Matthew Bunn is the James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests include nuclear theft and terrorism; nuclear arms control and strategic stability; nuclear proliferation and measures to control it; the future of nuclear energy and its fuel cycle; and innovation in energy technologies. Before coming to Harvard, Bunn served as an adviser to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as a study director at the National Academy of Sciences, and as editor of Arms Control Today. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 books or major technical reports (most recently Revitalizing Nuclear Security in an Era of Uncertainty), and over 150 articles in publications ranging from Science to The Washington Post

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The Latest

Matthew Bunn, "Deterring without Provoking - and De-Escalating Crises and Conflicts," presentation, Sandia National Laboratory, December 7, 2023.

Matthew Bunn, "Preventing Nuclear War in a Multipolar Era of Great-Power Hostility and Evolving Technology," presentation, Norwegian Intelligence School, October 26, 3023.

Matthew Bunn, "The Largest Danger at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: Intentional Sabotage," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 6, 2023.

Matthew Bunn, "Biden Must Heed JFK’s Lessons on Rolling Back Nuclear Dangers," The National Interest, June 10, 2023.

Matthew Bunn, "Things Get Ugly if Russia Pulls the Nuclear Trigger in Ukraine," The National Interest, February 25, 2023.

Matthew Bunn, "Challenging the Nuclear Order," Harvard Kennedy School, February 21, 2023.

Matthew Bunn, "Pathways to Disaster: How Might a Nuclear War Start?" presentation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 30, 2022.

Matthew Bunn, "Russia’s 'Dirty Bomb' Disinformation, Annotated," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, December 1, 2022.

Matthew Bunn, "The War in Ukraine: Impact on Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security," presentation, NEREC-Sejong Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation, August 2, 2022.

Matthew Bunn and Mariana Budjeryn, "Ukraine Building a Nuclear Bomb? Dangerous Nonsense," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 9, 2022.

Matthew Bunn, "America Has No Good Options on Iran," Foreign Affairs, January 17, 2022.

Matthew Bunn, "Enabling a Significant Nuclear Role in China's Decarbonization," chapter 4 in Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China, Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Matthew Bunn, "Twenty Years After 9/11, Terrorists Could Still Go Nuclear," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 16, 2021. 

Matthew Bunn, "The Evolving Global Threat to Nuclear and Radiological Transports," keynote speech, Transport Security Unified Stakeholders Group annual meeting, September 13, 2021.

Matthew Bunn, "US-Russian Cooperation to Improve Security for Nuclear Weapons and Materials," chapter in End of an Era: The United States, Russia, and Nuclear Nonproliferation, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, August, 2021, pp. 1-36.

Matthew Bunn, "The Uses – and Dangers – of Models in Informing Public Policy," presentation, Harvard Kennedy School Summer Program, July 16, 2021.

Overview of Nuclear Challenges

Matthew Bunn, "A Darkening Horizon: Nuclear Challenges Around the World," presentation, Global Santa Fe, December 6, 2023. 

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