The Program on Science and Global Security, part of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, is holding the Bruce Blair Memorial Lecture 2025 on October 9, 2025.

The Lecture “Nuclear Weapons in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Five Principles for Minimizing Catastrophic Risks” will be given by Dr. Herbert Lin, senior research scholar and Hank J. Holland Fellow at Stanford University.

Herbert Lin works at the intersection of national security and emerging technologies. He is Chief Scientist Emeritus for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. and was a member of President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity (2016). He served as a professional staff member and staff scientist for the US Congress House Armed Services Committee, where his portfolio included defense policy and arms control issues. He is author of “Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons” (Stanford, 2021) and co-editor of “Three Tweets to Midnight: Effects of the Global Information Ecosystem on the Risk of Nuclear Conflict” (Hoover, 2020), among other books. Lin received his doctorate in physics from MIT.

The Bruce Blair Memorial Lecture honors the life and work of Bruce Blair (1947-2020), distinguished scholar and leader of the global nuclear disarmament movement, and a member of the Program on Science and Global Security. The lecture series aims to advance understanding of the risks of nuclear weapons and policies to end them.

Registration required. Please register here by October 3, 2025

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