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 16, 2026

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, "The second U.S.-Israel war on Iran, the Straight of Hormuz, and the prospect of peace"

Updated perspective on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, and the potential for diplomacy.

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September 09, 2026

Benoît Pelopidas, "When concern is not support: European public attitudes about nuclear weapons and the impacts of the Ukraine war"

Survey results indicate that Russian aggression has not moved European public opinion to favor nuclear armament.

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May 27, 2026

Ray Acheson, "Report on the Failure and Deepening Divides at the 2026 NPT Review Conference"

Review and reflections following a conference with no agreed substantive outcome.

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May 13, 2026

Sina Azodi, "The Making of Nuclear Iran"

Political memoirs and interviews with Iranian officials and nuclear scientists tell a story of how and why Iran became nuclear.

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April 29, 2026

Robert Latiff, "Europe's Atomic Battlefield: Tactical Nuclear Weapons from the Cold War to the Present"

Conclusions drawn from the growth and removal of low-yield nuclear weapons in Europe during the second half of the 20th century.

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April 22, 2026

Başak Saraç-Lesavre, "When the Nuclear Past, Present, and Possible Futures Meet"

The capacity of U.S. society to confront nuclear risks, viewed though a planned geological repository for radioactive waste.

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April 8, 2026

Lisa Langdon Koch, "Public Attitudes in Nuclear-armed States toward Nuclear Weapons Use: Does Nuclear Weapon Yield Matter?"

Probing public opinion on the use of low-yield nuclear weapons.

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April 1, 2026

William Walker, "The future of European security and the role of nuclear weapons"

Unpacking the current transition in European policy and debates on defense and security.

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March 25, 2026

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, "The second U.S.-Israel war on Iran, the nuclear weapons question, and prospects for a forever war or renewed US-Iran diplomacy"

Reflections on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran and its ramifications for future diplomacy.

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