| Feb. 8 |
5:30-7:15 p.m., Steven Miller, Harvard University; Robert Rosner, University of Chicago; and Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "The Global Nuclear Future." Sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. At the Chicago Club, 81 E. Van Buren St., Chicago. RSVP online. |
| Week of Feb. 8 |
Political directors from China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States meet to discuss new U.N. Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (possible). Location TBA. |
| Week of Feb. 8 or 15 |
State Department issues an interim Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. |
| Feb. 5 |
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., University of Southern California, "Science Diplomacy and the Prevention of Conflict." University of Southern California, Davidson Conference Center, Board Room, Los Angeles. RSVP online. |
| Feb. 5-7 |
Munich Security Conference. Munich, Germany. |
| Feb. 4 |
9:00 a.m., Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (CA), "Building a Robust National Defense for the 21st Century: Countering a Decline in the Defense Department." Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage Foundation website. |
| Feb. 4 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Service Committee, hearing on the Quadrennial Defense Review, with Michèle Flournoy, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Vice Adm. Stephen Stanley, Director for Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment, The Joint Staff; and Christine Fox, Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Defense Department. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| Feb. 4 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Louise Fréchette, Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Trevor Findlay, Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance, "Findings and Recommendations of the Nuclear Energy Futures Project." International Development Research Centre, 150 Kent St., Eighth Floor, Ottawa, Canada. RSVP online. |
| Feb. 4 |
12:15-2:00 p.m., Amy Oakes, Harvard University, "The Nonproliferation Paradox: Why Efforts to Limit the Number of Nuclear States May Backfire," Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
| Feb. 4 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Arian Pregenzer, Stanford University, "Systems Resilience: A New Analytical Framework for Nonproliferation?" Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Feb. 4 |
Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown is sworn in (possible). Senate Chamber, Washington. |
| Feb. 4-5 |
NATO defense ministers informal meeting. Istanbul, Turkey. |
| Feb. 3 |
9:00 a.m., House Intelligence Committee hearing on Annual Threats Assessment, Part I, with Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence. HVC-210 Capitol Visitors Center, Washington. Not webcast. |
| Feb. 3 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| Feb. 2 |
9:00 a.m.-noon, Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget, the Quadrennial Defense Review, and the Missile
Defense Review, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Feb. 2 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Intelligence Committee, hearing to examine the worldwide threat, with Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Feb. 2-3 |
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, "Fourth Annual Workshop on Reducing the Risk from Radioactive and Nuclear Materials." Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA. |
| Feb. 2-4 |
Global Zero World Summit. Intercontinental Hotel, Paris. |
| Feb. 1 |
10:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| Feb. 1 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, Alan Kuperman, University of Texas at Austin; Ken Luongo, Partnership for Global Security; and Cristina Hansel, Monterey Institute, "Getting Bomb-Grade Uranium Out of Civilian Hands: Toward the Nuclear Security Summit." Sponsored by the Norwegian Embassy and the Monterey Institute. At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Lindner Family Commons, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP by email. |
| Feb. 1 |
1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department budget for fiscal year 2011. Forrestal Building, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
| Feb. 1 |
5:30 p.m., Nicholas Thompson, author; Michael Mandelbaum, SAIS; Eliot Cohen, SAIS; and Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute, book discussion of Thompson's book, The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War." SAIS, Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Kelley Kornell by email or at (202) 663-5790. |
| Feb. 1 |
6:00-7:00 p.m., Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Shaping the Defense Department for Evolving National Security." Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Northern California. At the Marines' Memorial Association, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco. Registration online. |
| Feb. 1 |
Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118). Posted on the Defense Department website. |
| Feb. 1 |
Defense Department submits to Congress the Ballistic Missile Defense Policy Review (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 234). |
| Feb. 1 |
Note: The Defense Department was to submit to Congress the Nuclear Posture Review (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070), but it has been delayed until March 1. |
| Feb. 1 |
Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the National Counterproliferation Center website. |
| Feb. 1 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits a biennial plan and budget assessment to Congress on the modernization and refurbishment of the Nuclear Security Complex for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3116). |
| Feb. 1-2 |
Philippine government hosts an international conference on the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Manila, Philippines. |
| Feb. 1-? |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a ninth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| Jan. 31 |
1:00 p.m., Vandenberg Witness, protest "Star Wars" launch, front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| Jan. 31 |
3:40 p.m. PST, Missile Defense Agency conducts a Ground-Based Interceptor test, FTG-06, for the missile defense system. Reagan Test Site, Marshall Islands, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. The test will simulate a North Korean missile attack on the United States. |
| Jan. 31 |
7:00-9:00 p.m., Sen. Dick Lugar (IN), "America and the World: A View from the Senate." Marian University, Indianapolis Civic Theatre in Marian Hall, 3200 Cold Spring Rd., Indianapolis, IN. |
| Jan. 31 |
President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)).
