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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Alternative Nuclear Futures: Capability and Credibility Challenges for U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence
In the next 10 years, U.S. extended deterrence could look notably different than it does today. To explore these issues, the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues used an alternative futures methodology to unpack how key drivers might affect the U.S. extended deterrence mission.
Report by Heather Williams , Kelsey Hartigan , Joseph Rodgers , and Reja Younis — May 8, 2023
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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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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
Keeping Chemical Weapons Out of the Hands of Terrorists
Event by Rebecca Hersman , Deepti Choubey , H.E. Dr. Christoph Israng , Simon Limage , Jonas Parello-Plesner , and Mallory Stewart — November 10, 2016