<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Cambridge Forum<br> 3 Church Street ● Cambridge, MA 02138<br>617-495-2727<br>email: director@cambridgeforum.org<br>cambridgeforum.org<br><br><font size="3"><i><b>Release</b></i></font> November 6, 2012<br><br><font size="3"><b>Cambridge Forum Discusses The Second Nuclear Age</b></font><br><br>On Monday, November 12, 2012, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Cambridge Forum hosts <b>Dr. Paul Bracken,</b> Yale University national security strategist, discussing his latest book The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics. The forum takes place at 7:00 pm at the First Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church Street in Harvard Square. <b>Dr. James Walsh</b> of the Security Studies Program at MIT moderates.<br><br>The optimism about the end of the nuclear threat that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union almost a quarter century ago has faded in recent years. Events have revealed a host of new nuclear threats: unsecured and aging Cold War arsenals; expansion of the so-called “nuclear club;” not to mention rogue states and failed states; suitcase bombs in the hands of non-state actors; and natural disasters that overwhelm a vast network of nuclear power plants. How can concerned citizens make sense of the new nuclear landscape? How much danger do these new threats actually pose? Have governments around the world developed effective strategies for coping with the new nuclear age? Has our government?<br><br>Yale’s Dr. Paul Bracken reviews the features of the new types of weapons, delivery systems, and threats from non-weapons that comprise the “second nuclear age” in his eponymously titled new book. The Second Nuclear Age then outlines the differences between Cold War and current nuclear threats and proposes changes in military and diplomatic strategy suited to the conditions of the contemporary nuclear power system.<br><br><b>Paul Bracken</b> is professor of management and political science at Yale University. A leading expert in global competition and the strategic application of technology in business and defense, Bracken focuses on helping senior management deal with changing environments and intense uncertainty. He is a consultant to private equity funds, accounting, and insurance companies as well as several arms of the U.S. Government and often leads business war games for companies facing complex problems. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he serves on the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, and co chairs the Board of Advisors of the U.S. Naval War College and the Naval Postgraduate School. Among his previous books are Fire in the East and The Command and Control of Nuclear Forces.<br><br><b>James Walsh</b> is an expert in international security and a Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program. His research and writings focus on international security, and in particular, topics involving nuclear weapons and terrorism. Walsh has testified before the United States Senate on the issue of nuclear terrorism and on Iran’s nuclear program. He is one of a handful of Americans who has traveled to both Iran and North Korea for talks with officials about nuclear issues.<br><br>Cambridge Forum is recorded and edited for public radio broadcast. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting 617-495-2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting our website at cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the Forum Network at WGBH.<br></font></font></font></body><pre>
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