The PONI conference series provides a forum for graduate students and young professionals from around the country to present new ideas on how to address key challenges in nuclear strategy and policy. The 2009 PONI conference series consisted of three regional conferences at Annapolis, MD, San Diego, CA, and London, United Kingdom. It also included a year-end capstone conference in Omaha, Nebraska at Offutt Air Force Base, home of U.S. Strategic Command, featured a selection of some of the most intriguing presentations from these three preceding regional conferences. The 2009 Collection of Papers from the PONI Conference Series contains articles written by those who presented at the capstone event in Omaha. The journal therefore provides insights on current and future challenges from those who represent the next generation of experts in the field.
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Introduction by Mark Jansson
The Relevance of Historical Experience to Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges by Sara Z. Kutchesfahani
Is It Time to Denuclearize the Department of Energy? by Stephen I. Schwartz
How Could Britain Operate a Scaled Down Deterrent? by Paul Higson
How Much Science Is Enough? by Nicola S. Cox and Duncan R. Farr
A Question of Trust: Revitalizing the Nuclear Weapons Complex’s Most Fundamental and Endangered Resource by Lani Miyoshi Sanders
Unique and Complementary Characteristics of the U.S. ICBM and SLBM Weapon Systems by Mitch Bott
North Korea’s Nuclear Test and Prospects for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by Heather Williams
Managing the Goldilocks Dilemma: Missile Defense and Strategic Stability in Northeast Asia by Chris Jones
Implications of the US withdrawal from the Nuclear Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty by Gary Axton
The Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism by Daniel S. Dalton
A Stability Strategy for Nuclear Arms Reductions by Tom Tierney