Please join the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 9:00 am ET, for the launch of its report, Project Atom 2025. Attendance for the full day is not required.
The report uses a competitive strategies approach to identify and evaluate approaches for managing escalation with China. Given the risks and possible consequences of a conflict, it is vital to consider how the United States and its allies can reduce the risks of a clash and manage escalation during crises. Join PONI to explore the authors' findings regarding the risks of escalation and how to manage them.
This will be a hybrid event hosted at CSIS and livestreamed from this webpage, with the opportunity for in person and online viewers to submit live questions. In-person attendance will be limited; please RSVP to secure a spot. An agenda is forthcoming.
This event is made possible by the support of the Northrop Grumman Corporation.
Heather Williams; Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Chair: Kathryn Paik; Deputy Director & Senior Fellow, Australia Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Kori Schake; Senior Fellow & Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Rebecca Shrimpton; Australia Country Director, The Asia Group
Discussant: Tom Karako; Director, Missile Defense Project, Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Chair: Heather Williams; Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Kyle Balzer; Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Adam Mount; Independent Scholar
Discussant: Erin Dumbacher; Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Heather Williams; Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
