Report Release: Project Atom
Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Date: 2015-06-22

featuring a panel discussion with

Elbridge Colby 
Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Dr. Keith Payne 
CEO and President, National Institute for Public Policy 

Dr. Barry Blechman 
Co-Founder, The Stimson Center

moderated by

Dr. Clark Murdock 
Senior Adviser, CSIS

Project Atom took a competitive strategies approach to its zero-based, "blue sky" review of U.S. nuclear strategy and force posture. Three independent think tank teams - the Stimson Center, the Center for a New American Security, and the National Institute for Public Policy - investigated U.S. nuclear strategy for the new era (2025-2050) and what U.S. nuclear posture is needed to support that strategy. Their analysis, unconstrained by current strategy and policy and conducted within a common framework of assumptions, resulted in competing recommended strategies and postures for 2025-2050.  The panel will discuss their analysis and recommended nuclear strategies and postures. Hard copies of the report will be available in limited number.