Read, Write, and Review Nuclear Literature
Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control, and Nonprofileration
German Student/Young Pugwash has launched the Nuclear Reading Club on Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control, and Non-proliferation – hosted by yours truly, Philipp Fischer and Ariel Karn – to fix those issues!
You will have the chance to dive deep into their texts, share your perspective in presentations and reviews, and discuss your questions and ideas with researchers,
An opportunity to study nuclear issues, show what you learned, and connect.
Each month, we have a fascinating piece of literature and a live meeting with experts specialising in nuclear weapons issues. We cover some of the most popular topics, including challenges of the third nuclear age, contemporary influences such as those of artificial intelligence, and other pressing policy concerns.
This is your chance to …
- Organise meetings with outstanding researchers
- Present and discuss your views on insightful works about nuclear issues
- Write reviews to be published by GSYP
Your Hosts
Ariel Karn
Master Student of Nonprofileration and Terrorism Studies Middlebury Institute, Monterrey.
Philipp Fischer
Master Student of Peace and Security Studies at the University of Hamburg
Our Next Session
The GSYP Nuclear Reading Club will take a break in December and return for our next session in January 2025.
Previous Sessions
Our guests were Tim Thies and Dr. Alexander Graef, from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg.
Reading for the Session: Graef, Alexander, Tim Thies. 2022. Lessons from the Past: Arms Control in Uncooperative Times. Global Security Policy Brief. London: European Leadership Network.
Our guest was Prof. Andrew Futter, from the University of Leicester.
Reading for the Session: Futter, Andrew. 2022. Deterrence, Disruptive Technology and Disarmament in the Third Nuclear Age. University of Leicester and the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace.
Our guest was Dr. Mariana Budjeryn, from the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard’s Belfer Center.
Reading for the Sessions: Budjeryn, Mariana. 2022. Inheriting the Bomb. The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Introduction and Conclusion.
Our guest was Elena Grossfeld, from the King’s College London.
Reading for the Session: Grossfeld, Elena. 2024. Russia’s Declining Satellite Reconnaissance Capabilities and Its Implications for Security and International Stability. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 1–30.
Our guest was Dr. Leonardo Bandarra from the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Reading for the Session: Bandarra, Leonardo & Martuscelli, Patrícia Nabuco (2024). Moving Forward to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (?): How Regional Issues Shape Global Non-proliferation and Disarmament Politics. Peace Review, 36 (2), 179–189.
Our first community session took place in September. In this session, we discussed our research interests, exchanged ideas and got to know eacht other a bit better.
Our guest was Prof. Benoît Pelopidas from the Nuclear Knowledges programme at Sciences Po Paris.
Reading for the Session: Pelopidas, Benoît & Egeland, Kjølv (2024). The false promise of nuclear risk reduction. International Affairs, 100 (1), 345-360.
Our guest was Dr. Hassan Elbahtimy from King’s College London.
Reading for the Session: Elbahtimy, Hassan (2023). Approaching Irreversibility in Global Nuclear Politics. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6 (2), 199-217.
We would love to hear from you!
