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Five debates on nuclear challenges, policy decisions in the Trump era
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Fri, 2017-09-29 10:50

Together with the CSIS [1]Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), Ploughshares Fund recently provided a periodic forum for in-depth exploration of arguments on both sides of key nuclear policy issues. The debate series covered a range of nuclear challenges and policy decisions the Trump administration has faced in 2017, and will continue to face in the future. You can watch these five debates here.

Debate: European Missile Defenses for NATO, February 16, 2017

  • Frank Rose, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
  • Thomas Karako, Senior Fellow and Director of the Missile Defense Project at CSIS
  • Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
  • Philip Coyle, Senior Science Fellow, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Debate: Modernization of Nuclear Missiles, May 23, 2017

  • Jon Wolfsthal, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University
  • Christine Parthemore, CEO and Founder, CLP Global
  • General C. Robert Kehler (Ret.), Former Commander, US Strategic Command
  • Heather Williams, Lecturer, King’s College London

Debate: North Korea's Nuclear Program, June 20, 2017 

  • Paul Carroll, Senior Advisor, N Square (former Director of Programs, Ploughshares Fund)
  • Melissa Hanham, Senior Research Associate, East Asia Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center
  • Kelly Magsamen, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian Pacific and Security Affairs
  • John Warden, ‎Senior Policy Analyst, SAIC

Debate: US Nuclear Weapon Modernization, June 29, 2017

  • Hon. Ellen Tauscher, Former US Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
  • Adam Mount, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
  • John Harvey, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs
  • Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Debate: Future of the INF Treaty, September 27, 2017

  • Thomas Countryman, Former Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
  • Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
  • Franklin C. Miller, Principal, The Scowcroft Group
  • Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute
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[1] https://www.csis.org/