Talks, speeches, seminars
9 May 2012 Nuclear Abolition Forum, Vienna, Austria 3:00 pm Debate with Dr. Christopher Ford
12 April 2012 Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA, 12:00 pm Talk: “Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons.” (This talk is open to the public.)
4 April 2012 Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 2:00-4:00 pm Roundtable discussion: “Doubts about Deterrence,” with a response by Elbridge Colby. (This workshop is by invitation only.)
28 March 2012 Coalition for Peace Action, Bucks County Chapter, Bucks County, PA, 6:00 pm Presentation: “The Cost of Nuclear Weapons.” Open to the public.
29 November 2011 Stockholm University, Stockholm, 3:00 pm Presentation: “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons.” Open to the public.
29 November 2011 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Stockholm, 8:30 am Seminar: “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons.” Open to the public.
25 November 2011 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Stockholm, 1:00 pm Presentation: “Stable at Zero: Why a World Without Nuclear Weapons Would be Safe and Secure.”
24 November 2011 PPND, Stockholm, 6:00 pm Presentation: “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons.” Open to the public.
23 November 2011 ILPI, Oslo, 1:30 pm Video filming: “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons.”
14 November 2011 World Councel of Churches, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1:00 pm Presentation: “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons.” By invitation.
29 September 2011 Pugwash London, London, 5:30 pm Seminar: “Stable at Zero: Why a World Without Nuclear Weapons Would be Safe and Secure.” Open to the public.
20 September 2011 iCAN International Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 10:45 am Lecture: “Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons.” Open to the public.
18 April 2011 Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker – Centre for Science and Peace Research (SNF), Hamburg, Germany, 6:00 pm Seminar: “Inescapable, Unanswerable Contradictions: Five Fundamental Challenges to Nuclear Weapons Orthodoxy” Beim Schlump 83, Room 02/023. Open to the public.
14 April 2011 University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 6:00 pm Debate: “Nuclear Weapons – The More the Better?” Auditorium 7, SV-fakultetet. Sponsored by ICAN Norway. Open to the public.
13 April 2011 Bergen Resource Center for International Development, Bergen, Norway, 6:00 pm Lecture: ”Exploding Nuclear Myths: How the Nuclear Weapons Establishment Got it Wrong (and What it Means to You.)” Sponsored by ICAN Norway and CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute). Open to the public.
5 April 2011 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 11:30 pm Lecture: “Inescapable, Unanswerable Contradictions: Five Fundamental Challenges to Nuclear Weapons Orthodoxy,” for Prof. Laura Reed’s nuclear survey course. This event is not open to the public.
4 April 2011 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 7:00 pm Presentation: “Abolition: End Times for Nuclear Weapons?” Open to the public.
28 February 2011 Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, 3:00 pm Round table discussion: “Inescapable, Unanswerable Contradictions: Five Fundamental Challenges to Nuclear Weapons Orthodoxy.” This even is not open to the public.
17 February 2011 Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School & School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, “U.S. Disarmament: How Serious?” Conference presentation at “Nuclear Challenges in Southeast Asia: Promoting Cooperation and consensus” This even is not open to the public.
16 December 2010 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1:30 pm. “Rethinking Nuclear Weapons: Six Mistakes that Change Everything.” Seminar of Prof. Harold Feiveson. This even is not open to the public.
9 December 2010 International Law and Policy Institute, Oslo, Norway, 3 pm, Parkveien 37. “Rethinking Nuclear Weapons: Six Mistakes that Change Everything.” This even is not open to the public.
9 December 2010 Institute for Defense Studies, Oslo, Norway, 9 am, Skippergata 17c. “Rethinking Nuclear Weapons: Six Mistakes that Change Everything.” This event is not open to the public.
8 December 2010 Nuclear Weapons Study Group, Oslo, Norway, 6 pm, ICAN Norway, 39 Storgata. “Rethinking Nuclear Weapons: Six Mistakes that Change Everything.” Open to the public.
6 December 2010 UN NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, New York, 12:15 pm, UN Church Center, Second Floor, 777 United Nations Plaza. “Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons.” Open to the public. Coverage here.
30 November 2010 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA, 12:15 pm, CNS Seminar Room, 400 Pacific Street. “Stable at Zero: Why a World Without Nuclear Weapons Would be Safer Than Most People Think.” Open to the public.
4 November 2010 British Pugwash, London, 5 pm, Wilkins Garden Room, Wilkins Building, University College London, Gower Street. “Rethinking Nuclear Weapons: Six Mistakes that Change Everything.” Open to the public.
4 November 2010 Council on Christian Approaches to Defence and Disarmament, London, 1:00 PM, 39 Eccleston Square, London. “A Calamity of Errors: Mistakes, Myths and Illusions that have Shaped Nuclear Weapons Policy.” Open to the public.
2 November 2020 Discussion seminar: “Is ‘nuclear’ the future of deterrence?” House of Commons, Committee Room 18, Tuesday 4.30 – 5.30pm. This event is not open to the public.
