All Recent Events on Non-Proliferation

 

Web Discussion on New START

Event Type: Other
Start Date: 07/29/2010   Time: 3:30 -5:00 pm  
End Date: 08/29/2010  
Location:  ,  
Event Summary:

On Thursday, July 29, 2010, Ambassador Steven Pifer, Director of the Brookings Institution's Arms Control Initiative, will hold a conversation with Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher, on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The discussion will be moderated by Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. Submit questions online.

 
 

Is Bipartisan Nuclear Arms Control Possible?

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/28/2010   Time: 2:00 -3:30 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Congressmen Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and Edward Markey (D-MA) present a briefing on Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation. Join them on this afternoon to discuss the current political will to reduce global nuclear dangers and whether the United States can also pursue a set of arms control measures that could quickly find bipartisan support and be implemented without necessarily securing the legal consent of other states. Please RSVP via e-mail to robert.zarate@mail.house.gov or katie.matthews@mail.house.gov.

 
 

A Discussion with Rose Gottemoeller: Verifying the New START Agreement

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/26/2010   Time: 2:00 -4:00 pm     
Location:1200 17th St, NW  Washington, DC 20036
Event Summary:

Please Join the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) for a discussion with Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Her remarks will be followed by an expert panel discussion on the implications of verification for the START ratification process and a lively Q & A session with the audience. Register online.

 
 

New START and the Outlook for American National Security

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/19/2010   Time: 9:00 -10:00 am     
Location:1333 H St. NW  Washington, DC 20005
Event Summary:

The Senate will soon have an opportunity to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), to continue mutual, verifiable nuclear weapons reductions in the U.S. and Russia. In todays sharply polarized Senate, New START's fate is unclear. Please join this discussion of the important role New START plays in nuclear stability, global nonproliferation, and America's international leadership. RSVP online.

 
 

Ban All Nukes Generation: A New Look at Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/11/2010   Time: 4:30 -6:00 pm     
Location:3637 Chestnut  Philadelphia, PA 
Event Summary:

Ban All Nukes Generation (Bang-USA), is collaborating with many domestic and international youth networks to influence a wide audience during this progression toward the nuclear disarmament movement. During this presentation, Bang-USA founders will give an overview of today's youth movement and what lies ahead for this generation of future leaders in disarmament.

 
 

Nuclear and Extended Deterrence: Challenges and Considerations

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 06/18/2010   Time: 10:00-11:30 am     
Location:1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

The Arms Control Initiative at Brookings will present a panel of scholars to discuss questions regarding the nuclear age and the challenges of deterring attack against the United States and deterrence to protect American allies and partners. Register online.

 
 

Hearing: New START and implications for national security programs

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 06/17/2010   Time: 9:30 -11:30 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

There will be a meeting of the Senate Committee on Armed Services to receive testimony on the New START and implications for national security programs.

 
 

Reducing the Global Danger of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 06/16/2010   Time: 1:00 -1:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Please join LDRD for its 2010 NNSA Laboratory Directed Research and Development Symposium in Washington, DC, on June 9, 2010.

 
 

Moving to Consensus on America's Nuclear Security

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 06/11/2010   Time: 8:00 -9:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Part of the NDU/NDIA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Registration Required for all guests no later than 24 hours prior to event. Free for Government employees; $40 for others.  Contact Elma Rhue by email please at rhuee@ndu.edu.

 
 

U.S. and Iranian Nuclear Perspectives

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 06/10/2010   Time: 8:00 -9:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Part of the NDU/NDIA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Registration Required for all guests no later than 24 hours prior to event. Free for Government employees; $40 for others.  Contact Elma Rhue by email please at rhuee@ndu.edu.

 
 

Is Nuclear Deterrence Relevant in the 21st Century?

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 06/04/2010   Time: 8:00 -9:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Part of the NDU/NDIA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Registration Required for all guests no later than 24 hours prior to event. Free for Government employees; $40 for others.  Contact Elma Rhue by email please at rhuee@ndu.edu.

 
 

PONI Debates the Issues: U.S. Nuclear Declaratory Policy

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/25/2010   Time: 1:00 -3:00 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

PONI Debates the Issues will host the third even of the 2010 live debate series on Tuesday, May 25. The topic for the will be U.S. nuclear declaratory policy.

 
 

Does Homeland Security Work? Evaluating DHS's Efforts to Make Us Safer

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/25/2010   Time: 12:00-2:00 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING  (Lunch Included)

 
 

Nuclear Iran: Imploding Regime, IRGC Rising

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/21/2010   Time: 8:00 -9:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Part of the NDU/NDIA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Registration Required for all guests no later than 24 hours prior to event. Free for Government employees; $40 for others.  Contact Elma Rhue by email please at rhuee@ndu.edu.

 
 

Strategic Stability at Low Numbers

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/20/2010   Time: 3:30 -5:00 pm     
Location:  Stanford, CA 
Event Summary:

James Acton will argue that the most likely type of instability is rearmament, examine potential drivers of rearmament, and discuss steps to ensure that its likelihood can be minimized.

 
 

Why Peace Is Possible and How We Can Achieve It

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/18/2010   Time: 7:00 -8:30 pm     
Location:  Stanford, CA 
Event Summary:

Paul Chappell describes how, in the nuclear age, waging peace is required to ensure the survival of humanity and protect our planet.

 
 

What Drives Nuclear Proliferation? A Pragmatist Analysis

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/17/2010   Time: 12:15-2:00 pm     
Location:  Cambridge, MA 
Event Summary:

One of the major unsolved puzzles of international politics is why only some states acquire nuclear weapons, whereas others never start a weapons program or even renounce their activities. A new theoretical framework based on the literature of American Pragmatism overcomes long-standing theoretical disaccords and provides a better understanding of the issues underlying states' decision-making.

 
 

A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Sound Policy or Dangerous Illusion

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/13/2010   Time: 12:00-2:00 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

The American Society of International Law, the National Capitol Area of the United Nations Association, and the United Nations Association of the United States will present a luncheon debate on an issue of current and critical importance: the Obama Administration's commitment to seek a world free of nuclear weapons that will require the complete and verifiable elimination of all nuclear weapons in accordance with a comprehensive and verifiable treaty. Online registration encouraged.

 
 

Should the United States Continue to Reduce the Role of Nuclear Weapons in its National Security Strategy?

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/13/2010   Time: 9:10 -10:35 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

CSIS invites you to watch "Should the United States Continue to Reduce the Role of Nuclear Weapons in its National Security Strategy?" - part of the Global Security Forum: A review of the top security issues on our horizon.

 
 

Senate Outlook of Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense and Proliferation Threats

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/13/2010   Time: 8:00 -9:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Part of the NDU/NDIA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Registration Required for all guests no later than 24 hours prior to event. Free for Government employees; $40 for others.  Contact Elma Rhue by email please at rhuee@ndu.edu.

 
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