The Role of Theater Nuclear Forces in US Strategy in Europe and Asia with John Warden

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The Role of Theater Nuclear Forces in US Strategy in Europe and Asia with John Warden

When

November 20, 2026    
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Where

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The concluding session of our three-day Post-Election Deterrence Series: Theater Nuclear Forces, Extended Deterrence & the Next U.S. Administration.

John Warden will examine the role of theater nuclear forces in U.S. strategy in Europe and Asia and their importance to deterrence in an increasingly complex security environment. The conversation will consider how theater nuclear capabilities fit within broader U.S. defense strategy, escalation and stability, and the challenges policymakers face as they consider the future of American nuclear deterrence.

Speakers

Peter Huessy 

Peter Huessy is President of Geostrategic Analysis and a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS). A nationally recognized defense and national security analyst with more than five decades of experience, he specializes in nuclear deterrence, strategic modernization, missile defense, arms control, and U.S. national security policy. He is the founder and host of the long-running Huessy Seminar series and has advised Congress, defense organizations, and policymakers on strategic deterrence issues for decades.

 

John Warden

John Warden is a Senior Deterrence Analyst at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and an affiliate of MIT’s Center for Nuclear Security Policy. His work focuses on U.S. defense strategy and foreign policy, nuclear weapons and deterrence, escalation and stability, arms control, and the future of warfare. He previously served as Director for Strategic Stability and Arms Control at the National Security Council and on the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee.

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