The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Talk 2014 | Robert Jervis | 2014 | News
Robert Jervis is the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Columbia University. He specializes in international politics in general and security policy, decision making, and theories of conflict and cooperation. Dr. Jervis served as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He had also served as the president of the American Political Science Association. In 1990, he received the Grawemeyer Award for his book The Meaning of Nuclear Revolution.
The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Dinner, an annual event hosted by the MIT Security Studies Program, took place on March 4, 2014 at the Hotel Marlowe. The dinner series was endowed by Professor Jack Ruina, MIT Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and former Director of the MIT Security Studies Program. The dinner features a prominent speaker to present on one of Professor Ruina's major professional interests: nuclear weapons strategy and policy.
The guest for the 2013 Ruina Dinner was Robert Jervis, the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Columbia University. Professor Jervis spoke on "Why We Should Be Puzzled About Nuclear Weapons." Approximately 50 members of the SSP faculty, students, and staff attended the dinner and speech.