ONP Seminars

Join us for an in-person panel discussion on "The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution: Power Politics in the Atomic Age" (Cornell University Press, 2020). Prof. Keir Lieber will present his co-authored book (with Prof. Daryl Press), followed by remarks from ONP affiliate Dr. Kristin Ven Bruusgaard (Director, Norwegian Intelligence School) and ONP Post-Doctoral Fellows Dr. James Cameron and Dr. Do Young Lee. The event will be chaired by ONP Director Prof. Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer.

Join us for an in-person book presentation in Oslo by Dr. Lauren Sukin who will present her book project, entitled "How Credible Security Guarantees Backfire".

Dr. Jacklyn Majnemer will present her current article project entitled "Patterns of Foreign Nuclear Deployment: Understanding Host State Refusal". 

The Oslo Nuclear Project has the pleasure of inviting you to an online seminar with Jessica Cox (Director, Nuclear Policy Directorate at NATO HQ) on “The Future of NATO's Nuclear Deterrence” on 3 June (14:00-15:15).

We will discuss Aaron Bateman's new Journal of Strategic Studies article, "Mutually assured surveillance at risk: Anti-satellite weapons and cold war arms control."

In this Oslo Nuclear Project seminar, Prof. Carlo Patti will present his new book Brazil in the Global Nuclear Order (JHU Press 2021), the first comprehensive and definitive history of Brazil's decision to give up the nuclear weapon option.

In this Oslo Nuclear Project seminar, Dr. Elisabeth Roehrlich (University of Vienna) will present her new book Inspectors for Peace (JHU Press 2022), which unravels the IAEA’s paradoxical mission of sharing nuclear knowledge and technology while seeking to deter nuclear weapon programs.

In this online seminar, we will discuss Jaganath Sankaran and Steve Fetter's paper "Defending the United States: Revisiting National Missile Defense against North Korea"

In this online seminar, we will discuss Even Hellan Larsen's paper "Deliberate nuclear first use in an era of asymmetry: a game theoretical approach"

In this online seminar, we will discuss Erik Lin-Greenbergs paper "Cheap Tweets: Crisis Signaling in the Age of Twitter".

In this online seminar, we will discuss Caitlin Talmadge's draft paper with Vipin Narang and Lisa Michelini, “When Actions Speak Louder than Words: Adversary Perceptions of Nuclear No First Use Pledges.”

Technological shifts are eroding the line between nuclear and conventional weapons. We discuss the implications for strategic stability, and examine Russia’s and South Korea’s deterrence strategies.

We will discuss Emma Rosengren's chapter, "Armed Neutrality in Dire Straits. A feminist analysis of the 1981 Swedish submarine crisis."

We will discuss Aaron Bateman's article, "Keeping the Technological Edge: Britain and the Strategic Defense Initiative."

We will discuss Philipp Lutscher's article, "Digital Retaliation? Denial-of-Service Attacks After Sanction Events".

We will discuss Oliver Barton's paper "'No Special Privileges'? British Nuclear Forces, Transatlantic Relations, and the INF Negotiations."

In this online seminar, we disuss Ian Bowers and Henrik Stålhane Hiim's paper: "Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula".

We will discuss Benjamin Schaller's paper, "No Fair-Weather Instrument: The Need to Rethink Military Confidence Building in Europe" and its implications for Arctic security.

In this Oslo Nuclear Project Roundtable, we discuss the future of strategic arms control and its implications for European security.

In this Oslo Nuclear Project Roundtable, we discuss whether modern conventional military capabilities can supplant nuclear weapons for deterrent and warfighting purposes, and the future relationship between nuclear and conventional deterrence.  

We will discuss Stephan Kieninger's paper "George Shultz and the Road to the INF Treaty. Process and Personal Diplomacy"

We will discuss J. Luis Rodriguez' paper "Ordering Strategies: Latin American Participation in the Crafting of the Nuclear Order"

Online seminar with Professor Timothy Andrews Sayle, the University of Toronto