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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Keeping Chemical Weapons Out of the Hands of Terrorists

The nonproliferation community achieved a quiet triumph last month with the effective international operation to secure and remove the last chemical weapons precursors that remained in Libya, eliminating the threat of them falling into the wrong hands.

Event by Rebecca Hersman , Deepti Choubey , H.E. Dr. Christoph Israng , Simon Limage , Jonas Parello-Plesner , and Mallory Stewart — November 10, 2016

Keeping Chemical Weapons Out of the Hands of Terrorists

The Evolving U.S. Nuclear Narrative

Managing and operating the nation’s nuclear weapons, forces, and delivery systems is an enormous responsibility and among the most demanding of military missions.

Report by Clark A. Murdock , Rebecca Hersman , and Shanelle Van — November 1, 2016

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PONI 2016 Fall Conference

The second conference of the 2016-2017 Conference Series will be held on October 18-19, 2016 at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Event by Rebecca Hersman — October 18, 2016

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Doomed to Cooperate: U.S.-Russian Lab Collaboration

Join CSIS President and CEO John Hamre for a Q&A with Dr. Siegfried Hecker about Hecker's new two-volume set, Doomed to Cooperate: How American and Russian scientists joined forces to avert some of the greatest post-Cold War nuclear dangers.

Event by John J. Hamre , Rebecca Hersman , and Dr. Siegfried Hecker — September 27, 2016

Doomed to Cooperate: U.S.-Russian Lab Collaboration

Dr. John S. Foster, Jr. Medal Ceremony 2016

We invite you to participate in the second presentation of the John S. Foster, Jr. Medal, which was established to commemorate the exceptional and inspirational career of Dr. Foster.

Event by John J. Hamre — September 26, 2016

Foster Medal

Unpacking Syria’s Chemical Weapons Problem

A series of three chemical weapons attacks in Syria within a two-week span in August 2016 occurred amidst increased scrutiny and criticism from the international community, which has sought to identify and hold accountable those state and/or nonstate actors perpetrating, organizing, or sponsoring these chemical weapons attacks.

Critical Questions by Rebecca Hersman — August 25, 2016

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PONI 2016 Summer Conference

The Conference Series, now in its thirteenth year, is unique in its emphasis on featuring rising experts and young professionals in the nuclear field.

Event by Rebecca Hersman — July 12, 2016

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Project on Nuclear Issues

The PONI conference series was created to provide a forum for facilitating new and innovative thinking on how to address the evolving role of nuclear weapons in international security and to gather people from across the policy and technical communities to discuss key issues. 

Report by Sarah Minot Asrar — June 2, 2016

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U.S. Nuclear Policy Post-2016 Conference

Please join the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues and International Security Program for a one-day conference that will review the significant nuclear enterprise challenges facing the next president.

Event by Tom Karako , Clark A. Murdock , Linton Brooks , Rebecca Hersman , and Kathleen H. Hicks — May 5, 2016