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| Staff: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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June 1, 2005 - Present
As of July 2008, the Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable series is sponsored by CFR's program on international institutions and global governance and made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
Meetings
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable Series: Responding to the Prospect of Dirty Dust
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| Speaker: | Richard L. Garwin, IBM Fellow Emeritus, Thomas J. Watson Research Center |
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable Series: The IAEA after ElBaradei and the Future of the Nonproliferation Regime
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund |
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| Andrew Semmel, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State | |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable Series: Strategies to Manage the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Framing the Next Administration's Agenda
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speaker: | Jane Harman, U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable Series: Solving the Dirty Bomb Problem - Observations from the Hill and the National Laboratory
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| Speaker: | Thomas W. Graham, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable: How Secure are Pakistan's Nukes?
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Commentator: | Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Speaker: | Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center |
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: A Conversation with Michael Levi
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology; Director, Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable: Nuclear Jihadist
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| Presider: | Steve Coll, President and CEO, New America Foundation |
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| Speakers: | Catherine Collins, Author |
| Douglas Frantz, Middle East Correspondent, Los Angeles Times |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable: Falling Behind - International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Edward Levine, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable: Nuclear Capitulation? A Conversation with the Honorable Edward J. Markey on Nuclear Cooperation Between the United States and India
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Edward J. Markey, U.S. House of Representatives |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable: Learning from the Past to Counter Future Nuclear Proliferation Threats
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Rebecca K. C. Hersman, Senior Research Professor, National Defense University |
| Robert S. Litwak, Director of International Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable: The Deal with North Korea - A Step Forward or Backward?
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Robert L. Gallucci, Dean, Georgetown University |
| Gary Samore, Vice President, Director of Studies, Maurice R. Greenburg Chair, The Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center |
Iran's Oil Crisis and Nuclear Program
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speaker: | Roger Stern, Johns Hopkins University |
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Nuclear Security Roundtable: North Korea: The Forgotten Proliferator?
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Byungki Kim, Georgetown University |
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| Charles Pritchard, The Brookings Institution | |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson |
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Nuclear Security Roundable: Tracking the Bomb
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Sidney Niemeyer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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| Peter D. Zimmerman, King's College, London | |
| Commentator: | Anthony Fainberg, Institute for Defense Analyses |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson |
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Nuclear Security Roundtable - Nuclear Dominoes in the Middle East
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Daniel Poneman, Forum on International Policy |
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| Richard Russell, National Defense University | |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson |
8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Nuclear Security Roundtable: GNEP - Nuclear Liability
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Omer Brown, Harmon, Wilmot & Brown |
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| Richard L. Garwin, IBM Corporation | |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson |
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Nuclear Security Roundtable: Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speaker: | Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy |
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| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
New York City First Responders: Meeting the Challenge of Crude Nukes and Dirty Bombs
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Joseph W. Pfeifer, Chief of Planning & Strategy, Bureau of Operations, Fire Department of New York |
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| Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow, Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
Nuclear Security Roundtable: U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation
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| Speakers: | Sharon Squassoni, Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service |
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| Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow, Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
8:30 – 10:00 AM Meeting
Transcript: India-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation: Second Meeting of Nuclear Security Roundtable [Rush Transcript]
Are Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools Secure?
Related Project: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable
| Speakers: | Kevin Crowley, Director, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, National Academy of Sciences |
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| Daniel Dorman, Deputy Director of the Division of Nuclear Security, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |
| Presider: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow, Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript: Are Nuclear Spent Fuel Pools Secure?
News Releases
June 7, 2006
If Congress does not approve the U.S.-India nuclear deal, “it would damage the bilateral relationship,” concludes a new Special Report. Congress should adopt a two-stage approach: formally endorsing the deal’s basic framework, while delaying final approval until it is assured that critical nonproliferation needs are met.
March 28, 2006
While the “threat of a nuclear attack by terrorists has never been greater,” the U.S. government has yet to make prevention the highest priority, says a new Council on Foreign Relations report that outlines ways to reduce the possibility of nuclear terrorism.
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