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
- Meet great people from all over the world
Your Hosts
Ariel Karn
Master Student of Nonprofileration and Terrorism Studies Middlebury Institute, Monterey.
Philipp Fischer
Master Student of Peace and Security Studies at the University of Hamburg
Our Next Session
Our next guest will be Tong Zhao from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
The session will take place on 22 February, 2025, from 4 to 5 PM CET.
Reading for the session: Zhao, Tong. 2024. Political Drivers of China’s Changing Nuclear Policy: Implications for U.S.-China Nuclear Relations and International Security. Report. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Link for registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uO441vvwR5O7vgw99DU1mg
Previous Sessions
2024
April
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.
May
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.
June
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.
July
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.
August
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.
September
Our first community session took place in September. In this session, we discussed our research interests, exchanged ideas and got to know each other a bit better.
October
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.
November
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.
December
Christmas break.
2025
January
Our guest was Jennie Gromoll from the U.S. Department of State, International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau.
Reading for the session: Gromoll, Jennie. 2021. The Fading Pipeline: Preparing the Next Generation of Weapons Inspectors. AJIL Unbound, 115, 100-105.
We would love to hear from you!
