Sunday 12 January 2025
Arrival and Registration
Monday 13 January 2025
9:00 – 09:30 Session 1 Introduction
9:30 – 11:00 Session 2
Fundamentals of Nuclear Strategy
Steve Miller
16:30 – 18:00 Session 3
International Context: Ukraine
Polina Sinovets
18:15 – 19:45 Session 4
International Context: NATO – US relations
Paul Van Hooft
21:30 – 23:00 Session 5
International Context: Gaza
Eli Levite
Tuesday 14 January 2025
9:00 – 10:30 Session 6
US Nuclear Policy
To be announced (TBA)
16:30 – 18:00 Session 7
Russia’s Evolving Nuclear Policy
Dimitry Stefanovich
18:15 – 19:45 Session 8
Chinese Nuclear Policy
Wu Riqiang
21:30 PARTY
Wednesday 15 January 2025
9:00 – 10:30 Session 9
Nuclear Weapons in South Asia
Rabia Akhtar
16:30 – 18:00 Session 10
The Nonproliferation Regime
Laura Rockwood
18:15 – 19:45 Session 11
How the IAEA Works
Tariq Rauf
21:30 – 23:00 Session 12
Coping with the North Korean Bomb
Ankit Panda
Thursday 16 January 2025
9:00 – 10:30 Session 13
The Endless Iran Nuclear Crisis
Ali Vaez
16:30 – 18:00 Session 14
Advanced Technology and Nuclear Stability
Sybille Bauer
18:15 – 19:45 Session 15
Space Warfare in the 21st Century
Joan S. Johnson-Freese
21:30 – 23:00 Session 16
Hypersonic Weapons
Alessandro Pascolini
Friday 17 January 2025
9:00 – 10:30 Session 17
Integrated deterrence
Andrew Reddie
16:30 – 18:00 Session 18
Hybrid Threats: The Long Term systemic challenge
Beniamino Irdi
18:15 – 19:45 Session 19
Economic Sanctions as Weapon
Andrea Fracasso
21:30 – 23:00 Session 20
European Security after Ukraine
Marco de Andreis
Saturday 18 January 2025
9:00 – 10:30 Session 21
In search of a new global nuclear order, what is the future for nuclear diplomacy and arms control?
Francesca Giovannini
10:30 – 12:00 Session 22 Course evaluation and suggestions
Sunday 19 January 2025
6:00 Bus departs for Milan Airports
