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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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 2016 Capstone Conference
Event by Rebecca Hersman — April 13, 2016

United Kingdom Debates Scrapping Nuclear Program: Why the United States Cares
Critical Questions by Rebecca Hersman — February 26, 2016
ISIS' Hunt for WMDs: Navigating the Nuclear Underworld with C.J. Chivers
Event by Rebecca Hersman — February 10, 2016

North Korea's Nuclear Provocation
Critical Questions by Rebecca Hersman — January 6, 2016

PONI 2015 Winter Conference
Event by Erik R. Peterson and Rebecca Hersman — December 9, 2015
Nuclear Deterrence in a Disordered World
Report by Rebecca Hersman — November 16, 2015

Reliving History: A Retrospective on Trident
Event by Franklin Miller and Rebecca Hersman — November 4, 2015
Nuclear Scholars Initiative
Report by Sarah Minot — August 25, 2015

PONI 2015 Summer Conference
Event by Rebecca Hersman — June 23, 2015
PONI Live Debate- If Failure in Iran, Then What?
Event by Clark A. Murdock — March 25, 2015
