This course aims to educate the physics community on engaging in nuclear threat reduction efforts. The learning outcomes include understanding the current nuclear threat landscape, exploring ways to reduce the threat, and learning how physicists can contribute to this cause. The course teaches skills such as advocating for nuclear disarmament, analyzing past pressure tactics, and formulating initiatives to involve the physics community in threat reduction. The teaching method involves a presentation by Stewart Prager, covering topics such as the history of nuclear weapons, international agreements, and potential steps for threat reduction. The intended audience for this course is physicists and individuals interested in leveraging their scientific knowledge to address global security challenges.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Motivation
Thesis
The New Nuclear Threat
The Increasing Threat
The Problem is controllable
The Nuclear Non Treaty
Reduction in Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapon Testing
Nuclear Weapon Free Zones
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Reducing the Threat
Examples of Past Pressure
Recent Surveys
The Physics Community
The Initiative
The Approach
The Plot
Mentor
Advocacy
Physics Today
On Nuclear Weapons
The Dodi Group
Taught by
APS Physics
