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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Contact
- Chase Harward
- Program Coordinator, Project on Nuclear Issues
- 202.775.3132
- charward@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Samuel Cestari
- Media Relations Coordinator, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- scestari@csis.org
Upcoming Events
Report Launch: Project Atom 2024
PONI 2025 Virtual Winter Conference
Featured Analysis
Alternative Nuclear Futures: Capability and Credibility Challenges for U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence
Report by Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Joseph Rodgers, and Reja Younis — May 8, 2023
Featured Event
Nuclear Threats and the Role of Allies: A Conversation with Acting Assistant Secretary Vipin Narang
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.
All Project on Nuclear Issues Content
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PONI 2025 Virtual Winter Conference
Event — February 11, 2025
Report Launch: Project Atom 2024
Event — November 20, 2024
Why Striking Iranian Nuclear Facilities Is a Bad Idea
Commentary by Doreen Horschig — October 25, 2024
PONI 2024 Fall Conference
Event — September 27, 2024
Why Russia Is Changing Its Nuclear Doctrine Now
Commentary by Heather Williams — September 27, 2024
Six Days in October: Russia’s Dirty Bomb Signaling and the Return of Nuclear Crises
Brief by Lachlan MacKenzie — September 3, 2024
A New Nuclear Age?
Commentary by Reja Younis — August 20, 2024
Nuclear Threats and the Role of Allies: A Conversation with Acting Assistant Secretary Vipin Narang
Event — August 1, 2024
Nuclear Threats and the Role of Allies: A Conversation with Acting Assistant Secretary Vipin Narang
Transcript — August 1, 2024