2019 Speakers

2019

12/04/2019
The pace of technological development and adoption has accelerated markedly during the digital age. The so-called 4th Industrial Revolution is just underway, and is driven by digital.
11/06/2019
The term "Indo-Pacific" has emerged as a new geopolitical concept in recent years and refers to the inter-linked destinies of the Indian and (Western) Pacific oceans.
10/24/2019
The Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is facing serious challenges. Dr. Pilat reviews the current status, looking towards the 2020 Review Conference.
10/21/2019
Managing the US-China relationship is arguably Washington's most consequential foreign policy challenge. The stakes are incredibly high for both sides, other countries, and the international system.
09/12/2019
The legality of nuclear weapons, nuclear war, and nuclear deterrence have been much debated over the years and a 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice did little to settle the issue.
08/15/2019
The current model of cybersecurity is outdated. Adversaries continue to grow more sophisticated and outpace advancements in defense technologies, processes, and education.
06/27/2019
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. set about building the world's best—and most expensive—early warning and response systems.
06/25/2019
During the 2020s the People's Republic of China may become leading country in the world in the deployment of nuclear technology for generating electricity.
05/30/2019
How do nuclear-armed states coerce their adversaries in wars with limited aims without using nuclear weapons?
05/28/2019
The complexity of the twenty-first century threat landscape contrasts markedly with the bilateral nuclear bargaining context envisioned by classical deterrence theory.
05/08/2019
In mid-January, a team of scholars from the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel to examine samples of, and receive briefings on, an archive of documents related to Iran's nuclear weapons program.
04/18/2019
This presentation will outline key policy directions and trends of the United States Missile Defense Review (MDR) and discuss the adjustments/changes in the corresponding missile defense posture and capabilities in response to a shifting security landscape.
04/11/2019
Before the Chinese Communist Party came to power, China lay broken. Today it is a force on the global stage, but its leaders remain haunted by the past. Sulmaan Khan will tell the story of the grand strategies pursued by China's paramount leaders...
03/25/2019
Watch Now In 2019, U.S. policymakers find themselves in a new era where the global order is being questioned in new ways. Policymakers and scholars are reexamining basic questions about how this new era will unfold...
02/28/2019
Watch Now A simplified nuclear exchange model has been developed to evaluate China's past and current nuclear retaliatory capability against the Soviet Union and the United States.
02/14/2019
Watch Now In his farewell speech in 1961, President Eisenhower memorably warned of the "unwarranted influence of the military industrial complex," but also warned...
01/24/2019
Watch Now Marshall Monroe shares insights from his Magic Canyon Institute, an independent research foundationin New Mexico studying various global industries for trends and future scenarios with commercial impacts.
01/15/2019
What do we know about the evolution of Russian politics and society since the collapse of the SovietUnion? What factors were responsible for the country's initial embrace of a Western democratic model?
01/10/2019
The presentation will discuss the evolution of U.S. military space doctrine and implications of these changes for ongoing debates about how to organize and manage national security space activities.