Nuclear Dangers Virtual Series

NAPF presents a series of discussions, bringing together influential experts who will address the escalating nuclear dangers resulting from the Ukraine War.

The Nuclear Dangers discussion series highlights different aspects of the conflict including the dangers of escalation of nuclear weapons use, the humanitarian consequences of an ongoing war, the legal and illegal aspects of the war under international law, and the environmental impacts of the war. To learn more about NAPF’s work advocacy on the Ukraine war click here.

Past Nuclear Dangers events

May 8, 2024: Ukraine War: the Third Year | Grigory Yavlinsky | Katrina vanden Huevell| Richard Falk| Cynthia Lazaroff
March 2, 2023: The Ukraine War, One Year Later | Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg | Ivana N. Hughes, Richard Falk, Cynthia Lazaroff
Nov. 29, 2022: Luck is Not a Strategy | Martin Hellman and Benoît Pelopidas | Ivana N. Hughes
Oct. 27, 2022: Nuclear Dangers with John Burroughs, Jackie Cabasso, and Andrew Lichtman | Christian Coibanu
Sept. 29, 2022: Nuclear Dangers with Richard Falk and Ivana Hughes
May 26, 2022: Nuclear Dangers with Jerry Brown and Richard Falk | Cynthia Lazaroff
April 29, 2022: Nuclear Dangers with Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg | Cynthia Lazaroff and Richard Falk
March 29, 2022: Nuclear Dangers with Cynthia Lazaroff and Richard Falk

The Ukraine War, the Third Year

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Grigory Yavlinsky, Richard Falk

Moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff

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The Ukraine War, One Year Later

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg

Moderated by Ivana N. Hughes, Richard Falk, Cynthia Lazaroff

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Luck is Not a Strategy

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Prof. Martin E Hellman and Prof. Benoît Pélopidas

Moderated by Dr. Ivana Hughes

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Discussion with John Burroughs, Jacqueline Cabasso, and Andrew Lichterman

Tuesday, October 29, 2022

Moderated by Christian Cinobanu

John Burroughs, of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, and Jacqueline Cabasso and Andrew Lichterman, of Western States Legal Foundation, discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accompanying nuclear threats with reference to international law; whether “geopolitical” analysis is the appropriate framework; and divergent approaches of peace advocates.

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Discussion: Richard Falk and Ivana N. Hughes

Tuesday, September 29, 2022

On Thursday, September 29 at 11 a.m. PT and 2 p.m. ET, we held a Zoom discussion on Nuclear Dangers and beyond with Richard Falk and Ivana Hughes. They discussed the current state of affairs in the Ukraine War, the dangers that humanity and the planet face, as exposed by the war and otherwise and Falk’s book This Endangered Planet: Prospects and Proposals for Human Survival (1971). In August, the book was selected as a Book for the Century (Political and Legal) on the occasion of the centennial issue of the magazine Foreign Affairs, issued by the Council on Foreign Relations. Richard’s book is part of a set considered “essential for understanding the century ahead.”