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Nuclear threat and the war in Ukraine

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Nuclear security expert Emma Belcher delivers an overview of the war in Ukraine, outlines its implications for the deployment of nuclear weapons on the global stage, and offers a vision for how we can try to ensure a peaceful future free of such destructive weaponry.

Nuclear security expert Emma Belcher delivers an overview of the war in Ukraine, outlines its implications for the deployment of nuclear weapons on the global stage, and offers a vision for how we can try to ensure a peaceful future free of such destructive weaponry.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMidAtlanticSalon, an independent event.

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About the speaker

Emma Belcher

Nuclear Weapons Expert

Emma Belcher is the Director of Nuclear Challenges at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In partnership with the MacArthur Foundation board of directors and president, she allocates roughly 20 million dollars in grants annually to organizations worldwide focused on nuclear policy. The MacArthur Foundation is the largest funder in the nuclear field. Prior to joining the MacArthur Foundation, Belcher published research on nuclear weapons at the Council on Foreign Relations as a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow. She has also worked as an advisor in Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on national security and international affairs and as a public affairs officer at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMidAtlanticSalon, an independent event.

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