The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Talk 2018 | David Holloway | 2018 | News
David Holloway is the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, Professor of Political Science, and Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies at Stanford University. He was co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation from 1991-1997 and director of the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies from 1998 to 2003. His research focuses on the international history of nuclear weapons, on science and tecnology in the Soviet Union, and on the relationship between international history and international relations theory.
The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Dinner is an annual event hosted by the MIT Security Studies Program. 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.
David Holloway, the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History and Professor of Political Science at the Center for International Security and Cooperaiton at Standofrd University was the 2018 keynote speaker for the Security Studies Program's annual Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Dinner. The speech was centered on the international history of nuclear weapons where Holloway pinpointed specific instances of nuclear provocation and the future of these weapons in turbulent time.