Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory



Jacques E. C. Hymans | December 2015

Botching the Bomb: The Self-Defeating Behaviors of Proliferant States

Despite the global spread of nuclear hardware and knowledge, at least half of the nuclear weapons projects launched since 1970 have definitively ended short of the bomb, and even the successful projects have generally needed far more time than expected.
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Gary S. Samore | December 2015

The Prague Agenda after the Iran Deal

As part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative, the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk entitled “The Prague Agenda after the Iran Deal.”
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Ambassador Steven K. Pifer | December 2015

U.S.-Russia Relations and the Future of Arms Control

As part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative, the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk entitled “U.S.-Russia Relations and the Future of Arms Control.”
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Tristan Volpe | September 2015

Threating Proliferation: The Goldilocks Principle of Cutting Nuclear Deals

This seminar is part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative. Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session. What do states gain by keeping open the option to produce nuclear weapons?
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Kathleen Vogel | September 2015

Biotechnology and Bioterrorism: Re-Conceptualizing Bioweapons Threats

This seminar will feature a presentation by, Kathleen Vogel on Biotechnology and Bioterrorism: Re-Conceptualizing Bioweapons Threats.
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Jacek Durkalec | August 2015

Nuclear-Backed “Little Green Men:” Nuclear Messaging in the Ukraine Crisis

This seminar is part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative. Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session. This is open to the Laboratory.”
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Brigadier General Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd) and Monika Chansoria | July 2015

Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments

The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is hosting a talk entitled “An Informal Roundtable Discussion on “Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments.”
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Andrew O’Neil | July 2015

Extended Deterrence and the Australia-US Alliance: Beyond Abstract Reassurance?

Australia possesses a limited capacity to shape its external environment. In strategic terms, it is a security taker rather than a security maker, and economically Australia remains at the mercy of trading markets in Northeast Asia.
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Ambassador Linton Brooks | July 2017

U.S. – Russia Relations in a Time of Confrontation

In December 2014, the U.S. Department of State’s International Security Advisory Board delivered a report to Under Secretary Gottemoeller on U.S. - Russia Relations.
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Brad Roberts | May 2015

Strategic Conflict in the 21st Century: Theories of Victory, Red and Blue

As part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative, the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk entitled “Strategic Conflict in the 21st Century: Theories of Victory, Red and Blue.”
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Robert J. Einhorn | May 2015

The Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Prospects for a Deal and Implications for Proliferation in the Middle East

As part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative, the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk entitled “The Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Prospects for a Deal and Implications for Proliferation in the Middle East.”
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Ashley J. Tellis | April 2015

Balancing Without Containment—Dealing with China as an Emerging Challenger

China is poised to become a major strategic rival to the United States. Whether or not Beijing intends to challenge Washington’s primacy, its economic boom and growing national ambitions make competition inevitable.
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Vipin Narang | April 2015

Nuclear Deterrence Strategies of Regional Powers

As part of the ongoing Nuclear Crossroads Initiative, the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk entitled “Nuclear Deterrence Strategies of Regional Powers” Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session. This is open to the Laboratory.
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Christine Leah | April 2015

Deterrence and Arms Control in a Second Conventional Age

The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is sponsoring a talk by Christine Leah, entitled “Deterrence and Arms Control in a Second Conventional Age.” Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session. This event is open to the Laboratory.
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Jesse Goldhammer | March 2015

Cybersecurity Metaphors: How They Shape National Cyber Policy, Technical Research and the Future of US National Security

The US Government has been preoccupied with cybersecurity for more than a decade. In the last five years, economic espionage and massive corporate intrusions have raised cybersecurity alarms in boardrooms across the country.
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