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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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

The Evolving U.S. Nuclear Narrative
Report by Clark A. Murdock , Rebecca Hersman , and Shanelle Van — November 1, 2016

PONI 2016 Fall Conference
Event by Rebecca Hersman — October 18, 2016

Doomed to Cooperate: U.S.-Russian Lab Collaboration
Event by John J. Hamre , Rebecca Hersman , and Dr. Siegfried Hecker — September 27, 2016

Dr. John S. Foster, Jr. Medal Ceremony 2016
Event by John J. Hamre — September 26, 2016

Unpacking Syria’s Chemical Weapons Problem
Critical Questions by Rebecca Hersman — August 25, 2016

PONI 2016 Summer Conference
Event by Rebecca Hersman — July 12, 2016

Project on Nuclear Issues
Report by Sarah Minot Asrar — June 2, 2016

Chemical Weapons in the Middle East: Accountability and Deterrence
Event by Rebecca Hersman — May 18, 2016

U.S. Nuclear Policy Post-2016 Conference
Event by Tom Karako , Clark A. Murdock , Linton Brooks , Rebecca Hersman , and Kathleen H. Hicks — May 5, 2016
