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DESCRIPTION:About the event: A fundamental premise of the nuclear revolutio
 n theory (TNR) is the claim of assured destruction—the ability of a state t
 o retaliate with a nuclear second-strike that leads to the destruction of t
 he adversary’s sociopolitical-economic-industrial infrastructure\, denying 
 it the ability to survive as a viable modern nation-state. However\, as we 
 enter an era of renewed strategic great power competition\, emerging techno
 logical advances have reanimated questions about the continued relevance of
  TNR. Can a state employing emerging technologies significantly undermine t
 he assured destruction capabilities of its adversary? Using insights and te
 chniques from Self-Organized Criticality theory\, Dr. Sankaran analytically
  reexamines and models the requirements for assured destruction. He demonst
 rates that the networked structure of critical infrastructures continues to
  make advanced industrial states extremely vulnerable to assured destructio
 n—at a fraction of Cold War arsenal requirements. Dr. Sankaran argues that 
 advanced industrial nation-states remain vulnerable to assured destruction 
 retaliatory strikes.\n\nAbout the speaker: Jaganath “Jay” is an associate p
 rofessor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The Universit
 y of Texas at Austin and a non-resident fellow in the Foreign Policy progra
 m at the Brookings Institution. He works on problems at the intersection of
  international security and science & technology. Dr. Sankaran spent the fi
 rst four years of his career as a defense scientist with the Indian Missile
  R&D establishment. Dr. Sankaran’s work in weapons design and development l
 ed to his interests in missile defenses\, space weapons\, nuclear weapons\,
  military net assessment\, and arms control.\n\nThe current focus of his re
 search is the growing strategic and military competition between the major 
 powers. In particular\, Dr. Sankaran studies the impact of emerging technol
 ogical advances on international politics\, warfare\, and nuclear weapons d
 octrine. His recent publications examine the impact of five technologies—sm
 all satellites\, hypersonic weapons\, machine learning\, cyber weapons\, an
 d quantum sensing—on nuclear operations\, strategic nuclear stability\, and
  international security. His other recent publications have explored a mult
 itude of national security issues\, including the lessons for air power eme
 rging from the Russia-Ukraine War\, the politics behind the India-China bor
 der crises\, and the influence of missile defenses on great power nuclear d
 eterrence.\n\nDr. Sankaran has held fellowships at the Los Alamos National 
 Laboratory\, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\, Harv
 ard University\, and the RAND Corporation. He has held visiting positions a
 t the Congressional Budget Office’s National Security Division\, the School
  of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS) at the U.S. Air University\, Tsi
 nghua University\, and the National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo). 
 Dr. Sankaran has served on study groups of the National Academies of Scienc
 es (NAS) and the American Physical Society (APS) Panel on Public Affairs ex
 amining missile defenses and strategic stability. Dr. Sankaran’s first book
 \, “Bombing to Provoke: Rockets\, Missiles\, and Drones as Instruments of F
 ear and Coercion\,” was published by Oxford University Press. He has publis
 hed in International Security\, Contemporary Security Policy\, Journal of S
 trategic Studies\, Journal of East Asian Studies\, Asian Security\, Strateg
 ic Studies Quarterly\, Arms Control Today\, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists\,
  and other outlets. The RAND Corporation and the Stimson Center have also p
 ublished his research.
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LOCATION:Encina Hall\, William J. Perry Conference Room
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SUMMARY:How Much is Enough to Kill a Nation? Great Power Nuclear Deterrence
  in a New Era of Countervalue
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URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/how-much-is-enough-to-kill-a-nation-g
 reat-power-nuclear-deterrence-in-a-new-era-of-countervalue-4546
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