Nuclear Weapons: Past, Present, and Future | Ivana Nikolic Hughes, Associate Director of Frontiers of Science; Associate Director of the K1 Project, Center for Nuclear Studies

The Ukraine War has reignited fears of use of nuclear weapons that have largely been absent from the public’s consciousness since the end of the Cold War. Contrary to the popular narrative that nuclear weapons have kept the world safe, their development and testing have had devastating humanitarian consequences around the world. From the Navajo nation to the atolls of Marshall Islands and French Polynesia, to the deserts of Kazhakstan, Algeria, and Australia, nuclear weapons have put millions of people in harm’s way, endangering their health and polluting their environments.

This January, participants will join Professor Ivana Nikolic Hughes, Associate Director of Frontiers of Science, Columbia College Core Curriculum; Associate Director of the K1 Project, Center for Nuclear Studies, to review basic science behind nuclear weapons, consider recent research on the impact of their testing, explore our current understanding of nuclear winter, and imagine a future without nuclear weapons, as advanced by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Presentation of scientific concepts and data will intertwine with discussions of nuclear justice and related international issues.

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