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| Jan. 31 |
President Obama reports to Congress on U.S. engagement with Iran (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1241). |
| Jan. 30 |
Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
| Jan. 30 |
Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the current and future military strategy of Iran (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1245). |
| Jan. 29 |
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Wilson Center, "Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula," with keynote address by Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Jan. 29 |
Due date for comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration's draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. Comments may be submitted by email. |
| Jan. 29-Feb. 1 |
Ploughshares Fund and British American Security Information Council, "Visions for a New Century," with Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Des Brown, former U.K. Defense Minister; and other speakers. London. |
| Jan. 28 |
12:15-1:30 p.m., David Hoffman, Washington Post, "Mikhail Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: New Information on Strategic Defense and Biological Weapons." University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
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| Jan. 28 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Undraa Agvaanluvsan, Stanford University, "Reducing Nuclear Proliferation Risk Through Multinational Cooperation: North-East Asia and the Mongolian Nuclear Initiative." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Jan. 28 |
6:00 p.m., Sundance Film Festival, Countdown to Zero. Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, Salt Lake City, UT. |
| Jan. 28 |
Senate floor action on the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009, S. 2799. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Jan. 28 |
Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, "Strategic Weapons in the 21st Century." Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed). |
| Jan. 28-29 |
University of Georgia, "Legal Framework for Strengthening Nuclear Security and Combating Nuclear Terrorism." Vienna, Austria. |
| Jan. 27 |
12:30-1:30 p.m., Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution, and Fred Barbash, Politico, "Global Threats: Arms Control, Climate Change, and Other Transnational Threats." Brookings Institution, Washington. Online only. RSVP by email. |
| Jan. 27 |
5:30 p.m., Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, "The U.S., Iran, and the Greater Middle East." National Committee on American Foreign Policy, 122 E. 66th St., New York. Reservations by Jan. 22 at (212) 224-1120. |
| Jan. 27 |
9:00 p.m., President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on other networks. |
| Jan. 26 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, Barry Blechman, Stimson Center; Steve Fetter, former Dean of the Maryland School of Public Policy; Alex Bollfrass, Stimson Center; and Ward Wilson, contributing author, "Experts to Unveil Blueprint for Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: Plan Relies on Proven Technologies and Diplomatic Practices." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St. NW, 12th Floor, Washington. For information, contact Alison Yost at (202) 478-3446. |
| Jan. 26 |
6:00-8:30 p.m., David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Nuclear Disarmament; Abolishing Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by the United Nations Association of Utah. At the Apple Spice Junction, 6520 S. 900 East, Murray, UT. For information, contact Chriss Meecham by email.