1 November 2010 Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, 10 am, Main Hall of the International Politics Building. “Nuclear Weapons: Six Fundamental Challenges to the Current Consensus.”
28 October 2010 University of Pretoria, Seminar in the Department of Political Sciences. “Paradigm Shift on Nuclear Weapons: Africa’s Role Going Forward.” Seminar begins at 10:00 am and ends at 12:00 pm.
6 August 2010. “Treaties that Matter,” talk for the BuxMont Chapter of the Coalition for Peace Action, at the BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Warrington, PA.
5 August 2010. “New Realism and Hope,” talk at the Coalition for Peace Action annual Hiroshima commemoration, Princeton, NJ.
29 July 2010. “START Treaty,” talk for the Maryville Rotary Club, Maryville, TN.
28 July 2010. “START Treaty,” talk for the Hamilton/Chattanooga Rotary Club, Hamilton, TN.
14 April 2010. “Nuclear Weapons Without Fear,” presentation to the Georgetown University Lecture Fund,Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
8 March 2010. “Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons,” presentation of draft paper, representatives of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Nyon, Switzerland.
17 February 2010. “Exploring What Nuclear Weapons do Best, Part II: Wars of Extermination - a presentation of draft ideas,” Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
9 September 2009. “The Risk of Nuclear Weapons,” Freshman seminar on nuclear weapons, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
6 August 2009. “Rethinking the Unthinkable,” Northeast Philadelphia group, Philadelphia, PA.
12 July 2009. “Rethinking the Unthinkable,” Upper Darby Church, Upper Marion, PA.
14 June 2009. “Rethinking the Unthinkable,” Unitarian Universalist church, Upper Marion, PA.
16 March 2009. “Rethinking the Unthinkable,” Dowling College, Oakdale, NY.
11 March 2009. “Lecture to Introduction to Nuclear Weapons,” Dr. Zia Mian, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
11 March 2009. “Enforcing a World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” Program on Science and Global Security seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
1 December 2008. “Paradigm Shift,” The Naval War College, Newport, RI.
12 November 2008. “NPR Luncheon Briefing: Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest,” Nonproliferation Review, Stimson Center, Washington, DC. (View it here.)
7 November 2008. “Paradigm Shift,” The Monterey Institute, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA. (View it here. )
6 November 2008. “Four Myths about Nuclear Weapons,” Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation , Palo Alto, CA.
17 October 2008. “Four Myths about Nuclear Weapons,” The New School, New York, NY.
24 July 2008. “The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence,” The New America Foundation, Washington, DC. (View ithere.)
2 May 2008. George School, Newtown, PA.
24 April 2008. Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security, Los Alamos, NM.
9 December 2007. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.
4 December 2007. Naval War College, Newport, RI.
17 August 2007. Office of Disarmament, United Nations, New York, NY.
10 August 2007. Project for Nuclear Awareness, Philadelphia, PA.
6 August 2007. Coalition for Peace Action – Linwood chapter, Linwood, NJ.
24 April 2007. The Stimson Center, Washington, DC.
28 March 2007. Coalition for Peace Action – Monroe chapter, Monroe, NJ.
18 February 2007. St. Andrews Church, Yardley, PA.
30 January 2007. Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, PA. Schoolwide assembly and seminar after.
6 January 2007. Tzedek v’ Shalom, Newtown, PA.
7 July 2006. Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ. Sponsored by the Princeton Research Forum and the Coalition for Peace Action.
6 Jun4 2006. Home of Kevin Ellis, Marlton, VT.
March 2006. Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Lunchtime seminar.
Interviews
26 July 2010. Interview by Kevin Sanders of the War and Peace Foundation at the UN studios. Interview is available on YouTube in two parts, here and here.
14 April 2010. Appearance on Iranian national state television program “The Link.” This week’s episode was about nuclear weapons and featured audiences and experts in London, Washington and Tehran.
15 December 2009. “Stable at Zero,” Channel 30, Princeton, NJ. Thirty minute live interview on the Natasha Serman Show.
Natasha from Princeton Community Television on Vimeo.
12 September 2009. “Rethinking the Unthinkable,” Channel 30, Princeton, NJ. Thirty minute live interview on the Natasha Sherman Show.
Natasha from Princeton Community Television on Vimeo.
14 August 2008. “Against the Grain,” KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA. Twenty minute interview. Listen here. (My portion of the interview starts at minute 40.)
6 August 2008. “The Evie Ibara Show,” KKZZ AM, Ventura, CA. Half hour interview.
6 August 2008. English language radio news, Agence France Presse. Five minute interview.
6 August 2008. KPFK FM, Los Angeles, CA. Ten minute interview.
6 August 2008. KBOO FM, Oregon. Ten minute interview.
12 August 2007. “Liberty Watch Radio with Charles Heller,” KVOI radio, Tucson, AZ. One hour interview.
1 August 2007. “The Jack Rice Show,” WCCO radio, Minneapolis, MN. Twenty minute interview.
26 July 2007. “The Don Williams Show,” WOND radio, Linwood, NJ. Twenty minute interview.