Project on Nuclear Issues

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The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) aims to build and sustain a networked community of young nuclear experts from the military, national laboratories, industry, academia, and policy communities.

About the Project on Nuclear Issues

Addressing an increasingly complex array of nuclear weapons challenges will require a solid foundation of expertise across numerous sectors. Because most of these challenges are long-term, the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) places a special emphasis on building and sustaining a vibrant community of young nuclear experts from the military, national laboratories, industry, academia, and the policy community. PONI maintains an enterprise-wide membership base, hosts four major conferences and several smaller events each year, maintains an online blog, holds live debates on critical nuclear weapons issues, runs a six-month academic program for young experts, and distributes bi-weekly news and event announcements to members.

Membership

PONI formally involves the U.S., UK and France, but also includes members from all over the world. Membership is open to anyone working on or studying nuclear weapons issues. Members receive a bi-weekly News Brief along with special invitations to PONI conferences, live debates, and other events.

PONI Membership Application

Conference Series
Each year PONI hosts four conferences that bring together people from across the nuclear enterprise to discuss a range of nuclear issues.
Nuclear Careers
Listing of employment opportunities and resources for jobseekers interested in nuclear science and policy.
Nuclear Scholars Initiative
Brings a select group of graduate students and young professionals to CSIS for a program consisting of six daylong workshops with senior experts from the field.
PDI Live Debates
The debate series, an extension of the PDI blog, features top experts debating controversial nuclear issues one-on-one.
PONI Debates the Issues
Online blog pushes the debate forward with daily posts, original contributions by members, and guest commentary from senior experts.
U.S.-UK Nuclear Cooperation After 50 Years
CSIS commemorated the 50th anniversary of nuclear cooperation between the U.S. and U.K. with a volume of selected essays and oral histories.

Multimedia

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Blog

CTBT Debate Embedded Video
May 18, 2009
We've got the embedded video for the PONI Debates the Issues debate we had last week to make viewing it even easier:
Collegiate Debate Adopts Nuclear Weapons Topic
May 18, 2009
The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA), the governing body for intercollegiate policy debate, has adopted nuclear weapons as the topic for