– 6-8 July 2022
The NATO Defense College (NDC), in cooperation with NATO’s Nuclear Policy Directorate, is opening a Call for Applications for its fourth edition of the Early-Career Nuclear Strategists Workshop (ECNSW), which will take place from 6 to 8 July 2022 in Rome.
Objectives
The workshop aims to:
- Promote awareness and expertise on nuclear issues and deterrence among the younger generation of scholars
- Feature the research of young scholars on nuclear issues and deterrence
- Facilitate dialogue between the academic and policy-making worlds
- Establish a network of scholars and policy-makers working on nuclear issues and deterrence.
Format
The workshop will:
- Enable participants to present their own research
- Provide a technical introduction to nuclear weapons (from the physics of nuclear explosion to sensing and counter-sensing technologies)
- Combine lectures by senior scholars on major nuclear topics (i.e. nuclear doctrine, strategy, arms control or non-proliferation) and presentations by early-career scholars
- Role-play a nuclear-related crisis simulation.
Deliverable
- The NDC Research Division will publish the best papers presented at the workshop.
Application Process
Applicants must be nationals of a NATO country.
Applicants can apply for one of the three categories of participants:
- Early-Career Scholars presenting their research
- Participants (non-presenting their work)
- Government officials
Government officials/military officers (no age limit) working in a relevant area can apply by sending a one-page CV and a cover letter to [email protected] by May 27, 2022.
Junior scholars below the age of 35 and who hold a MA degree, are PhD candidates, or hold a PhD in a relevant discipline, can apply by sending a draft paper of 2,000-2,500 words that, if selected, will be presented at the Workshop and published by the NDC; together with a one-page CV and a cover letter.
The draft paper must be analytical and deal with nuclear- or deterrence-related issues, such as nuclear strategy, nuclear deterrence, arms control, proliferation, WMD.
All documents must be sent to [email protected] by May 27, 2022.
Students, researchers and scholars below the age of 35, who are interested in participating, physically or remotely, can apply by sending a one-page CV and a cover letter to [email protected] by May 27, 2022.
NB. Participants to previous online editions are eligible to apply.
The NATO Defense College will cover travel and accommodation costs for junior scholars presenting their papers.
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