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SSP Programs


Wargaming Lab

The MIT SSP Wargaming Lab is a research group that seeks to innovate wargaming to better understand how to deter conflict and preserve peace. The Wargaming Lab strives to be a center of excellence that advances the practice of wargaming and builds networks of scholars and practitioners.
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Center for Nuclear Security Policy

The Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP) aims to be a global hub for advancing policy-relevant research on nuclear security and promoting the development of the next generation of thought leaders in nuclear security. The Center focuses on a broad range of topics including nuclear deterrence, escalation, conventional-nuclear integration, extended deterrence, emerging technologies and nuclear security, proliferation and non-proliferation, and arms control.
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