Nuclear Watch Now: Ninety Seconds to Midnight: Nuclear Dangers in the 21st Century

The Doomsday Clock, a measure of how close humanity is to destroying itself, implies that we are closer to apocalypse than ever before. Russian nuclear threats continue in Ukraine, with a nuclear power plant trapped in the war zone. The suspension of New START and growing civilian stockpiles of plutonium are additional stressors. Meanwhile, great powers continue to expand and modernize their nuclear arsenals, further raising the stakes. The impacts of a nuclear accident, meltdown, or attack will reverberate around the world, undermining our societal foundations.  

With so much at stake, can nuclear threats be deescalated? At a time of rising tension and competition, how might the world reduce risk and increase the trust needed to avert nuclear catastrophe? Can the Doomsday Clock be unwound? This discussion with Penn alumna Rachel Bronson, President and Chief Executive Officer at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and Joan Rohlfing, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative looks at these urgent issues as part of the Perry World House 2023 Global Order Colloquium, A New Age of Nuclearity? Great Powers and Greater Consequences

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