On the one hand, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his intention to reduce the role of nuclear weapons, even suggesting steps toward denuclearization and renewed arms control discussions with Russia and China. On the other hand, his administration has continued—and in some cases accelerated—programs to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal and introduced the controversial project of the Golden Dome missile defense system in order to maintain a strategic advantage over Moscow and Beijing. This ambiguity, now at the heart of his second term, raises numerous questions about the evolution of U.S. nuclear doctrine and its implications for international stability.

Speaker : 
Dr. Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow et director of the Capstone Initiative at Hudson Institute (Washington, D.C.)

Chairwoman :
Héloïse Fayet, head of the Deterrence & Proliferation research program at Ifri