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| Jan. 26 |
7:00-8:30 p.m., Jim Rice, FBI, "WMDs in America: What Steps is the Government Taking to Protect Your Safety?" George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Washington. |
| Jan. 25 |
10:45 a.m., David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Utah's Role in Permanently Ending Nuclear Testing." University of Utah, Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall, Salt Lake City, UT. |
| Jan. 25 |
11:45 a.m., Sundance Film Festival, world premiere of Countdown to Zero. Park City, UT. Also shown on Jan. 27, 29, and 30. |
| Jan. 25 |
2:00-3:30 p.m., Strobe Talbott, Clifford Gaddy, and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, "Resetting U.S.-Russian Leadership on Nuclear Arms Reduction and Nonproliferation." Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Jan. 25 |
4:00-5:30 p.m., Sidney Drell, Hoover Institution; George Shultz, former Secretary of State; and Philip Taubman, Stanford University, "Working Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons: Sidney Drell and George Shultz in Conversation with Philip Taubman." Stanford University, Tresidder Memorial Union, Oak Lounge, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Jan. 25 |
National Nuclear Security Administration, Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility begins operations. Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN. |
| Jan. 24 |
11:30 a.m., David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Utah's Role in Permanently Ending Nuclear Testing." Salt Lake Quaker Meeting House, 171 E. 4800 South, Murray, UT. |
| Jan. 22 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., Gareth Evans, International Crisis Group; William Perry, former Defense Secretary; and Jessica Mathews, Carnegie Endowment, "Eliminating Nuclear Threats--A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Jan. 21 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the status of the Air Force nuclear security roadmap, with Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Air Force Global Strike Command; Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, Strategic Deterrent and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force; and Brig. Gen. Everett Thomas, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. HVC-210 Capitol Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| Jan. 21 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, Cesar Jaramillo, Project Ploughshares; Richard DalBello, Intelsat; Peter Hayes, SAIC; and Marcia Smith, SpacePolicyOnline.com, "Space Security Index 2009: The Status and Future Trends in Space Security." Sponsored by the Secure World Foundation, Space Security Index, and the Canadian Embassy. At the Canadian Embassy, Canada Room, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Tiffany Chow by email or at (202) 462-1842. |
| Jan. 21 |
House floor action on the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act, H.R. 730. |
| Jan. 21 |
6:30-8:00 p.m., Center for American Progress Action Fund, screening of the Heritage Foundation's movie, 33 Minutes, on missile defense, with Max Bergmann, Center for American Progress Action Fund; Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund; and Peter Scoblic, The New Republic. Center for American Progress Action Fund, 1333 H St., NW, 10th Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Jan. 21-22 |
Middle Powers Initiative, "Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT," Carter Center, Atlanta (closed). For information, contact Jim Wurst by email. |
| Jan. 20 |
House floor action on a bill to authorize the Securing the Cities Initiative of the Homeland Security Department, H.R. 2611. |
| Jan. 20 |
Senate convenes for legislative business. |
| Jan. 20 |
4:00-5:30 p.m., Houston Wood, University of Virginia; David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; and Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation, "The History of the Gas Centrifuge and its Role in Nuclear Proliferation." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Jan 20-21 |
IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, "Air, Space, and Cyberspace Power in the 21st Century." Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Registration online. |
| Week of Jan. 19 |
Obama administration holds a deputy-level meeting on the Nuclear Posture Review. Washington. |
| Jan. 19 |
Massachusetts special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, with state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) versus state Sen. Scott Brown (R). |
| Jan. 18 |
7:15-8:45 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, "Treacherous Alliances: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Washington. |
| Jan. 18 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2010 begins. Through March 26. Geneva. |
| Jan. 18 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
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| Jan. 15 |
10:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, field hearing on "The Impact of U.S. Export Controls on National Security, Science and Technological Leadership," with John Hennessy, Stanford University, and William Potter, Monterey Institute of International Studies. At Stanford University, Arrillaga Alumni Center, First Floor, 326 Galvez St., Palo Alto, CA. Webcast on the House Foreign Affairs Committee website. |
| Jan. 15 |
Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation reports to the Secretary of Defense and to Congress on the status of the Airborne Laser System of the missile defense system (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 235).
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| Jan. 14 |
10:00 a.m. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the minute hand of its Doomsday Clock. New York Academy of Sciences, New York (news media only). Webcast at TurnBackTheClock.org. |
| Jan. 14 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Abe Tomoko and Hattori Ryoichi, Social Democratic Party of Japan, discussion of strategies for closing down the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station and blocking a new base to be constructed in Okinawa. At the United Methodist Building, Conference Room 3, 100 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP to Noor Iqbal by email.
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| Jan. 14 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., David Holloway and Matthias Englert, Stanford University, "Deciding Not to Go Nuclear: The Swedish and Swiss Cases." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Jan. 12 |
House of Representatives convenes for legislative business. |
| Jan. 12 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute; Matthew Rojansky, Partnership for a Secure America; Ellen Laipson, Stimson Center; James Dobbins, RAND; Hillel Fradkin, Hudson Institute; and Alex Vatanka, Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, Iran's Nuclear Challenge: U.S. Options. Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St, NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP to Richard Weitz by email. |
| Jan. 11 |
Arms Control Association announces the Arms Control Person(s) of the Year. Washington. |
| Week of Jan. 11 |
Iran and United States continue negotiations over supplying nuclear fuel for Iran's Tehran Research Reactor. |
| Jan. 8 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Shahram Chubin, Wilson Center, "Iran's Nuclear Ambitions in Context." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Jan. 5 |
Congress convenes in a pro forma session. |
| 2010 |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday). |
| Jan. 1 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on the status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563).
