2014 Speakers

The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) hosted a workshop on the technical and political dimensions of nuclear arms control bargains in world politics. The goal of the workshop was to facilitate dialogue between members of the academic and Laboratory communities working on issues related to nuclear proliferation.

Please join us for a seminar by Bruce Goodwin of LLNL on the relationship between Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Uncertainty Quantification (UQ), and international security. Goodwin's talk surveys how AM accelerates the fabrication process, while HPC fast tracks the engineering design sequence.

Watch Now Iran's possible drive to acquire nuclear weapons has raised alarm bells in several international capitals. The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran highlights a growing strategic problem for the United States.

Watch Now After 35 years of Cold War, are the US and Iran on the verge of a nuclear détente that could facilitate political reconciliation and the possibility of Tehran as a regional ally rather than a regional adversary? Or are the two countries destined for continued nuclear escalation and regional conflict?

As part of the Nuclear Crossroads Initiative, the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR)and the National Security Office (NSO) are pleased to host General Kevin Chilton, on October17th, to discuss the issue of cross-domain strategic deterrence.

Watch Now During the latter half of 2010, President Obama pledged to increase spending on efforts to sustain andmodernize the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise. Within a year, after Congress passed the Budget ControlAct of 2011, these plans began to crumble.

Watch Now India's nuclear policy faces significant challenges from the opacity of Pakistan's strategic nuclear thinking and its development of tactical nuclear weapons.

On September 22, 2014 CGSR hosted 8 students from the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and their advisor Tom Graham. The students were here to learn about policy implications of the rapid advances being made in additive manufacturing.

Watch Now To date, the nuclear negotiations with Iran have focused on limiting activities at declared facilities, e.g. uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz and Qom and a heavy water reactor at Arak. Moreover, the U.S. goal, as characterized by Secretary of State John Kerry, has been to push back Tehran's "breakout time" from 2 months to a period perhaps of 6-12 months.

General O'Reilly will give a presentation on the evolving constraints, threats, and the business and geo-political environment in which new security technologies will be developed over the next decade. He will describe the challenges and opportunities facing the development and deployment of Missile Defense capabilities.

Watch Now A project of the Center for Global Security Research, the Nuclear Crossroads Initiative brings the laboratory,academic, and policy communities together to address the most pressing issues at the intersection of nucleardeterrence and proliferation in the 21st century.

CGSR, in partnership with Sandia, the NATO Defense College and the Atomic Weapons Establishment are cosponsoring a meeting at Wilton Park entitled "Deterrence and Assurance: Implications for NATO and Northeast Asia" June 18—21, 2014.

Washington D.C. The Atlantic Council will host a book rollout celebration for Strategic Latency. Invitees from government, think tanks, universities and industry will explore the implications of emerging and disruptive technologies on national and international security.

On June 5, 2014, LLNL hosted a workshop on "Understanding New Challenges to Strategic Stability." Brad Roberts, who recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, led the meeting

Watch Now The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a Colloquium entitled "Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Critical Capability or a Missile in Search of a Mission?" Following the Colloquium, there will be a question and answer session. This is open to the Laboratory.

The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) and Global Security is sponsoring a talk entitled "The Myth of America's Decline." Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session.

LLNL Release, Livermore. The editors and authors of Strategic Latency will hold a book rollout and panel discussion with members of the LLNL and Silicon Valley S&T communities on the broad implications of emerging and disruptive technologies.

Watch Now The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk entitled "The Future of Deterrence in Asia and its Implicationsfor U.S. Force Structure."

A charge was given to this Defense Science Board Task Force to assess technologies in support of future armscontrol and nonproliferation treaties and agreements.