The 2023 Capstone Conference has concluded. Visit the PONI microsite to access the conference slide decks.
PONI‘s annual Capstone Conference provides an opportunity for the strongest presenters from the preceding year of conferences to share their research with mid-career and senior stakeholders at USSTRATCOM headquarters. This year’s conference will close out the 2022 conference series and feature presentations on a range of topics related to the thinking of U.S. adversaries, U.S. alliance management, and strategic stability.
We are honored to announce that the distinguished keynote speakers for our upcoming conference are Rear Admiral Anthony Carullo, Director for Plans and Policy (J5) at U.S. Strategic Command; and Frank Rose, Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Please see a detailed agenda for the event below.
Kelsey Hartigan, Deputy Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Rear Admiral Carullo, Director, Plans and Policy, (J5), U.S. Strategic Command
Moderator: Dr. John Emery, Assistant Professor of International Security, the University of Oklahoma
Chinese War Control and US Approaches to Deterrence
Annika Kastetter
Your Fear Is My Asset: PLA Entanglement and Deterrence through Risk Manipulation
Elliot Ji
The Role of International Scientific Cooperation and Dual-Use Technologies in the Development of North Korea's Nuclear Missile Program
Hannah Harris
Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Bradley, Senior Deterrence Analyst, U.S. Strategic Command
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Japanese Nuclear Ambitions
Karl Reidel
Extended Deterrence Satisfaction Guaranteed? ROK and Japanese Views of GBSD and U.S. Nuclear Modernization
Josh Chang
The AUKUS Security Pact: A New Precedent for Non-Nuclear Weapons States and Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Jasmin Alsaied
Frank Rose, Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
Moderator: Dr. David Allison, Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Project on Managing the Atom
Tactical Nuclear Use in a U.S.-China Conflict
Zach Burdette
The End of Arms Control? Examining the Ebb and Flow of US Participation in Nuclear Arms Control Agreements
Stephanie Stapleton
Using Game Theory to Model Tripolar Deterrence and Escalation Dynamics
Grace Farson
Arms Control Cooperation with China
Carlos Rodriguez-Cruz y Celis
Kelsey Hartigan, Deputy Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and U.S. national nuclear laboratories
