CISS Annual Conference: "Beyond New START: Navigating the Next Era of Nuclear Statecraft" (Day 2)

Beyond New START: Navigating the Next Era of Nuclear Statecraft
Date & Time Feb 20 2026 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Topics National Security, Intelligence, Defense Politics
Department Center for International Security Studies
Speaker(s)
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Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required
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Day 2:

Breakfast included for all attendees.

Panel I: Under Pressure: Deterrence in a Tripolar Nuclear System (9:00 am - 10:20 am)

Fiona Cunningham (University of Pennsylvania) and Amy McAuliffe (University of Notre Dame), and Tong Zhao (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Panel II: After New START: What Works and What Must Change? (10:30 - 11:50 am)

Pavel Podvig (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), Lynn Rusten (Nuclear Threat Initiative), and Pranay Vaddi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Lunch included for all attendees.

Panel III: Proliferation and Hedging: Who Goes Nuclear Next? (1:30 - 2:50 pm)

Ambassador William Courtney (RAND), Kelsey Davenport (Arms Control Association) and Vipin Narang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Panel IV: Tech Shocks to Stability: AI, Space, Hypersonics, and NC3 (3:00 - 4:20 pm)

Jeffrey Lewis (Middlebury Institute of International Studies), Erica Lonergan (Columbia University), and Ankit Panda (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)