Photo of Engine controls of a US B-52 long-range bomber; the US has 46 nuclear-capable B-52s that can each carry up to 20 nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missiles. Source: U.S. Air Force photo, J.T. Armstrong, January 31, 2017.
Engine controls of a US B-52 long-range bomber; the US has 46 nuclear-capable B-52s that can each carry up to 20 nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missiles. Source: U.S. Air Force photo, J.T. Armstrong, January 31, 2017.

The virtual seminar will be held from 12:30 to 2:00 pm (ET).

Every U.S. presidential administration over the past 30 years has published a Nuclear Posture Review laying out the basis for its nuclear strategy, doctrine, and nuclear force planning. The Biden administration is currently undertaking its nuclear policy review, which is expected to be completed in early 2022 together with a review of a broader National Defense Strategy. This presentation will offer some reflections on principles, goals, and policy changes that usefully could still be considered as part of the ongoing Nuclear Posture Review with regard to the purpose of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and to reducing the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security strategy.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: George Perkovich is vice president for studies and leads the Technology and International Affairs Program and the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work focuses primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues; cyberconflict; and new approaches to international public-private management of strategic technologies. He has advised many U.S. government agencies,  testified before both houses of Congress, and he has been a member of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on Arms Control and International Security. He is co-author of Proportionate Deterrence: A Model Nuclear Posture Review (2021).