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
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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Understanding Opportunistic Aggression in the Twenty-First Century
Report — June 6, 2024
Arms Control Interregnum
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Heather Williams — June 3, 2024
Why Russia Keeps Rattling the Nuclear Saber
Commentary by Heather Williams — May 20, 2024
Why Russia Keeps Rattling the Nuclear Saber
Podcast Episode by Heather Williams — May 20, 2024
PONI 2024 Capstone Conference
Event — May 1, 2024
CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues
Report by Heather Williams — April 25, 2024
Russia’s New Space Weapon
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, Kari A. Bingen, and Heather Williams — April 2, 2024
On the Horizon Vol. 6
Report by Doreen Horschig and Jessica Link — March 27, 2024
PONI 2024 Virtual Winter Conference
Event — February 26, 2024
Russian Nuclear Calibration in the War in Ukraine
Brief by Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan MacKenzie, and Reja Younis — February 23, 2024