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Activities and Events

Recent and upcoming nonproliferation activities, events, and announcements involving the CNS center, staff, and programs.
Updated: Nov 19, 2008

Recent Activities/Events

November

At Peace with Nuclear Expansion
Speaker Dr. Ray Juzaitis, Department Head and Professor of Nuclear Engineering Texas A&M University.
November 19, 12:15-2:00pm (Wednesday)
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Biodefense in the 21st Century: The Political Realities
Speaker Dr. Kenneth Bernard, Former Assistant to President Bush for Biodefense on Homeland Security Council Chaired the White House Biodefense Policy Coordinating Committee Drafted Decision Directives for President Bush on both "Biodefense for the 21st Century" and Agricultural Bioterrorism.
November 13, 12:15—2:00pm (Thursday)
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
View Briefing page photos, essays and presentations Nonproliferation Review Special Luncheon Briefing
NPR presented the winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest, featuring presentations by the authors and a keynote speech by Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA).
[Link includes essays and presentations]
November 12, 12:00—2:00pm (Wednesday)
Washington, D.C. 20036
1111 19th Street, NW, 12th Floor
Patricia Lewis, CNS Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence Patricia Lewis honored with Joseph A. Burton Forum Award
CNS is pleased to announce that Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence Dr Patricia Lewis, has been honored by the American Physical Society and awarded the 2009 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award for her contributions to arms control and international security.
Nuclear physicist at MIIS works to limit weapons
A Monterey Herald article on Dr Patricia Lewis, CNS' new deputy director and scientist-in-residence.
Rethinking the Unthinkable: Four Critical Mistakes in Thinking about Nuclear Weapons
Ward Wilson (Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest)
November 7, 12:15—2:00pm (Friday)
Monterey, CA
Room D-100
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
MIIS speaker wants nukes dismantled
A Monterey Herald article on the talk.
Evidence from Imagery: The Iran and Syrian Nuclear Program—An Open and Shut Case?
Dr. Frank Pabian
November 6, 12:15—2:00pm (Thursday)
Monterey, CA
Room D-100
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)

October

The Role of Nuclear Weapons in Russian National Security Policy: Current Status and Possible Evolution
Speaker: Major-General (Ret.) Vladimir Dvorkin, Professor, Senior Research Fellow at IMEMO Russian Academy of Sciences
October 30, 12:15-2:00pm (Thursday)
Monterey, CA
McGowan Room 102 (MG-102)
411 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Seizing The Moment
A one-day consultation on breakthrough measures to build a new east west consensus on weapons of mass destruction and disarmament. An event co-sponsored by CNS.
24 October 2008 — New York
Ensuring U.S. Medical Isotope Supply and Minimizing Risks of Nuclear Terrorism
CNS/AAAS event on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC on October 6, 2008.

September

CNS Welcomes Dr. Patricia Lewis as Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence
2009 Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest announced
This contest, featuring a $10,000 grand prize, is open to students, professors, journalists, policy analysts, activists, and others worldwide, to generate new scholarly insights and specific recommendations for resolving today's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons challenges.

July

Israel's Airstrike on Syria's Nuclear Reactor: Preventive War and the Nonproliferation Regime
a public event co-sponsored with CNS and the Arms Control Association.
Book Launch: Missile Contagion: Cruise Missile Proliferation and the Threat to International Security
by Dennis M. Gormley. This event took place in Washington, D.C. at noon, on Thursday, July 24, 2008. View link for more details.
The Global Elimination of Civilian Use of Highly Enriched Uranium
The Nonproliferation Review held a Luncheon Briefing in Washington D.C. for a discussion with authors Cristina Hansell and Robert Nurick on their articles appearing in a special section of the July 2008 issue. [Includes articles and presentation.]
Winners Announced for the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest
$13,000 in prizes to be awarded to the four winning entries.

June

Book Launch Event: Missile Contagion: Cruise Missile Proliferation and the Threat to International Security [PDF]
by Dennis M. Gormley. This event will take place in Washington, D.C. at noon, on Thursday, July 24, 2008, and a complimentary lunch will be provided. View link for more details.

April

Measuring Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Ladders, Iran, and the National Intelligence Estimate
On April 3, 2008, CNS and the United States Institute of Peace co-sponsored a seminar with government officials, academics, journalists, and U.S. intelligence members.
CNS Hosts Spring 2008 Critical Issues Forum: U.S. & Russian High School Students Study Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy [PDF]
the Critical Issues Forum annual conference was held in Monterey from 17-18 April.
Nuclear Nonproliferation in the Next Generation: U.S. & Russian High School Students Study Nuclear Renaissance: Benefits vs. Risks [PDF]
the Critical Issues Forum annual conference is being held in Monterey from 17-18 April.
Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation, featuring Dan Rather
the full video of panel discussing, which included William Potter, is now available through the Rowan University website.
Measuring Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Ladders, Iran, and the National Intelligence Estimate
CNS and the United States Institute of Peace co-sponsored a seminar with a group of leading current and former government officials, academics, journalists, and members of the U.S. intelligence community.
Paranoid Potbellied Stalinist Gets Nuclear Weapons: How the U.S. Print Media Cover North Korea
The Nonproliferation Review hosted a luncheon briefing in Washington D.C. with the author of this article for its recent March issue. [Now includes audio of the event.]

March

Paranoid Potbellied Stalinist Gets Nuclear Weapons: How the U.S. Print Media Cover North Korea
The Nonproliferation Review hosted a luncheon briefing in Washington D.C. with the author of this article for its recent March issue.
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