Nuclear History Summer Camp in Hiroshima 2025[Archive]

　As part of its human resource development program marking 80 years since the atomic bombings, the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe)  collaborated with the Roma Tre University to host an intensive training program for young researchers from around the world in Hiroshima City from September 7 (Sun) to 15 (Mon), 2025. Experts from Japan and abroad served as lecturers, and through nine days of discussions and exchanges with participants, the program aimd to enhance participants' research skills and knowledge of nuclear history.

　This intensive training program (previously held by the Wilson Center in the US) marks the 12th time it has been held. It contributes to the creation of networks among researchers and research institutions, and many of the past participants have gone on to teach at universities in their countries, work as researchers at think tanks and research institutes, and serve as advisors to governments and members of parliament.

Outline

1 Organizer

Hiroshima Prefecture /Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) 
Roma Tre University

2 Participants

15 young researchers in the nuclear field from Japan and abroad       ※Participants from 13 countries, including Japan

3 Period

September 7 (Sun.) to 15 (Mon.), 2025

4 Venue

Hiroshima International Youth House（4-17 Kako-machi Naka-ku Hiroshima）

5 Contents

Visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, talk by an atomic bomb survivor, lecture on the history of nuclear weapons, discussion between instructors and students based on the lecture, student research presentations and feedback from instructors

Schedule

Date	Contents
September ７（Sun.）	Opening Ceremony, Visit to the Peace Memorial Museum, Testimony by Atomic Bomb Survivors
８（Mon.）	・Lectures (Methodology of Historical Research, U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Development Projects, Global Hibakusha) ・Student Presentations (Examining of the Functions of Confidence-Building Measures Functionality)​
９（Tue.）	・Lectures (Cuban Missile Crisis,  Hydrogen Bomb Desicion and the evolution of US and Soviet nuclear strategy) ​・Student Group Meetings (Identity of the Bomb) ・Screening of Nuclear-Related Film (13 Days)
10（Wed.）	・Lectures (History of Nuclear Arms Control, Extended Deterrence in Europe and East Asia, China's Nuclear Program) ・Student Presentations (Architects of Arms Control) ・Keynote Speech (“Deterrence Without Nuclear Weapons”)
11（Thu.）	・Lectures (Japan in the Global Nuclear Order, Making of the Global Nuclear Order in the 1970s) ・Student Presentation (P5 Process and NPT)
12（Fri.）	・Lectures (South Africa's nuclear program, Kazakhstan's Nuclear Past) ・Student presentations (Strategic Stability) ・Screening of nuclear-related documentaries
13（Sat.）	・Lectures (International Nuclear Order and the End of the Cold War, History, Issues and Prospects for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) ・Public Symposium
14（Sun.）	・Lecture (International Nuclear Order and the End of the Cold War, Challenges to the Global Nuclear Order after the end of the Cold War) ・Student Presentation (Saudi Arabia's Nuclear Intension, Pakistan's Strategic Use of Legal Discourse in Pursuit of Nuclear Legitimacy)
15（Mon.）	Student group presentations, wrap-up session

Public Symposium

As part of this, a public symposium was held where world-class lecturers and students participating in the training camp exchanged views on “How can the world reduce its reliance on nuclear deterrence?”

​1 Date & Time

September 13, 2025 (Sat.)  13:30–16:30

2 Venue

Room M401/402, Innovative Research Center, Higashi-Senda Campus, Hiroshima University
   (1-1-89 Higashi-Senda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City)

3 Organizer

Hiroshima Prefecture /Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) 
Hiroshima University, Roma Tre University

4 Theme

How can the world reduce its reliance on nuclear deterrence?

5 Program

Event Program

Time	Contents		Speakers
13:30-13:45	Opening remarks		Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture/Representative of HOPe ​President of Hiroshima University
13:45-14:30	Session1		【Moderator】 Yoko Iwama（Professor, National Graduate Institute  for Policy Studies）
		Historical lessons	【Panelists】 Matthew Jones(Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)） David Holloway（Emeritus Professor, Stanford University） Mariana Budjeryn（Research Associate, Center for Nuclear Security Policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology）
14:30-15:15		Current and Future of Nuclear weapons and Nuclear order	【Panelists】 Michiru Nishida（Professor, Graduate School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University） Tong Zhao（Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (China)） Joseph F. Pilat（Program Manager, Center for National Security and International Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory）
15:15-15:30	Break		ー
15:30-16:30	Session2 Discussion based on Session1		【Moderator】 Leopoldo Nuti （Professor at Roma Tre University） 【Panelists】 Presentations by four participating students (Nationalities: Lebanon, Italy, Poland, UK/US)

6　Video

Under preparation