This State Dept. video provides an wide-ranging examination of careers in arms control verification. Chock-full of worthwhile advice for students and young professionals who focus on the policy and/or technical aspects of nonproliferation efforts. Interviewees include NATO Deputy Sec. General…
This is a collection of Fall 2016 courses that are relevant to nuclear science and security studies for undergraduate* and graduate students. Links to course descriptions are embedded into the course titles. Please refer to www.schedule.berkeley.edu for class times and registration information. *If…
In “Global Challenges for Leviathan,” Italian political philosopher Furio Cerutti considers how the existence of nuclear weapons upends the efforts of the modern state to provide meaningful security for its citizens. What is the utility of states, Cerutti asks, when…
On November 18, the first satellite Nuclear Policy Working Group started at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. There were 23 Spartans at this very first meeting! MSU is the home of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), a…
This blog post features reflections from Dr. Robert Borrelli, an Adjunct Professor at Diablo Valley College. Dr. Borrelli received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2006, and he maintains active interest in the impact of nuclear technology…
In preparation for this year’s Nuclear Science Week, I did a lot of reflecting about where nuclear technologies intersect with our daily lives. From medicine to agriculture, to manufacturing and energy, this process has been a valuable reminder of why…
This past summer, I had the opportunity to attend the Public Policy and Nuclear Threats (PPNT) Boot Camp at the University of California San Diego. The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (ICGG) at UC San Diego and the Nuclear…
Of all of the pathologies plaguing Congress today—partisan gridlock, a de facto three-day workweek, a revolving door between elected officials and lobbyists— one in particular commands little attention— its lack of professional diversity. When Congress’ homogeneity receives criticism, it’s usually…
NPWG member and UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering PhD student Alexandra (Sasha) Asghari attended the 2014 International Summer Symposium on Science and World Affairs at Princeton University. The Symposium was held July 25th-August 1st and organized by the Union of Concerned…
One social science major’s foray into the national laboratories. As an undergraduate student studying Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California Berkeley, I recognized the lack of opportunities for cross-disciplinary academic collaboration for undergraduates, as well as…
The Nuclear Policy Working Group (NPWG) lost a colleague, mentor, and beloved advisor on July 15, 2014, when Dr. Heino Nitsche, Professor in the College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley and staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, passed away…
NPWG member and NSSC research assistant Adriana Ureche attended a one-week intensive course on International Nuclear Safeguards Policy and Information Analysis hosted by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey,…
As global conferences engage leaders in the nuclear field at the highest political level, we recognize that the forums of the future will be populated by the young scientists and professionals of today. The millennial generation faces the most compelling…