Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 12:15pm to 1:30pm ET
Virtual Event

The Russian invasion of Ukraine
has come with a renewed emphasis on the ever-present threat of nuclear
war, raising urgent questions. Did the U.S. possession of weapons
utterly fail to deter Russian aggression? Did Russia’s possession of
nuclear weapons embolden it to invade Ukraine, a nation that gave up
nuclear weapons at the end of the Cold War? What is the wisdom and what
are the risks of continuing to maintain large numbers of nuclear weapons
in a world marked by growing authoritarianism in Russia, China, and
elsewhere? What are the implications of the crisis in Ukraine for the
global movement to abolish nuclear weapons? This panel will discuss the
history and future of nuclear security policy at a time when the United
States, Russia, and many other nations continue to maintain enough
nuclear weapons to destroy life on earth.

After you register, by clicking on the registration button at the top of this page, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link to join the presentation on September 1.

Introduction

 Rachel Beatty Riedl,

John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and professor in the Department of Government, Cornell University

Panelists

 Fiona Cunningham,

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

Mariana Budjeryn,

Senior Research Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Pavel Podvig,

Senior Researcher, United Nations Institute For Disarmament Research

 

Moderator

Emma Belcher,

President, Ploughshares Fund

 

Presented by the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, with co-sponsorship from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Institute for European Studies, and the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs