On August 6 and 9, 1945, over 120,000 people were killed by the atomic bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Decade by decade, the billions of people at risk from direct and indirect effects of nuclear war continue to grow. The recent U.S. withdrawal from arms control treaties and the pursuit of new nuclear weapons capabilities by nuclear weapon states suggest we may be facing a renewed nuclear arms race. In this symposium, we will delve into the resurgent role of sea-based nuclear capabilities in national security strategies and the factors that undermine the generally‑recognized strategic stabilizing effect of submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Day 1: Hiroshima - November 4, 6:00 pm CST
Prof. Cliff Singer, session chair
- 6:00 pm CST, The Manhattan Project: the history of nuclear weapons prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Prof. David Holloway (Stanford University)
- 6:40 pm CST, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Prof. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- 7:20 pm CST, Environmental impact of accidental global nuclear war: broader impacts, Prof. Alan Robock (Rutgers University)
- 8:00 pm CST, Modernization of nuclear arms, Dr. Hans Kristensen (Federation of American Scientists)
Day 2: New Challenges in Nuclear Arms Control - November 11, 6:00 pm CST
Prof. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, session chair
- 6:00 pm CST, Future of new START, Rose Gottemueller, Deputy Secretary General of NATO (Oct. 2016 – Oct. 2019)
- 6:40 pm CST, Emerging nuclear powers
- 7:20 pm CST, Policies of Nuclear Weapon Use, Prof. Michael Nacht (University of California, Berkeley)
- 8:00 pm CTS, Nuclear navies, Prof. Angela Di Fulvio (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Day 3: Future of the Nuclear Triad - November 18, 6:00 pm CST
Prof. Angela Di Fulvio, session chair
- 6:00 pm CST, Nuclear Triad and Arms Control, Prof. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- 6:40 pm CST, Disrupting Submarine Warfare, Dr. Bryan Clark (Hudson Institute)
- 7:20 pm CST, Challenges in verification and oceans transparency, Prof. Cliff Singer (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- 8:00 pm CST, Future of the nuclear triad, Prof. Margaret Kosal (The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech)
Sponsor: The Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS)
Cosponsors: Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; Department of History; Center for Global Studies; Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering; Department of Physics, and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at Illinois
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