CHARM Partners the Institute of Advanced Catholic Studies: Forum on Nuclear Strategy

We’re excited to host next week’s “Forum on Nuclear Strategy: Disarmament & Deterrence in a Dangerous World,” a groundbreaking discussion with high-ranking public policy experts, influential spiritual leaders, and prominent academics exploring strategic and ethical responses to one of the most urgent issues facing humanity: the rising threat of nuclear war.

“Forum on Nuclear Strategy” will be held from 1:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. (MDT) on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 at the University of New Mexico’s Student Union Building Ballroom A and streamed live on the IACS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@iacsusc. 

The forum will be moderated by IACS President Dr. Richard Wood and Dr. Kathleen Holscher, holder of the Endowed Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at UNM.

Participants include Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, Archbishop John C. Wester of Sante Fe, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, nuclear experts and policy makers from the U.S. and NATO, along with the intellectual architects of both disarmament and deterrence approaches to nuclear weapons policy, and representatives of communities impacted by nuclear weapons testing. 

Considered the first of its kind since the American Catholic bishops reshaped the nuclear weapons debate in the 1980s, the forum is hosted by IACS, the Endowed Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at the University of New Mexico, and UNM’s Religious Studies Program.

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

The public is invited to attend. Advance registration is required for both in-person and streaming options.

To register for free, visit dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/nuclearevent/

For questions, please reach out to us directly at iacs@usc.edu.