Guest Speakers included:
- 3/9 Scott Kemp (visiting from MIT) Centrifuge Technology and Proliferation
- 3/16 C. Bruce Tarter (LLNL) Stockpile Stewardship
- 3/18 George Moore (Monterey Institute) Nuclear testing and Verification
- 3/30 Brad Roberts (LLNL/CGSR) Extended Deterrence
- 4/1 Sheryl Hingorani (LLNL) Central Deterrence
Recorded classes are available on the NSSC Youtube Channel.
Required Reading:
- Fred Kaplan, The Wizards of Armageddon (Stanford Press, 1991) (FK)
- Brad Roberts, The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in The 21 st Century (Stanford Press, 2016) (BR)
- Vipin Narang, Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era (Princeton University Press, 2014) (VN)
- Wendy Sherman, Not for the Faint of Heart (Public Affairs Books, 2018) (WS)
The course syllabus follows:
View information on the Spring 2019 course here.