2022 Human Rights Lecture Series: Nuclear Weapons Understanding & Reducing the Growing Danger

Nuclear weapons, while invisible to most, pose a threat to civilization so large that it is difficult to grasp. Currently, nine nations possess over 9,000 nuclear warheads in their military stockpiles. At all times, nearly 2000 warheads are on alert status, with civilization-ending explosive power, ready to launch within minutes of an order. This talk will overview the key physical facts of these weapons, the policies - good and bad - that govern their potential use, the geopolitical setting, and how we can pull back from this precipice.