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Martin E. Hellman is a Professor Emeritus in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and an affiliate of the university's Center for International Security Cooperation (CISAC). His recent work, 'Rethinking National Security,' identifies a number of questionable assumptions that are often taken as axiomatic truths. A key part of his work brings a risk-informed framework to the potential failures of nuclear deterrence, discovering surprising ways to reduce risks. He is well-known for co-inventing public key cryptography, the technology that underlies secure communication on the Internet. His honors include election to the National Academy of Engineering and the prestigious ACM Turing Award, which he received jointly with his colleague Whit Diffie. In 2016, he and his wife published 'A New Map of Relationships: Creating True Love at Home & Peace on the Planet,' which provides a 'unified field theory' of peace by illustrating the connections between nuclear war, conventional war, interpersonal conflict, and internal strife.
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