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3/6/25 The Enduring Role of Los Alamos National Laboratory in National Security

by Leah Walker | February 6, 2025 | News & Events, Uncategorized, Upcoming Events | 0 Comments

Date: Thursday, March 6th Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, 2595 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley Time: 5:00-6:30 pm PT Speaker: Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason Recent geopolitical conditions have put Los Alamos National Laboratory’s national...

2/26/24 | NPWG hosts Dr. Erik Brubaker

by Leah Walker | February 12, 2024 | News & Events, Upcoming Events | 0 Comments

Date: February 26 Location: UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1995 University Ave. Time: 5:30-7 pm PT NPWG is thrilled to host Dr. Erik Brubaker from Sandia National Laboratories for a conversation about arms control verification...

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2/13/24 | National Security in an Uncertain World with Dr. Kimberly S. Budil

by Leah Walker | January 5, 2024 | News & Events, Past Events | 0 Comments

BRSL is delighted to host Dr. Kimberly S. Budil, the Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for our next speaker series event. Dr. Budil, who is responsible for the laboratory’s strategic vision, will discuss the lab’s unique role in the national security...

10/26/23 | The Future of Arms Control

by Leah Walker | October 9, 2023 | News & Events, Past Events | 0 Comments

The Berkeley Risk and Security Lab is delighted to host Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance (AVC) at the U.S. Department of State, for a discussion on the future of arms control. The conversations will...

10/19/23 | Attacks on Machine Learning Systems

by Leah Walker | October 9, 2023 | News & Events, Past Events | 0 Comments

The Berkeley Risk and Security Lab is pleased to welcome Ram Shankar Shiva Kumar to discusses his new book "Not with a Bug, But with a Sticker: Attacks on Machine Learning Systems and What To Do About Them" and his experience as an AI red teamer. Ram, a Data Cowboy at...

Event Archive

The Complexities of Nuclear Decision Making

On May 8th, at 4:00 PM PT join BRSL for a discussion with Dr. Marion Messmer of Chatham House on the complexities of nuclear decision making. Dr. Messmer will draw from her expertise on nuclear weapons policy, multilateral arms control and disarmament, and NATO-Russia...

4/24/23 | Governing the Cyber-AI Nexus

On April 24, 2023, join us for a RSA side event featuring a keynote and roundtable discussion engaging with and addressing the emerging governance challenges posed by frontier AI technologies and cybersecurity vulnerabilities with participants from the private and...

3/24/23 & 4/6/23 | Tantalus Wargaming Sessions

Sandia National Labs is conducting a study on strategic decision making in the context of different capabilities. If you are 18 years of age or older and fluent in English, we would like to invite you to participate in the study. Participating in this study involves...

4/11/23 | Emerging Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: Innovation in an Era of Strategic Competition

Mike Brown will speak at UC Berkeley on April 11, 2023 on the emerging security challenges that the United States faces in the Indo-Pacific and the role of technological innovation in strategic competition. His remarks will expand on his recent article in Foreign...

3/6/23 | Modern Nuclear Deterrence Challenges

Modern Nuclear Deterrence Challenges Dr. Jason Reinhardt (Sandia National Laboratories) Dr. Reinhardt joined BRSL for a discussion concerning the nuclear deterrence challenges facing both the United States and the world at large.Jason Reinhardt is a national security...

Experimental Wargaming Article Published

We are delighted to share that "Evidence of the Unthinkable: Experimental Wargaming at the Nuclear Threshold" by two BRSL faculty, Andrew Reddie and Bethany Goldblum has been published in the Journal of Peace Research. The article is open access and available here....