NukeVerse

In this second edition of our "Special Round Table Series 2025" highlighting women speakers, we are joined by a very special guest from New Delhi, India -- Dr. Manpreet Sethi. Dr. Sethi is a Senior Research Adviser at the Asia Pacific Leadership Network, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi,India where she leads the nuclear vertical. Dr. Sethi is an expert on a range of nuclear issues with over ...

In this "Special Roundtable Series 2025" launched on International Women's Day, NukeVerse will highlight women speakers in the field of nuclear issues, and policy. The idea was to bring in diverse women, but also diversity of thought to discuss nuclear issues and policy from different perspectives. In this inaugural episode "Knowledge and Advocacy on Nuclear Issues: t...

In this Episode 1 of Season 2, Dr. Kimiaki Kawai, professor at Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) at Nagasaki University speaks with Dr. Deepshikha Vijh, Executive Director (Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy) and shares his thoughts on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, emphasizing the precarious nature of nuclear deterrence, and the need for international cooperation to prevent nuclear conflict. Dr. ...

2024 set in motion the momentum for our work in 2025. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese grassroots organization Nihon Hidankyo, a movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year, as the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we hope it is a humble reminder of the need to strengthen the norms and laws that reinforce the illegalit...

Dr. John Burroughs Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and Prof. Charles J. Moxley, Jr. a seasoned lawyer and Professor of Law with expertise in Nuclear Weapons speak with Dr. Deeps ( Executive Director, LCNP and Host for Nukeverse) in this Episode 4 of NukeVerse to discuss their published work on law and nuclear weapons, the intersection of the legality of nuclear weapons threat, use and possession, th...

Award-winning director & filmmaker Andrew Davis and award-winning historian, playwright, & journalist Jeff Biggers discuss their co-authored novel, a political thriller, 'Disturbing the Bones,' with Dr. Deeps Vijh (Executive Director, LCNP and Executive Producer and Host, NukeVerse). The authors share how they came together to write this political thriller that combines themes of nuclear disarmament with justice, as we...

How is Climate Change linked to war? We talk about this and more with Professor Neta Crawford in this second episode of the podcast series. Professor Crawford is Montague Burton Chair in International Relations, and also holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College. In this episode, we discuss nuclear winter, the pitfalls of deterrence theory as being built upon the institutionalization of fear, her path-breaking recent work ...

Why do norms of non-proliferation and disarmament matter? And why do countries pursue nuclear weapons? Listen in, as LCNP Executive Director and host for NukeVerse, Deeps discusses this, and more with our first guest Professor Scott Sagan. Professor Sagan is the Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, where he is also a senior fellow. In this episode we discuss his f...

The threat of  a devastating nuclear war is greater than it has been in decades; so, what can we do to mitigate the risk? Join us as we  discuss diverse  issues around nuclear policy and link them with the common thread of legality. NukeVerse is brought to you by the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, a legacy organization engaged in research and advocacy for nuclear abolition. Senior Executive Producer is Dr. Deeps Vijh PhD., Se...