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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Featured Analysis

Integrated Arms Control in an Era of Strategic Competition
View the analysisDeterrence 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 2017 Summer Conference
Event — June 21, 2017

Debate: North Korea's Nuclear Program
Event by Rebecca Hersman , Paul Carroll , Melissa Hanham , Kelly Magsamen , and John Warden — June 20, 2017

Debate: Modernization of Nuclear Missiles
Event by Jon Wolfsthal , Christine Parthemore , General C. Robert Kehler (Ret.) , and Heather Williams — May 23, 2017

Project on Nuclear Issues
Report by Mark F. Cancian — May 1, 2017

PONI 2017 Capstone Conference
Event by Rebecca Hersman — March 16, 2017
Debate: European Missile Defenses for NATO
Event by Tom Karako , Frank Rose , Thomas Karako , Joseph Cirincione , and Philip Coyle — February 16, 2017

CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues
Report by Rebecca Hersman — February 9, 2017

The Future of Alliances and Extended Nuclear Deterrence
Event by Kathleen H. Hicks and Rebecca Hersman — February 1, 2017

The Deterrence and Assurance Conversation
Report by Rebecca Hersman — January 13, 2017

PONI 2016 Winter Conference
Event by Rebecca Hersman — December 6, 2016