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| Dec. 25 |
Christmas (holiday).
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| Dec. 25-Jan. 19 |
Senate end of session recess. |
| Dec. 24 |
Senate adjourns. (The House of Representatives adjourned on Dec. 16.) |
| Dec. 21 |
10:30 a.m.-noon, Joyce Connery, National Security Council, "A Discussion on Nuclear Threat Reduction." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Dec. 18 |
Political directors of the five permanent members of the Security Council (Britain, China, France, Russia, and United States) plus Germany meet to discuss new U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Location TBA. |
| Dec. 18 |
President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the on-going negotiations on the START follow-on agreement. Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Dec. 18 |
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., James Dobbins, RAND and former special envoy for Afghanistan, and Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution, "Can Iran's Bomb be Stopped?" Center for Strategic and International Studies, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| Dec. 17 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Donald Cook to be deputy administrator for defense programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, and other nominations. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Dec. 17 |
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., National Institute for Public Policy, "Strategic Priorities: NPR and New START." Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pentagon City, Salon III, Arlington, VA (closed).
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| Dec. 17 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Keir Lieber; Daryl Press; Michael Krepon, Stimson Center; and Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists, "The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent: Are Smaller Weapons Better?" Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. At the George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Linder Family Commons, Sixth Floor, Washington. |
| Dec. 17-Jan. 11 |
House of Representatives end of session recess. |
| Dec. 16 |
House floor action on the conference report on the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3326. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Dec. 16 |
10:00-11:00 a.m., Robert Grey, Bipartisan Security Group and former U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament; Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists; and Ralph Hutchison, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "The New START Treaty: What Next for the Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure?" G-11 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. |
| Dec. 16 |
1:00-2:00 p.m., Robert Grey, Bipartisan Security Group and former U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament; Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists; and Ralph Hutchison, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "The New START Treaty: What Next for the Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure?" B340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| Dec. 16 |
4:00-5:00 p.m., Robert Grey, Bipartisan Security Group and former U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament; Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists; and Ralph Hutchison, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "The New START Treaty: What Next for the Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure?" Hans Bethe Center, 322 Fourth St., NE, Washington. |
| Dec. 16 |
House of Representatives adjourns. |
| Dec. 16-18 |
Senate floor action on the conference report on the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3326. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Dec. 15 |
1:00 a.m. EST (3:00 p.m. Tokyo time), International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, issues its report, Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers. Tokyo. |
| Dec. 15 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Ursula Jasper, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), "The Pitfalls of Nuclear Forecasting (Or: What We Can Learn from American Pragmatism)." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Dec. 15 |
10:00 a.m., House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing on "Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities, and Consequences," with witnesses TBA. 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington.
