The Nuclear Policy Trilemma
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Balancing Nuclear Modernization, Alliance Management and Effective Arms Control in a Competitive Security Environment
Please join PONI on September 21 and 22, 2021, for a virtual two-day conference to explore the nuclear trilemma. Additional speakers to be announced shortly.
September 21, 8:30 am – 11:15 am
Conference Welcome | 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Keynote Address | 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Moderator
Rebecca Hersman, Senior Advisor and Director, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues
Panelists
Senator Angus King, Chair, Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
A Unified Front? Understanding Partner and Alliance Views on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Which nuclear weapons capabilities and policies do U.S. partners and allies view as most instrumental for extended deterrence? Are they most concerned with U.S. declaratory policy, overall U.S. force structure, conventional military presence in the region, or nuclear stationing and burdensharing? What are their policy preferences in each of these elements? How would allies view a decreased role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security strategy?
Moderator
Eric Brewer, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues
Panelists
Ivo Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Jessica Cox, Director of Nuclear Policy, NATO
Jina Kim, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
Hideshi Tokuchi, President, Research Institute for Peace and Security
September 22, 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
Forging Arms Control in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities of Nuclear Modernization | 9:00AM - 10:30 AM
Do unilateral reductions in nuclear weapons or delivery systems help or undermine future arms control initiatives? What is the role for allies in U.S. bilateral and multilateral arms control? What is the role for the P-5, particularly France and the UK in strategic arms control? Which types of arms control might better support extended deterrence? Can arms control measures check expanding Russian and Chinese nuclear capabilities? Can deterrence and arms control priorities be effectively balanced?
Moderator
Brad Roberts, Director, Center for Global Security Research
Panelists
Jane Vaynman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Temple University
Heather Williams, Senior Lecturer, Defense Studies Department, King’s College London
Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Modernizing the Nuclear Triad: Key Capabilities to Maintain Credible U.S. Deterrence | 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Moderator
Rebecca Hersman, Senior Advisor and Director, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues
Panelists
Rose Gottemoeller, Payne Distinguished Lecturer, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Christopher Ford, Senior Advisor, MITRE
Lynn Rusten, Vice President, Global Nuclear Policy Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Virtual Conference sponsored by Northrop Grumman