Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy

Abstract: Following decades of mostly successful efforts to combat the spread of nuclear weapons, multiple global trends are reviving the possibility of a world with more nuclear-armed states. These developments raise fundamental questions about whether the United States can and should prioritize efforts to stymie further acquisition of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century. The presentation will cover analysis, findings, and recommendations from a bipartisan task force of former national security professionals and experts convened by Harvard’s Belfer Center, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Toby Dalton is senior fellow and co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Before joining Carnegie, he served in policy advisory positions at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration and as energy attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. He has a PhD in public policy from the George Washington University.

Jane Darby Mention is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and director of the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Program. She was previously a research scholar at the UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. Menton has a PhD in Politics from Cambridge, where she was a Gates Scholar, and an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Corey Hinderstein is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, overseeing the Technology and International Affairs Program, the Nuclear Policy Program, and the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program. She works primarily on nuclear strategy, security, and nonproliferation issues; and emerging and disruptive technology of strategic consequence. She has B.A. from Clark University.