In today’s competitive security landscape, nuclear weapons cannot be examined in isolation from other strategic security challenges. Current and emerging challenges related to nuclear weapons increasingly cross-cut other domains, including cyber, space, and conventional war. The International Security at the Nuclear Nexus virtual conference will include panel discussions spread out over two days and draw upon the analysis produced by the PONI International Security at the Nuclear Nexus article series, which will feature medium length analysis pieces and related media examining issues that intersect nuclear weapons and other international security issue areas.
Nuclear weapons issues lie at the heart of a wide range of national and international security subject areas, such as conventional-nuclear integration, as well as machine learning and artificial intelligence, cyber and space. The conference panels will go beyond the immediate nuclear community, bringing diverse subject matter expertise into the nuclear world.
12:00 - 12:30 PM - Opening Remarks and Prerecorded Keynote
Admiral Charles Richard
Commander, USSTRATCOM
12:45 - 2:00 PM - Panel 1: Conventional-Nuclear Integration: Understanding Operations along the Conventional-Nuclear Seam - Plans, Exercises and Budget
Rebecca Hersman (Moderator)
Director, Project on Nuclear Issues; and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Kathleen Hicks
Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mackenzie Eaglen
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Adam Mount
Senior Fellow and Director, Defense Posture Project, Federation of American Scientists
2:15 - 3:30 PM - Panel 2: Weaponization of Space and Nuclear Risks
Todd Harrison (Moderator)
Director, Aerospace Security Project; Director, Defense Budget Analysis; and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Kaitlyn Johnson
Assoicate Director, Aerospace Security Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Morgan Dwyer
Deputy Director for Policy Analysis, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group; and Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
David Zikusoka
Research Fellow, Aerospace Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
3:45 - 5:00 PM - Panel 3: Surveillance and Situational Awareness
Eric Brewer (Moderator)
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Project on Nuclear Issues, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Rebecca Hersman
Director, Project on Nuclear Issues; and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Daryl Press
Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Dr. Thomas Mahnken
President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
This event is made possible by support from the Northrop Grumman Corporation.
