Join the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC for a groundbreaking discussion featuring high-ranking public policy experts, influential spiritual leaders, and prominent academics that will explore the rising threat of nuclear war.

“Forum on Nuclear Strategy: Disarmament & Deterrence in a Dangerous World”  will include Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, Archbishop John C. Wester of Sante Fe and Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, along with nuclear experts, policy makers from the U.S. and NATO, and the intellectual architects of disarmament and deterrence approaches to nuclear weapons policy. The group will discuss solutions aimed at securing long-lasting peace across the globe. 

Considered the first of its kind since the American Catholic bishops reshaped the nuclear weapons debate in the 1980s, the forum will be held from 1:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. (MDT) on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 in the university’s Student Union Building Ballroom A.

Other participants include Rose Gottemoeller, former deputy secretary general of NATO and former U.S. undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Thomas Countryman and Christopher Ford, both former U.S. assistant secretaries of state for International Security and Nonproliferation, and Thomas “Thom” Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The forum is held in partnership between the University of New Mexico and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California.

For more information and a full list of participants, please visit dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/nuclearproject/

The forum will be streamed live on the IACS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@iacsusc.

Advance registration required. For free registration, visit dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/nuclearevent/