{"id":13185,"date":"2021-03-08T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/call-for-applications-for-the3rd-early-career-nuclear-strategists-workshop\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:31:50","slug":"call-for-applications-for-the3rd-early-career-nuclear-strategists-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/call-for-applications-for-the3rd-early-career-nuclear-strategists-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for applications for the<br>\n3rd Early-Career Nuclear Strategists Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>A Virtual Research Division Event<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The NATO Defense College (NDC), in  cooperation with NATO HQ&rsquo;s Nuclear Policy Directorate, is opening a Call for  applications for the third edition of its Early-Career Nuclear Strategists  Workshop (ECNSW) which will take place from 7 to 9 July 2021. Applicants should  be nationals of a NATO country, under the age of 40, and either enrolled in a  PhD programme (any discipline) or already hold a PhD. Given the current  COVID-19 emergency, this year&rsquo;s edition will be held online.<\/p>\n<p>Government  officials working in a relevant area who meet the age limitations and wish to  attend may also submit a request by contacting <a href=\"mailto:ecnsw@ndc.nato.int?subject=Application%20for%20Early-Career%20Nuclear%20Strategists%20Workshop\">ecnsw@ndc.nato.int<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Format <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The workshop will consist of a       limited number of panels; <\/li>\n<li>Each panel will include a       leading scholar in the field, and up to three early-career scholars who       will present their work; <\/li>\n<li>The NDC Research Division       intends to publish the best papers presented at the workshop (2500-3500       words long), and strengthen this network of scholars and policy-makers; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Goals <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  The workshop aims at enhancing and disseminating the necessary competencies,  understanding and skills with regard to the concept and practice of nuclear  deterrence, in order to forge a new generation of nuclear strategists. <br \/>\n  The workshop has three main goals: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>To promote awareness and expertise       on nuclear issues. <\/li>\n<li>To train a community of young       experts from different backgrounds, on these subjects. <\/li>\n<li>To facilitate dialogue and       understanding between the academic and policy-making worlds, and create a       network. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application process <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  Candidates are invited to send their application by email to <a href=\"mailto:ecnsw@ndc.nato.int?subject=Application%20for%20Early-Career%20Nuclear%20Strategists%20Workshop\">ecnsw@ndc.nato.int<\/a> by 26 May 2021, including a  one-page CV, a one-page cover letter illustrating their interest and past  experience, as well as to submit either a 300-word abstract or a full 3500-word  essay of the paper they wish to present. NDC plans to publish the best papers  presented during the workshop. Policy-makers, members of the Armed Forces as  well as students and researchers are welcome to apply as non-presenting  participants. <\/p>\n<p>  <strong><\/strong><br \/>\n  <strong>Rationale and topics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  During the Cold War, nuclear strategy played an integral part in the NATO-USSR  confrontation. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, the world  changed dramatically: although more players acquired nuclear capabilities, the  knowledge and expertise on nuclear issues and deterrence progressively  atrophied \u2013 due not least to the focus on other security issues and threats.  Today, we are witnessing the return of the nuclear dimension into what has  become an increasingly complex and constantly evolving global security  environment. For these reasons, a renewed emphasis on nuclear issues, in  general, and on nuclear deterrence in particular, is needed. As stated in the  2010 <em>Strategic Concept<\/em>, NATO &ldquo;will remain a nuclear alliance as long as  there are nuclear weapons in the world&rdquo;. Composed of different factors, nuclear  deterrence requires specific competencies, understanding and skills from  scholars and practitioners. Thus, the Alliance needs a new group of thinkers,  scholars and practitioners who understand the various dimensions of nuclear  issues in depth. The ECNSW aims to contribute to this goal.<\/p>\n<p>Past  editions of ECNSW have focused on nuclear strategy, nuclear doctrine, nuclear  posture, nuclear deterrence, nuclear modernization and technological change,  strategic stability and emerging technologies, nuclear sharing and NATO as a  nuclear alliance, arms control and disarmament, nuclear history as well as  targeted focus on nuclear issues related to non-NATO countries such as China,  Russia, India, and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>In order  to facilitate the discussion, NDC reserves the right to cap the number of  participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p><em><br \/>NDC Research Division<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Virtual Research Division Event The NATO Defense College (NDC), in cooperation with NATO HQ&rsquo;s Nuclear Policy Directorate,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-13185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 5 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le mars 8, 2021","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le mars 8, 2021 14:07","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:31"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13185"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}