The Jackson School of Global Affairs Grand Strategy Program and the Nuclear Security Program presents The Nuclear Security Program Conference, a day long event.
Presenters will share their insights on global security challenges such as US-China competition, the future of NATO, and the war in Ukraine. Please RSVP to Bess Oliver (bess.oliver@yale.edu) by Wednesday, September 11th.
08:00-08:50 Breakfast
08:50-09:00 Opening Remarks: Alexandre Debs and Michael Brenes
09:00-10:45 Panel: Grand Strategy
Chair: Michael Brenes
- Paper 1: Sam Bowles, “Argentinian Lithium and US-China Competition” Discussant: Tyler Bowen
- Paper 2: Tyler Duchynski, “The Future of NATO: Challenges Cultivating a European Defense Industrial Base” Discussant: Dilan Koc
- Paper 3: Salvador Gomez-Colon, “Sovereignty, Security, and Sustainability in the First Island Chain: Taiwan and the Philippines” Discussant: Jiyoung Ko
- Paper 4: Melissa Pavlik and Ryan Pike, “Words of Warcraft: Experimental evidence on states’ normative principle invocation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” Discussant: Stephen Herzog
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:45 Panel: Nuclear Security Program Fellows I
Chair: Alexandre Debs
- Paper 1: Oleksii Antoniuk, “Defense Tech in Great Power War” Discussant: Andrea Kendall-Taylor
- Paper 2: Emmanuelle Brindamour, “Egypt’s House of Cards: Geospatial Analysis of Risks & Delays at the El Dabaa Nuclear Facility.” Discussant: Barbara Cruvinel Santiago
- Paper 3: Tony Cai, “Harmless Iconization: Why Are Chinese People in Love with Their Nuclear Weapons?” Discussant: Fiona Cunningham
- Paper 4: Pranav Pattatathunaduvil, “Crisis Prevention and Nonproliferation in U.S.-Pakistan Relations.” Discussant: Fahd Humayun
12:45-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:30 Roundtable: Current Security Risks and Challenges to the Nuclear Order
Chair: Michael Brenes
Participants: Susan Colbourn, Fiona Cunningham, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jane Darby Menton
14:30-15:45 Panel: Nuclear Security Program Fellows II
Chair: Jiyoung Ko
- Paper 1: Conor Hodges, “An Equal Threat at Home”: Defense Intellectuals, the Cold War Urban Crisis, and the Military Origin of the Criminal Justice System” Discussant: Susan Colbourn
- Paper 2: Tyler Bowen, “The Liftable Stick: How Conventional Coercion Succeeds in Nuclear Crises” Discussant: Ryan Pike
- Paper 3: Michael Goldfien, “Nuclear Politics and Conventional War: Evidence from Elite Military Opinion.” Discussant: Jane Darby Menton
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-17:15 Panel: Nuclear Security Program Fellows III
Chair: Melissa Pavlik
- Paper 1: Stephen Herzog, “Strategic Morality: How Global Publics Accept Both Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament” Discussant: Ryan Pike
- Paper 2: Fahd Humayun, “Inconsistency or Follow Through? Making War and Peace” Discussant: Mel Pavlik
- Paper 3: Jiyoung Ko, “Military demonstrations, visibility, and reassurance in extended deterrence” Discussant: Michael Goldfien