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Cato Institute is hosting a day-long conference titled “Nuclear Proliferation in…

2026-06-24 · 14:00 UTC ·@CatoInstitute ·0 min read

Brief

The Cato Institute’s day-long conference on June 24, 2026, “Nuclear Proliferation in US Grand Strategy,” convenes senior scholars and practitioners (including Justin T. Logan, James Acton, Richard Nephew, Austin Long, Jon Wolfsthal, and Mallory Stewart) to evaluate the effectiveness and domestic costs of incentive- and coercion-based US policies toward nuclear proliferation.

Why it matters

Cato Institute is hosting a day-long conference titled “Nuclear Proliferation in US Grand Strategy” livestreamed on June 24, 2026, focused on whether the carrots and sticks of US policy will remain effective at acceptable cost to Americans.

Key details

  • Speakers include Cato’s Justin T. Logan, Ben Giltner, and Evan Sankey; Carnegie’s James Acton; Heritage’s Bob Peters; Columbia’s Richard Nephew; CSIS’s Astrid Chevreuil; Dartmouth’s @profLind; NTI_WMD’s Eric Brewer; MIT SSP’s Austin Long; PAX’s Jon Wolfsthal; and Mallory Stewart of CSRisks.
  • The program centers on operational and policy trade-offs in US grand strategy toward proliferation—assessing coercive (sticks) and incentive-based (carrots) tools and their fiscal and strategic costs to Americans.
Source evidence

Watch our conference live:
“Nuclear Proliferation in US Grand Strategy.”

Join us for a day-long conference with leading experts on the carrots and sticks of US policy and whether they will remain effective at acceptable cost to Americans.

Featuring:
🔹Cato’s @JustinTLogan, @GiltnerBen, and Evan Sankey
🔹@carnegienpp's @jamesacton32
🔹@Heritage's @RealBobPeters
🔹@Columbia's @RichardMNephew
🔹@CSIS's @AstridChevreuil
🔹@dartmouth's @profLind
🔹@NTIWMD's @BrewerEricM
🔹@MITSSP's Austin Long
🔹@PAXsapiens's Jon Wolfsthal
🔹 @CSRisks's Mallory Stewart

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Link

Cato Institute

Nuclear Proliferation in US Grand Strategy
https://nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1OGwbbVwynDKB