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| Dec. 15 |
House of Representatives floor action on the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, H.R. 2194. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Dec. 15 |
Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) capstone conference, U.S. Strategic Command, Omaha, NE. |
| Dec. 15 |
7:00-8:00 p.m., DC Area Disarmament Planning Consulta, St. Stephen's Church Auditorium, 1525 Newton St., NW, Washington. For information, call Jay Marx at (202) 682-4282. |
| Dec. 14 |
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Connect U.S. Fund/ Peace and Security Initiative community-wide meeting, with Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn. American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Dec. 13 |
Senate floor action on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, H.R. 3288, an omnibus appropriations bill for most of the unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010, including the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Dec. 12 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a 10-year plan for use and funding of the National Ignition Facility, Livermore National Laboratory, CA; Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM; and Z Machine, Sandia National Laboratories, NM (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3141). |
| Dec. 11 |
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Miles Pomper, Monterey Institute; Nikolai Sokov, Monterey Institute; and Tarja Cronberg, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, "Reducing and Regulating Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe." Embassy of Finland, 3303 Massachusetts Ave., Washington. |
| Dec. 11 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 19. |
| Dec. 10 |
7:00 a.m. EST, President Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. City Hall, Oslo, Norway. May be broadcast on CNN. |
| Dec. 10 |
House floor action on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, H.R. 3288, an omnibus appropriations bill for most of the unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010, including the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Dec. 10 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; Zia Mian, Princeton University; Alexander Glaser, Princeton University; and Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, "Nuclear Materials Perspective on Practical Steps Toward Nuclear Disarmament." Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. B-340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| Dec. 10 |
12:15-1:30 p.m., Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "Getting a New START," University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
| Dec. 10 |
3:00-4:30 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; Zia Mian, Princeton University; and Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, "Global Fissile Material Report 2009: Challenges and Recommendations for Securing and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons Materials." Sponsored by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and George Washington University. At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW., Lindner Family Commons, Sixth Floor, Washington. |
| Dec. 10-11 |
NATO annual Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation. Warsaw, Poland. |
| Dec. 9 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; Stephen Pifer, Brookings Institute; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "START Follow-On Treaty: Assessing Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. |
| Dec. 9 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Thomas Wuchte, State Department, "Building Global Capacities for Preventing Catastrophic WMD Terrorism: Ongoing Efforts Toward Implementation of UNSCR 1540." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| Dec. 8 |
2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of Laura Kennedy to be U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, and other nominations. S-116 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| Dec. 8 |
3:30-6:00 p.m., Kenneth Brill, Lawrence Kerr, Melanie Elder, and Chris Deeney, "Countering WMD Proliferation in an Age of Globalized Science and Technology." American Association for the Advancement of Science, Auditorium, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Dec. 8 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., James Carafano, Heritage Foundation; Cliff May, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; and Jamie Fly, Foreign Policy Initiative, "U.S. Missile Defense in a Proliferating World: Threats and Challenges in the New Missile Age." Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 1726 M St., NW, Suite 700, Washington. |
| Dec. 8-10 |
Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative on North Korea, meets with Kang Sok Ju, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister. Pyongyang, North Korea. |
| Dec. 7 |
Noon, Heritage Foundation, "The Iranian Nuclear Threat: What Next?" National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., N.W., 13th Floor, Washington. |
| Dec. 7 |
12:15-1:45 p.m., Ana Palacio, former foreign minister of Spain, "Nuclear Proliferation, Energy Security, Iran, and Afghanistan: A European Perspective." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
| Dec. 7 |
Japan and the United States hold a missile defense exercise, "Mountain Cherry Blossom." Camp Hagashi Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan. |
| Dec. 7-11 |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
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| Dec. 5 |
START strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty expires. |
| Dec. 4 |
6:30-9:00 p.m., ICAS annual dinner, with former U.S. ambassador to South Korea James Laney. Kennedy Caucus Room, 325 Russell Office Building, Washington. |
| Dec. 4 |
Obama administration holds a "deputies level" meeting on the upcoming Nuclear Posture Review, with officials from Defense, Energy, and State Departments, and the White House. |
| Dec. 3 |
Preparatory meeting for the U.S.-sponsored Global Nuclear Security Summit on April 12-13. Japan. |
| Dec. 3 |
Noon-2:00 p.m. Stanley Foundation, "International Perspectives on Securing Vulnerable Nuclear Materials." National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington. |
| Dec. 3-4 |
Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton attends the NATO foreign ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. |
| Dec. 2 |
Noon-1:00 p.m., John Limbert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran, "Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Moynihan Board Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Dec. 1 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Vaidyanatha Gundlupet, Harvard University, "Political Costs of Nuclear Threats: Implications for Crisis Stability in South Asia." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Dec. 1 |
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Heritage Foundation, "A START Follow-On Treaty: Russian Nuclear Doctrine, Arms Control Objectives, and U.S. Policy Response," with six speakers. Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. |
| Dec. 1 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Laura Kennedy to be U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Dec. 1 |
Energy Department submits an annual, classified report to Congress on the current and projected (1) number of nuclear weapons of each type in the active and reserve stockpiles, (2) strategic rationale for each type, and (3) past and projected future total direct lifecycle cost of each type (House Report 110-921, p. 125). |
| Dec. 1 |
Yukiya Amano, new International Atomic Energy Agency director-general, takes office. Vienna, Austria.
