Seminars & Events

SGS hosts a weekly seminar open to the Princeton University community and the public and occasional technical and policy workshops with a view to advancing scholarship and policy. The seminar features SGS research presentations and invited speakers who have studied or participated in security policy debates where technical issues and expertise have played an important role. View our past events here.

September 26, 2025

Sharon Weiner, "Decision Making in a Nuclear Crisis: How the Options Offered Affect Outcomes"

The role that choices presented play in responses to nuclear emergencies.

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October 01, 2025

George Perkovich, "Nuclear Weapon Fears in the Ukraine War: Manipulating Ambiguity"

Reanalyzing structures for understanding nuclear threats and postures.

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October 08, 2025

Hirokazu Miyazaki, "Anti-Nuclear Cities: Local Action for Nuclear Disarmament"

Cities have always been the central targets for nuclear weapons, and also the source of impactful activism.

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October 22, 2025

Jill Hruby, "The NNSA and the Future of the Nuclear Complex and Stockpile"

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October 29, 2025

Ryan Manzuk, "Uranium in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Cobalt Supply Chain"

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November 05, 2025

Joel Wit, "Trump, Obama and Kim: The Inside Story of How America Failed to Disarm North Korea"

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November 12, 2025

Dylan Spaulding, "Plutonium Pit Production: The Risks and Costs of US Plans to Build New Nuclear Weapons"

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November 26, 2025

Leyatt Betre, "Survivability and its Discontents: Nuclear Strategy in the Crucible of the R&D Process"

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December 03, 2025

Benjamin Wilson, "Strange Stability: How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex"

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December 10, 2025

Igor Moric

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December 17, 2025

Tong Zhao, "Is China Changing Its Nuclear Launch Strategy?"

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