lyle Goldstein (Naval War College)\, and Pavel Podvig (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research – UNIDIR).
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/nuclear-arms-racing/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:The Real World Effects of Nuclear Weapons
DESCRIPTION:Our July 13\, 2021 webinar examines the effects of nuclear weapons\, including the immediate and direct effects\, the impact on climate and food\, and how government war planners understand these effects. Speakers include Steve Fetter (University of Maryland\, College Park)\, Matthew McKinzie (Natural Resources Defense Council)\, Alan Robock (Rutger University)\, and Lynn Eden (Stanford University).
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/the-real-world-effects-of-nuclear-weapons/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210611
DTSTAMP:20260414T124140
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SUMMARY:Influencing Government Policy on Nuclear Weapons
DESCRIPTION:Our June 10\, 2021 webinar discussed how government policy for nuclear weapons is formed\, aspects of the current political landscape for nuclear arms control\, and current Coalition advocacy on no-first-use. Speakers include Laura Grego (Union of Concerned Scientists)\, Sharon Weiner (American University)\, Stephen Young (Union of Concerned Scientists)\, Stewart Prager (Princeton University)\, and Charlotte Selton (APS)
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/influencing-government-policy-on-nuclear-weapons/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210130
DTSTAMP:20260414T124140
CREATED:20221027T213904Z
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SUMMARY:Measures to Reduce the Nuclear Threat Under the Biden Administration
DESCRIPTION:Our January 29th\, 2021 webinar covers a range of policy topics including no-first-use\, launch-on-warning\, ICBM modernization\, and presidential sole authority. Speakers include Prof. Angela Di Fulvio (University of Illinois)\, Prof. Steve Fetter (University of Maryland)\, Dr. Laura Grego (Union of the Concerned Scientists)\, Prof. Zia Mian (Princeton University)\, Prof. Stewart Prager (Princeton University)\, and Prof. Frank von Hippel (Princeton University). \n\n 
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/measures-to-reduce-the-nuclear-threat-under-the-biden-administration/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910
DTSTAMP:20260414T124140
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Testing and New START: Nuclear Threat Reduction in 2020 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Our September 9\, 2020 panel discussion provides background on current nuclear policy topics and updates on relevant legislation. Panelists Prof. Steve Fetter (University of Maryland) and Prof. Frank Von Hippel (Princeton University) provide briefings on nuclear weapons testing and New START while Dr. Laura Grego (Union of Concerned Scientists) moderates a spirited Q&A session. Also featuring Prof. Stewart Prager (Princeton University)\, Dr. Sébastien Philippe (Princeton University)\, and Charlotte Selton (APS)
URL:https://physicistscoalition.org/events/nuclear-testing-and-new-start-nuclear-threat-reduction-in-2020-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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