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| Nov. 30 |
2:00-3:30 p.m., Linton Brooks, former Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, and Steven Pifer, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, "The Future of U.S.- Russia Arms Control Efforts." Sponsored by the Hudson Institute and the Partnership for a Secure America. Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St, NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 4 |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Nov. 27 |
President reports to Congress on whether North Korea meets the criteria as a state sponsor of terrorism (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1255). |
| Nov. 26 |
Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| Nov. 26-27 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Nov. 24 |
3:00-4:30 p.m., Georgiy Mamedov, Russian ambassador to Canada, "U.S.-Russian Arms Control in the 1990s: Experiences and Lessons Learned." Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 24 |
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with President Obama. Washington. |
| Nov. 23 |
10:30-11:30 a.m., Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative, "Nonproliferation and Nuclear Material Security: Action from the Non-Governmental Community." Harvard University, Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, Cambridge, MA. |
| Nov. 23 |
Noon-1:00 p.m., John Limbert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran, "Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History." Middle East Institute, Boardman Room, 1761 N St., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 23 |
8:15 p.m., former Sen. Dan. Coats (IN), former Sen. Chuck Robb (VA), and Gen. Charles "Chuck" Wald (retired), "Time Is Running Out: What Now for the US and Iran?" 92nd Street Y, Buttenwieser Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York. Registration online. |
| Nov. 21-29 |
House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. (Senate recess began Nov. 22. The House reconvenes on Dec. 1.) |
| Nov. 20-22 |
German Marshall Fund and Government of Canada, Halifax International Security Forum, Halifax, NS. |
| Nov. 19 |
2:00-3:30 p.m., Jonathan Granoff, Global Security Institute; Dave Robinson, Pax Christi USA; and Ibrahim Ramey, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, "Faith, Fear, and the Future of Nuclear Weapons: An Inter-religious Response to the Global Crisis." 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| Nov. 19 |
3:30 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Philip Goldberg to be Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Nov. 19 |
JASON Defense Advisory Group releases a report on the Life Extension Program for nuclear warheads. |
| Nov. 18 |
9:00-11:00 a.m., Jon Wolfsthal, Office of Vice President Joe Biden, keynote address (off the record); Anne Harrington de Santana, University of Chicago, "Nuclear Weapons as the Currency of Power: Deconstructing the Fetishism of Force"; and Joshua Masters, New York University, ""Nuclear Proliferation:
The Role and Regulation of Corporations." Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. At George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. |
| Nov. 18 |
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Rd., Oak Ridge, TN. |
| Nov. 18 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., Juan Cole, University of Michigan, "Can President Obama Avoid War with Iran?" Tufts University, Cabot Intercultural Center, ASEAN Auditorium, 170 Packard Ave., Medford, MA. |
| Nov. 17 |
2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of START I Treaty Inspections and Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act of 2009, S. 2727, and other bills. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Nov. 17 |
6:30-9:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Rd., Oak Ridge, TN. |
| Nov. 16 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., Deepti Choubey, Carnegie Endowment, and Sameh Shoukr, Egyptian ambassador to the United States, "Restoring the NPT: Essential Steps for 2010." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 16 |
Noon-1:00 p.m., Nicholas Thompson, book discussion of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Flom Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 16-18 |
U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs and South Korean Foreign Ministry, "NPT 2010 Prospects for a New Era of Progress on Disarmament and Nonproliferation." Jeju Island, South Korea. |
| Nov. 14-18 |
International Peace Bureau annual conference, "Rolling Back Militarism: A Task for the Global Movement," with 15 speakers. Georgetown University, Washington. Register online. |
| Nov. 13 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Achilles Zaluar, Brazilian minister-counselor for political affairs to the United States, "A Realistic Approach to Nuclear Disarmament." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Nov. 13-17 |
NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. |
| Nov. 12-15 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington. |
| Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
| Nov. 11-12 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Singapore. |
| Nov. 11-15 |
Senate Veterans Day recess. |
| Nov. 10 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "U.S. Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| Nov. 10 |
Noon, Heritage Foundation, "The Iranian Nuclear Threat: What Next?" National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. |
| Nov. 10 |
4:15 p.m., Maj. Gen. William Burns (retired), former director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, "Nuclear Disarmament, Terrorism and Global Security." University of Notre Dame, C-103 Hesburgh Center, South Bend, IN. |
| Nov. 10 |
5:00-6:00 p.m., Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "The Prague Agenda: The Obama Administration's Approach to Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, City View Room, Seventh Floor, Washington. |
