Is nuclear war a real threat again? Ex-NATO and Atomic Energy Agency officials weigh in at Harvard
MAY 19, 202654 MIN
Is nuclear war a real threat again? Ex-NATO and Atomic Energy Agency officials weigh in at Harvard
MAY 19, 202654 MIN
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<p>The global treaty for preventing nuclear proliferation is under serious strain. The last review conferences for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty have ended in deadlock. And this year, last treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals has expired. This new risk comes at a moment when new nuclear actors are asserting themselves, and the diplomatic tools that once managed these dangers are weakening. What's at stake when the nuclear guardrails come down?</p><p>Presented by the Institute of Politics (IOP), <a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/">Harvard Kennedy School</a>; Co-Organizer <a href="https://www.belfercenter.org/">Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs</a></p><p>Speakers</p><p><a href="https://fsi.stanford.edu/people/rose-gottemoeller">Rose Gottemoeller</a>William J. Perry Lecturer, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; former Deputy Secretary General of NATO</p><p><a href="https://www.belfercenter.org/person/amb-laura-s-h-holgate">Laura S. H. Holgate</a>Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; former U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Office in Vienna</p><p><a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/graham-allison">Graham Allison</a>Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs</p><p><a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/matthew-bunn">Matthew Bunn</a>James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Co‑Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs</p><p><a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/meghan-osullivan">Meghan L. O'Sullivan</a> (host)Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School</p><p>Further Information</p><p>Taskforce Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative — <a href="https://www.belfercenter.org/preventing-era-nuclear-anarchy">Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy: Nuclear Proliferation and American Security</a></p>