Panelists (left to right) Mr. Sugio Takashi, Senior Analyst on Nuclear Stability, MOD, Japan, Dr. Matthew Kroenig, Associate Professor in the Department of Government, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, and Dr. Mara Karlin, Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, speak on the topic of ‘Exploring Deterrence and Assurance implications of potential responses to adversary use of a nuclear weapon,’ during U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) annual Deterrence Symposium at the CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Neb., July 26, 2017. One of nine Department of Defense unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electronic warfare, global strike, missile defense, intelligence, and analysis and targeting.