| Nov. 10-19 |
President Obama visits Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. The trip includes meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Tokyo (7:00 p.m., Nov. 13), meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Singapore (2:00 p.m., Nov. 15); Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting, Singapore (Nov. 15), meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Beijing (evening, Nov. 16 and morning, Nov. 17), and meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, Seoul (morning, Nov. 19). |
| Nov. 9 |
10:30 a.m.-noon, David Huizenga, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Material Security in Russia: A Case Study of the Bratislava Initiative." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Nov. 9 |
Noon-1:15 p.m., Max Kampelman, former U.S. arms control negotiator, "A Nuclear Free World?" George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 9 |
3:00-4:00 p.m., Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel to President Kennedy and Thomas Graham, former Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament, "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Looking Back and Looking Ahead." Sponsored by Security for a New Century. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. |
| Nov. 9 |
Evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Obama. Washington. |
| Nov. 9 |
20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| Nov. 9-Dec. 19 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold an eighth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| Nov. 8-15 |
House of Representatives Veterans' Day recess. |
| Nov. 6 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Daniel Wirls, University of California Santa Cruz, and Christopher Preble, Cato Institute, "The Price of Security: The Politics of the U.S. Defense Budget and Its Impact on National Security." University of California, Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 6 |
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; James Walsh, MIT; and Gary Sick, Columbia University, "Iran's Nuclear Program, Then and Now." Part of a larger conference. University of Maryland, Orem Hall, Riggs Alumni Center, Stadium Dr., College Park, MD. |
| Nov. 6-8 |
Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament, "Reaching Nuclear Disarmament: The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the NPT." Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Nov. 5 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Dean Wilkening, Stanford University, "Options for European Ballistic Missile Defenses." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Nov. 5 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., John Steinbruner, University of Maryland, and Walter Slocombe, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "PONI Debates the Issues: De-Alerting Live Debate." Center for Strategic and International Studies, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 4 |
11:00-12:15 p.m., Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs; Ellen Laipson, Stimson Center; and John Limbert, U.S. Naval Academy, "Assessing Obama's Diplomacy." Sponsored by the National Iranian American Council. Part of a larger conference. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. |
| Nov. 4 |
1:00-3:00 p.m., Col. Richard Klass (retired) and Robert Gould, MD, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "A Fork in the Road on Nuclear Weapons: Which Path to Security?" Sponsored by Arizona State University's Global Studies Student Association. Arizona State University, Coor Hall, Room 5536, Tempe, AZ. |
| Nov. 4 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., Col. Richard Klass (retired) and Robert Gould, MD, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "A Fork in the Road on Nuclear Weapons: Which Path to Security?" Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Arizona. At the Chaparral Suites Hotel, Barcelona/Cactus Meeting Rooms, Fourth Floor, Scottsdale, AZ. Reservations ($20) by Nov. 1 to Sue Reinerl by email or at (480) 945-7750. |
| Nov. 3 |
10:00 a.m., German Chancellor Angela Merkel address a joint session of Congress. Washington. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Nov. 3 |
Noon, Justin Logan, Cato Institute, and Matthew Duss, Center for American Progress, "Can the United States Affect Iran's Nuclear Ambitions?" Sponsored by the Cato Institute. B-369 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| Nov. 3 |
1:00-2:00 p.m., David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, "Assessing Iran's Nuclear Program: After the Qum Inspections." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 3 |
6:30-8:00 p.m., Daniel Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes; John Park, U.S. Institute of Peace; and John Delury, Asia Society, "North Korea: Sanctions and Engagement." Asia Society, Rose Conference Hall, 725 Park Ave., New York. Reservations online. |
| Nov. 3 |
U.S. Election Day. Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and local elections in many states. Special elections to replace former Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA-10), who resigned to become Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, and former Rep. John McHugh (NY-23), who resigned to become Army Secretary. |
| Nov. 2 |
10:00 a.m., Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency director, address the U.N. General Assembly. Video webcast on the United Nations website. |
| Nov. 1-3 |
Center for Strategic and International Studies, "China-U.S. Strategic Nuclear Dialogue." Beijing (closed). |
| Oct. 31 |
Current continuing resolution for the unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010 ends. |
| Oct. 30 |
