# Reducing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation

A photographer's representation of what life could be like after a catastrophic global nuclear war. (Image courtesy of Paul Hocksenar on Flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.)

### Author(s)

Prof. Aron Bernstein

Prof. Vipin Narang

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Resource Description

## Resource Features

- Video lectures
- Captions/transcript
- Lecture notes

## Course Description

This course, organized as a series of lectures, aims to provide an interdisciplinary view of the history and current climate of nuclear weapons and non-proliferation policy. The first lecture begins the series by discusses nuclear developments in one of the world's most likely nuclear flash points, and the second lecture presents a broad discussion of the dangers of current nuclear weapons policies as well as evaluations of current situations and an outlook for future nuclear weapons reductions.

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- Nuclear Engineering > Nuclear Systems, Policy, and Economics
- Political Science > International Relations
- Public Administration > Science and Technology Policy
- Public Administration > Security Studies
- History > History of Science and Technology
- History > Military History

Aron Bernstein, and Vipin Narang. RES.8-004 Reducing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation. January IAP 2015. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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