"Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence, Again" Intelligence Project Seminar with Ron Lehman

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The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a seminar with Ronald Lehman on "Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence, Again" on Thursday, November 2nd from 12:15-1:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate.

Date: Thu, Nov 2, 2017 Time: 12:15pm - 01:30pm Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Enduring principles of deterrence co-exist with persistent policy debates that have long remained unresolved. Nevertheless, the same changed world conditions and the advance and spread of new technologies that are complicating applied deterrence today may also open the door to a new synthesis in deterrence thinking. The key may be the use of improved analytical concepts and tools to better understand the multiple dimensions of strategy including different domains and the impact of culture and psychology.

The Honorable Ronald F. Lehman II is the Counselor to the Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Lehman is also the Chair of the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) and recently co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences' study on the future of Cooperative Threat Reduction. Since 1996, Lehman has been the Chairman of the Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center, a 39-nation intergovernmental organization.