Project on Nuclear Issues

Founded in 2003, PONI is the premier networked community of next generation professionals prepared to meet the nuclear challenges of the future

PONI programs provide inclusive, diverse, and creative opportunities for emerging experts to learn about nuclear issues and engage thoughtfully with the nuclear community. PONI also conducts cutting-edge research and analysis on three main topic areas: deterrence and escalation, risk reduction and arms control, and disarmament.

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CSIS launched the Project on Nuclear Issues in 2003 to develop the next generation of policy, technical and operational nuclear professionals through outreach, mentorship, research and debate.

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Integrated Arms Control in an Era of Strategic Competition

January 25, 2022 | Rebecca Hersman, Suzanne Claeys and Heather Williams

This study examines the implication and prospects for the future of arms control in a highly competitive security environment in which challenges from advanced technologies and diminished state control over processes of verification become increasingly prominent features, even as the scope and modalities of arms control grow more complex and multifaceted.

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2023 Winter Conference

Please join the Project on Nuclear Issues for our February 2023 Winter Conference, hosted in Honolulu.

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Featured Project: Deterrence 101

Deterrence 101 is a collection of three thirty-minute long videos that explore core deterrence theory. Each video describes basic deterrence concepts, roots these ideas in a historical timeline, and features interviews with leading nuclear policy experts.

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PONI 2018 Capstone Conference

This one-day conference features presentations from emerging nuclear experts, covering nuclear strategies, rising threats in the East, arms control and proliferation challenges, threat to alliances and institutions, and more.

Event by Rebecca Hersman — April 12, 2018

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U.S. Response to the Reported Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria

Though military action may be an important part of the international response to the crime, it will come to little avail if not embedded in a broader set of sustained efforts to address this problem economically, diplomatically and legally as well.

Critical Questions by Melissa Dalton and Rebecca Hersman — April 11, 2018

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Assessing the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review

This half-day conference discusses U.S. nuclear policy and strategy, with a keynote presentation by Representative Mac Thornberry Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services.

Event by John J. Hamre and Rebecca Hersman — March 1, 2018

Project on Nuclear Issues

The role that nuclear weapons play in international security has changed since the end of the Cold War, but the need to maintain and replenish the human infrastructure for supporting nuclear capabilities and dealing with the multitude of nuclear challenges remains essential.
The role that nuclear weapons play in international security has changed since the end of the Cold War, but the need to maintain and replenish the human infrastructure for supporting nuclear capabilities and dealing with the multitude of nuclear challenges remains essential.

Report by Mark F. Cancian — February 21, 2018

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Dr. Ernest J. Moniz on Global Security Tensions

Dr. Moniz will discuss the increased risk of nuclear miscalculation against the backdrop of today’s rapidly evolving global security threats, the need to rethink outdated nuclear deterrence postures, and the imperative to prevent nuclear proliferations and develop new fuel-cycle policy solutions.

Event by John J. Hamre and Dr. Ernest J. Moniz — January 11, 2018

Dr. Ernest J. Moniz on Global Security Tensions

PONI 2017 Winter Conference

The two-day conference will feature a series presentations from emerging nuclear experts, keynote talks with senior leaders, and a mock trial scenario examining nuclear terrorism. The conference will be off-the-record.

Event — December 5, 2017

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PONI 2017 Fall Conference

The second conference of the 2017-2018 PONI Conference Series will be held on October 11-12 at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana in partnership with Global Strike Command.

Event — October 11, 2017

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Debate: Future of the INF Treaty

Event by Rebecca Hersman , Thomas Countryman , Alexandra Bell , Franklin C. Miller , and Rebeccah L. Heinrichs — September 27, 2017