Reaction that happened over there. Over the past five months commemorating the breakthrough and experiencing the longterm impact but of that original event sunday five years ago. It brings social science into theho conversation the panelist will be introduced in just a moment as a scholar of International Relationsur and securitywp to offer viewpoints on military decisions of the formationn of alliances so this event is sponsored of the social sciences of university ofhe chicago and from the university of chicago politics thinks to each of those organizations for their support. So ill introduce a moderator as a panelist when he comes up. From the chiefef content philosopher has covered everything from politics to pop culture and numerous public radio stations. From 2012 through 2017 from the institute of politics and to claim those Public Events with Civic Engagement programs with that partnership edwards is University Chicago intellect got his bachelors degree and was a wallace fellow
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming, and welcome. My name is Amanda Woodward and i am the dean of the division of social sciences here at the university of chicago. Im just delighted to be here with this group of faculty for this event. This evening is continuing a yearlong series of events at the university of chicago commemorating the 75th 75th anniversary of the selfsustaining Nuclear Chain reaction that happened just over there. And over the past five months there have been events across campus commemorating the breakthrough and exploring the experiments longterm impact and defense has presented opportunities to engage scientist, are artists, policymakers and the public around a set of issues that grow from that original event 75 years ago. Now, this evenings discussion im particularly delight because it brings social science into the conversation in just the way it should be. Our panelists will be introduced in just a moment. Each is a scholar in International Relations a
All right. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. Welcome. I my name is Amanda Woodword and im the dean of the division of social sciences here at the university of chicago. Im just delighted to be here with this group of faculty for this event. This evening is continuing a yearlong series of events at the university of chicago commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first controlled selfsustaining Nuclear Chain reaction which happened just over there. Over the past five months, there have been events across campus xh commemorating the breakthrough and exploring the experiments long term impact, and the events have presented u opportunities to engage scientists, artists and policy makers and the public around a set of events that grew from that original event 75 years ago. This evenings discussion im particularly delighted because it brings in social science in just the way it should be. Our panelists will be introduced in a moment. Each is a scholar and International Relation
Iz, thank you for being here. You have lived through the Nuclear Threats of the cold war, can you compare that to the potential threats that we are aware of today in the world of iran, north korea, and other areas . Guest at the end of the cold war in the early 19 90s, a lot of people were hoping that the specter of Nuclear Weapons use was behind us. Unfortunately today, i would have to say that the possibility of a Nuclear Weapon being used is probably higher than at any time other than the cuban missile crisis. Our concern is less on the intentional use as opposed to an accident, miscalculation, or blunder that provides faulty information to the president of the United States or the president of russia and leads to nuclear use. Host is is the feeling you are feeling when you were Energy Secretary . Guest yes, indeed, though i think it has gotten worse. For example, russia, lets face it our relationship is very poor at the moment. Much less communication going on even then at the heig
The process of declassifying the government materials that were the basis of his book. This hourlong event is hosted by the National Archives in washington, dc. Washingtonid that in the first place people look in a newly published book is the index to see if they are mentioned. At the library of congress and other Research Institutions we look at acknowledgment pages and the bibliography, also. Looking for ourselves. If you look at the acknowledgment at the able archer book, you will see different offices. A large portion of the documents upon which the author based his story came from the Ronald Reagan and George Bush Library president ial libraries and other archive holdings. I am very proud of all of our staff, some of whom are in the audience today. And it is gratifying to see others appreciate the work we do whether it is helping people navigate through our holdings or as nate noted, breaking a declassification log jam to release a critical document. We help researchers uncover th