Learn about the dangers of nuclear weapons from world renowned experts.
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living at the nuclear brink
yesterday and today
““Nuclear weapons may seem like a part of history, but the choices we make about these weapons today will decide our future tomorrow.””
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry’s celebrated Stanford course on the history of nuclear weapons has now been brought online for the general public. LIVING AT THE NUCLEAR BRINK brings world renowned nuclear experts together to outline our nuclear past in order to explain the dangers we face today.
meet your instructors
Joseph Martz
Los Alamos Physicist
Joseph Cirincione
President of Ploughshares Fund
Dr. Martha Crenshaw
Stanford Senior Fellow at FSI and CISAC
Ambassador James Goodby
Arms control negotiator
Dr. Siegfried Hecker
Stanford Senior Fellow FSI
Andre Kokoshin
Former Russian Deputy Minister of Defense
Dr. Scott Sagan
Stanford Professor of Political Science
Philip Taubman
Consulting Professor at CISAC
George Shultz
Former Secretary of State
Dr. David Holloway
Stanford Senior Fellow at FSI
The threat of nuclear terrorism
““Today, the danger of some sort of nuclear catastrophe is greater than it was during the Cold War, and most people are blissfully unaware of this danger.””
Is the threat of nuclear terrorism real? Join former Secretary of Defense William Perry and a team of international experts to explore the reality of the risks, and what can be done to prevent catastrophe.
