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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- Chase Harward
- Program Coordinator, Project on Nuclear Issues
- 202.775.3132
- charward@csis.org
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- 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
PONI Live Debate: AI Integration in NC3
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.
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PONI 2025 Virtual Winter Conference
Event — February 11, 2025
PONI Live Debate: AI Integration in NC3
Event — January 24, 2025
What Does India’s Hypersonic Missile Test Mean?
Critical Questions by Diya Ashtakala — December 2, 2024
Reviving Chemical Weapons Accountability in a Multipolar World
Commentary by Natasha Hall and Doreen Horschig — November 21, 2024
Report Launch: Project Atom 2024
Event — November 20, 2024
Sea, Land, Air, and NC3: Modernizing the Whole Nuclear Enterprise
Event — November 19, 2024
Sea, Land, Air, and NC3: Modernizing the Whole Nuclear Enterprise
Transcript — November 19, 2024
Project Atom 2024: Intra-War Deterrence in a Two-Peer Environment
Report by Heather Williams, Reja Younis, Lachlan MacKenzie, Christopher A. Ford, Rebecca Davis Gibbons, Ankit Panda, Melanie W. Sisson, and Gregory Weaver — November 18, 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