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 creative opportunities for emerging experts from a wide range of backgrounds 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.
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
Featured Analysis

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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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2013 PONI Summer Conference at Sandia National Laboratories
Event — July 31, 2013
Project on Nuclear Issues
Report by Stephanie Spies and Sarah Weiner — July 8, 2013
PONI Debates the Issues: U.S. Policy toward North Korea
Event — July 2, 2013
2013 PONI Spring Conference
Event — May 14, 2013
PONI 2012 Capstone Conference
Event — March 19, 2013
Nuclear Weapons and U.S.-China Relations
Report by Elbridge A. Colby and Abraham M. Denmark, cochairs; John K. Warden, executive director and PONI Working Group on U.S.-China Nuclear Issues — March 12, 2013
PONI Debates the Issues: Unilateral Nuclear Arms Reductions
Event — February 27, 2013
Nuclear Notes
Report by Jonathan Bergner, Nathan Donohue, Matthew Fargo, David Slungaard, and Sarah Weiner and Stephanie Spies and Eli Jacobs — February 14, 2013
Critical Questions for 2013: Defense and Security
Critical Questions by Clark A. Murdock, Anthony H. Cordesman, Maren Leed, Kelley Sayler, and , and Stephanie Spies — January 25, 2013
Nicholas Adamopoulos