What is PoNG?

The Project on Nuclear Gaming (PoNG) studies nuclear deterrence and escalation dynamics using three types of analytic games:

Scenario-Based Discussion

Discussions provide participants with a venue for role-playing conflict escalation through in-person interactions.

Table-Top Exercise

The board game is a structured environment to simulate conventional and nuclear conflict through diplomacy, signaling and action.

E-Game

The online version of the board game to recruit players from across the world to simulate conventional and nuclear conflict.

Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York