OSSG: The Black Brant Scare: Early Warning, Nuclear Alerts, and the 1995 Rocket Incident
We are very excited to be hosting Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer next week on The Black Brant Scare: Early Warning, Nuclear Alerts, and the 1995 Rocket Incident. The talk will take place on Tuesday (February 25th) at 8:30 PM in the Old Library at All Souls College. There will be a drinks reception prior-to the talk from 8 PM. Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, and is the founding director of the Oslo Nuclear Project. She has previously been a Junior Faculty Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University (2012-13), and a pre- and post-doctoral fellow at the Belfer Center, Harvard University (2008-10). She received her doctoral degree from London School of Economics in 2010, which received the Michael Nicholson Thesis Prize from the British International Studies Association the following year. She published Unclear Physics: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons (Cornell University Press, 2016) based on her dissertation research. Her work has been published in numerous outlets including International Security, The Middle East Journal, the New York Times (online), International Herald Tribune, Monkey Cage, and War on the Rocks. We look forward to seeing you there!
Date: 25 February 2025, 20:30
Venue: All Souls College Library, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Main access to the Old Library is via a steep staircase. Arrangements can be made for those with limited mobility to use a stairlift and a Fellow’s room to gain access. Please let us know if you require this type of assistance. Capacity is limited so please arrive early.
Speakers: Speaker to be announced
Organiser contact email address: benjamin.smith@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Part of: OSSG Weekly Talks
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: £2 for non-members.
Audience: Public
Editor: Benjamin Smith