Matthew Kroenig Lecture: “Ethics & Nuclear Weapons”

By Matthew Kroenig on October 19, 2017

The following lecture was recorded during Providence’s 2017 Christianity and National Security Conference.

Matthew Kroenig discusses the relationship between ethics and nuclear weapons. Using ethical principles, he argues that the US nuclear arsenal is one of the most important instruments for moral good on the planet.

Matthew Kroenig is a professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is also the director of the Global Strategy Initiative and deputy director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. His books include The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy and The Return of Great Power Rivalry.

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