Nuclear Arms Racing
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 […]
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President Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review
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), […]
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The Nuclear Dimensions of the War in Ukraine
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 […]
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New Developments in International Treaties on Nuclear Weapons: the NPT and the TPNW
The 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 […]
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Indiana University Bloomington – Restraining the New Nuclear Arms Race: What Scientists and Engineers Can Do to Preserve Nuclear Arms Control
Colloquium Abstract We live in an increasingly dangerous nuclear world marked by the abandonment of hard-won arms-control and nonproliferation agreements; the modernization at a cost of trillions of dollars of […]
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Virtual Discussion Session: U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Diplomacy
To provide more context on the U.S.-Russia arms control and effective advocacy for nuclear threat reduction, we held a special meeting on March 3, 2023 for members of the Physicists […]
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Global Famine After Nuclear War
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CaliforniaColloquium Abstract A nuclear war could inject so much smoke from the resulting fires into the stratosphere that the resulting climate change would be unprecedented in recorded human history. Our climate […]
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Ohio University – A Case Study in Nuclear Proliferation: The Iran Nuclear Deal and the Responsibility of Physicists
25 South Green Drive, Athens, Ohio 45701 Water Hall 145Colloquium Abstract The first nuclear weapon was tested in Alamogordo, NM, in July 1945. In the following month, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed through the explosion of two nuclear warheads. These […]
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Global Famine after Nuclear War
Colloquium Abstract A nuclear war could inject so much smoke from the resulting fires into the stratosphere that the resulting climate change would be unprecedented in recorded human history. Our climate […]
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Illinois State University – A Case Study in Nuclear Proliferation: The Iran Nuclear Deal and the Responsibility of Physicists
Colloquium Abstract The first nuclear weapon was tested in Alamogordo, NM, in July 1945. In the following month, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed through the explosion of two nuclear warheads. These […]
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Georgetown University – The Growing Danger of Nuclear Weapons (and How Physicists Can Help Reduce It)
Colloquium Abstract While nuclear weapons might sound like Cold War relics, in truth the immense risks they pose to all humanity are still very much with us. In fact, trends […]
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Brigham Young University – The Increasing Peril from Nuclear Arms (and How Physicists Can Help Reduce the Threat)
Brigham Young UniversityColloquium Abstract With geopolitical and technological changes driven by the nine nuclear weapons states, we are witnessing a new nuclear arms race and deterioration of the multi-decade arms control regime. This […]