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SUMMARY:U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Strategy in the New Security Environment
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 ABSTRACT: Over the last 15 or so years, the security 
 environment has eroded in significant 
 ways, including with the renewal of rivalry with 
 Russia and China, nuclear proliferation in 
 multiple sub-regions, and the rising salience 
 of nuclear weapons globally. U.S. allies and 
 partners are vulnerable to new threats and 
 to new forms of nuclear-backed coercion. The 
 risk of Russian nuclear employment in Ukraine 
 has crystallized concern about rising nuclear 
 risks. At the same time, the arms control 
 framework is at the brink of collapse. At this 
 watershed moment, U.S. nuclear strategy and 
 posture have been slow to adapt. But important 
 changes are likely coming to the U.S. practice 
 of deterrence, extended deterrence, strategic 
 stability, and arms control. The choices 
 ahead for U.S. policymakers require informed 
 public debate.\n
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 SPEAKER INFO: Dr. Brad Roberts 
 has served as director of the Center for 
 Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore 
 National Laboratory since 2015. From 2009 
 to 2013, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
 Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy. 
 In this role, he served as policy director 
 of the Obama administration's Nuclear Posture 
 Review and Ballistic Missile Defense Review 
 and led their implementation. Prior to entering 
 government service, Dr. Roberts was a research 
 fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses 
 and the Center for Strategic and International 
 Studies, editor of The Washington Quarterly, 
 and an adjunct professor at George 
 Washington University. Between leaving the Office 
 of the Secretary of Defense in 2013 and 
 assuming his current responsibilities, Dr. Roberts 
 was a consulting professor at Stanford 
 University and William Perry Fellow at the Center 
 for International Security and Cooperation 
 (CISAC). While at CISAC, he authored a book 
 entitled "The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons" 
 in the 21st Century, which won the 
 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title 
 in 2016. \n
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 Reception to follow\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Bob Patterer\n
 Contact email: events@frib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://frib.msu.edu/news/2023/roberts-lecture.html\n
LOCATION:Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
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