About this Event
Ukraine and the New Way of War
The Russia-Ukraine war is the first since the fall of the Soviet Union in which two major nuclear powers have found themselves on opposing sides of a high-intensity war, even if only indirectly. Even as it continues, the war provides an important opportunity to reflect on U.S. concepts of deterrence, escalation, and warfighting. What strategic lessons should the United States and its allies and partners learn as they prepare for potential conflicts with nuclear-armed adversaries?
About the Speaker
John Kawika Warden is a Senior Deterrence Analyst at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is also an affiliate of the Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP) within MIT’s Security Studies Program. His areas of focus include U.S. defense strategy and foreign policy; nuclear weapons and deterrence; escalation, stability, and arms control; and technology and the future of warfare.
Mr. Warden has previously served as the Director for Strategic Stability and Arms Control at the National Security Council, on the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee, as a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, as a Senior Policy Analyst at Science Applications International Corporation, as a Senior Fellow at Pacific Forum, and as a Program Coordinator at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He holds an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Political Science and History from Northwestern University.
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