# Audio and Video ## Lectures: “[How Nuclear Weapons Work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhQOhxb1Mc&t=20s)” (video lecture, 2013) “[Making the Essential Ingredients of Nuclear Weapons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnW7DxsJth0&t=17s)” (video lecture, 2013) “[How IAEA Safeguards Work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ-WSC-D-yw&t=17s)” (video lecture, 2014) “[Technologies and Institutions of Nuclear Security](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GLZAKmCRRE&t=37s)” (video lecture, 2014) ## Audio and Video "[Why the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Signed a Nuclear Agreement](https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5903077:nx-s1-9859231)," *All Things Considered,* National Public Radio, July 22, 2026. "[US-Saudi Nuclear Energy Deal Raises Questions About Nuclear Proliferation](https://theworld.org/segments/2026/07/22/us-saudi-nuclear-energy-deal-raises-questions-about-nuclear-proliferation)," interview with *The World,* July 22, 2026. "[What it Would Take for the U.S. to Secure Iran's Highly Enriched Uranium,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0hvfrLmvw)" *60 Minutes,* April 19, 2026. "[Nuclear Proliferation and American Security: The Inaugural Carnesale Convenings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxHaaL9TAw)," Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics Forum, with Graham Allison, Matthew Bunn, Rose Gottemoeller, and Laura Holgate, moderated by Meghan O'Sullivan, April 15, 2026. "[Technology and the Bomb: Evaluating Proliferation Risks in a Rapidly Evolving World](https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/03/technology-and-the-bomb-evaluating-proliferation-risks-in-a-rapidly-evolving-world)," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, panel with Matthew Bunn, Amy McAuliff, and Rose Gottemoeller, moderated by Jane Darby Menton, March 26, 2026. "[Matthew Bunn on Iran's Nuclear Material,](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7S_s70u4-Zw)" Harvard Kennedy School, March 6, 2026. "[Nuclear Weapons Expert on End of New START,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfDuqJn9D9E)" Harvard Kennedy School, February 2026. "[Bombing Iran Has Put One of the Most Successful Treaties Ever in Doubt](https://theworld.org/segments/2025/07/09/bombing-iran-has-put-one-of-the-most-successful-treaties-ever-in-doubt)," interview with *The World*, July 9, 2025. "[Israel's Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities](https://youtube.com/shorts/btzn0TNpz1s?si=FmyhtWbHim2z9VmY)," YouTube Short, Harvard Kennedy School, June 20, 2025. "[Are We at the Start of a New Nuclear Arms Race?](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/20/nx-s1-5366863/are-we-at-the-start-of-a-new-nuclear-arms-race)" interview, *National Public Radio*, April 20, 2025. "[Harvard Professor Matthew Bunn on Nuclear Treaties](https://youtu.be/cy9ScHsxLFo?si=o6xKU-yyk3jvD15T)," *Harvard Magazine*, August 15, 2024. "[HKS Reunion: Compass: Three Big Faculty Ideas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIHKYF0xtr4)," Harvard Kennedy School, May 17, 2024. "[Priorities and Mistakes: Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3FV1Ps8TQ)," Stanley Center for Peace and Security, February 21, 2024. "[A Darkening Horizon: Nuclear Dangers Around the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A82vfmT-tU)," Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, October 12, 2023. "[Deterring Without Provoking: Can the U.S. and ROK Manage the DPRK Crisis?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qx6xfjynTk)," East Asia Institute, June 20, 2023. "[Nuclear Politics with Senator Ed Markey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4WfCnzHKk0)," Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, January 22, 2023. "[HKS Reunion 2022: The Russia-Ukraine War](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRPW7gtLugQ)," Harvard Kennedy School, May 21, 2022. "[Russian Assault at Nuclear Power Plant 'Utterly Reckless](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jagdNM2oDCA)," Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, March 4, 2022. Radio interview "[The Legacy of the 'Father of Pakistan's Bomb](https://www.pri.org/file/2021-10-11/legacy-father-pakistan-s-bomb),'"*The World*, Public Radio International, October 11, 2021. ["NTI Seminar: Iran Nuclear Archive: Impressions and Observations,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTf2bBM23aw) May 20,2019 [" Revitalizing Nuclear Security,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=798&v=_b0b_PI2jhI) Jan 29, 2019 Interview on RT on [U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control](https://www.rt.com/shows/sophieco/422299-new-nuclear-arms-race/), March 26, 2018 [Introduction for Journalists to the Technology and Effects of Nuclear Weapons and to the Risks of Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE1wmtAg4Hg), Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, March 1-3, 2018 Panel on "[Improving the Efficiency of U.S. Export Controls for Nuclear Technologies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hBWIX3TTaM)," February 26, 2018 [Interview on "New Books Network](http://newbooksnetwork.com/matthew-bunn-and-scott-d-sagan-insider-threats-cornell-up-2017/)," discussing *Insider Threats*, January 12, 2018 [Interview on the Council of Foreign Relations' "Politics, Power, and Preventive Action" podcast](https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/what-can-nuclear-security-officers-learn-casino-managers-conversation-matthew-bunn), discussing *Insider Threats*, May 3, 2017 “[Insider Threats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDDiyJEPvZw&feature=youtu.be)” (webinar, 2017) “[Matthew Bunn on Office Hours](https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/matthew-bunn-office-hours)” (short video clips on several topics) [Interview on “The World,”](https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-10-29/family-tradition-working-keep-world-safe-nuclear-disaster) Public Radio International, discussing my father’s work and my work trying to control nuclear dangers, part of the “Nuclear Family” series, October 29, 2016 Panel on Technology, Conflict, and Cooperation, [“Technology and Public Policy Program at 40”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMccLtQmqbo) symposium, June 8, 2016 [Interview on PBS NewsHour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/summit-explores-how-to-keep-nuclear-material-away-from-terrorists), discussing the 2016 nuclear security summit, April 1, 2016 [Interview on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,”](https://www.npr.org/2015/12/01/458058675/world-leaders-to-debate-role-of-nuclear-power-at-u-n-climate-summit) discussing nuclear energy and climate change, December 1, 2015 [Harvard Kennedy School Forum on the Iran nuclear deal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWUGAmfQ2-A), November 19, 2015 [Interview on PBS NewsHour](http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/web-video/japan-surrenders-part-its-nuclear-stockpile-disposal), discussing removal of plutonium and HEU from Japan, March 25, 2014 [Harvard Kennedy School Forum on the 2014 nuclear security summit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFhrjVwpirg), March 4, 2014 [Interview on PBS NewsHour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/report-blames-japanese-government-for-nuclear-meltdown), discussing a Japanese independent commission report on the Fukushima Daichi nuclear accident, July 5, 2012 [Interview with the Macarthur Foundation](https://www.macfound.org/videos/340/) on the threat of nuclear terrorism and what can be done to reduce it, March 22, 2012 [Federation of American Scientists Hans Bethe Award speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DZIOFGUhkw), 2007