9:00 a.m.-noon, Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations; Tatsujiro Suzuki, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan; David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; and Nobumasa Akiyama, Hitotsubashi University, "Nuclear Renaissance and the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Finding New Markets and Preventing Proliferation." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 30 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., Institute for Security Studies, "Celebrating the Entry-into-Force of the Treaty of Pelindaba." United Nations, Conference Room 4. |
| Oct. 30 |
National Day of Remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers. |
| Oct. 29 |
11:00 a.m., John Mueller, Ohio State University; Michael Krepon, Stimson Center; and Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation, book discussion of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al Qaeda. Cato Institute. 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Webcast on the Cato Institute website. |
| Oct. 29 |
12:30-1:45 p.m., Martin Sherwin, George Mason University; James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; Lynn Eden, Stanford University; and Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists; "Nuclear Abolition: Is it Possible to Uninvent a Technology? A Conversation Between Scholars and NGOs." Part of the Society for the Social Studies of Science annual meeting. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Jefferson Room, Arlington, VA. |
| Oct. 29 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., Mayors for Peace, "Hiroshima: A Reminder." United Nations, Conference Room A. |
| Oct. 29 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Banking Committee, markup of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 29 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Scott Sagan, Stanford University "Nuclear Power Without Nuclear Proliferation?" Stanford University, Encina Hall Central, CISAC Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. |
| Oct. 29 |
House of Representatives floor action on a second continuing resolution for the unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010. |
| Oct. 29 or 30 |
Senate floor action on a second continuing resolution for the unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010. |
| Oct. 28 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Brian Salerno, U.S. Coast Guard, "Marine and Arctic Security from WMD Threats." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| Oct. 28 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, markup of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, H.R. 2194. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| Oct. 28 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, markup of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2009, S. 1649, and other bills. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 28 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, and Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, "Iran and the Bomb: How Likely? How Dangerous?" SAIS, 410 Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 28 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., International Panel on Fissile Materials, "Global Fissile Material Report 2009: Fissile Materials and Nuclear Disarmament." United Nations, Conference Room 4. |
| Oct. 28 |
1:30-5:00 p.m., ICAS Liberty Foundation, "The Korean Peninsula Issues," with Daniel Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes; Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation; Larry Korb, Center for American Progress, and other speakers. B318 Rayburn Office Building Room, Washington. |
| Oct. 28 |
3:00-5:00 p.m., NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, "Getting to Zero? A Discussion to Consider and Debate the Various Paths and Perspectives that May Lead Us to Complete Nuclear Disarmament." Church Center for the United Nations, Second Floor, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York. |
| Oct. 28-29 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Pakistani officials. Islamabad, Pakistan. |
| Oct. 28-29 |
National Security Adviser James Jones meets with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia's National Security Council and with Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister. Moscow. |
| Oct. 27 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Jeff Miller (FL), "EMP and Cyber Threats: Connections to Terrorism, Arms Control, WMD, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| Oct. 27 |
House of Representatives floor action on a resolution for a national day of remembrance on Oct. 30, 2009, for American nuclear weapons program workers and uranium workers, H.Res. 790, on the suspension calendar. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Oct. 27-30 |
Proliferation Security Initiative exercise "Deep Sabre II," a multinational maritime interdiction exercise. Changi Naval Base, Singapore, and South China Sea. |
| Oct. 27-Nov. 3 |
U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) votes on resolutions. United Nations. |
| Oct. 26 |
10:30-noon, Kevin Veal, Harvard University, "Nonproliferation and North Korea." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 26 |
11:00 a.m., Hans Blix, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, "World at a Tipping Point on Nuclear Arms." Sponsored by Project for Nuclear Awareness. At the University of the Arts, Dorrance Hamilton Hall, 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia. Webcast on the Ban All Nukes Website. |
| Oct. 26 |
12:15-1:45 p.m., David Hoffman, Washington Post, "Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: New Evidence on Strategic Defense and Biological Weapons." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 26 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., Peace Boat US, screening of Flashes of Hope: Hibakusha Travelling the World. United Nations, Conference Room 4. |
| Oct. 26 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., Linton Brooks, former administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund; and Thomas Scheber, National Institute for Public Policy, "Next Steps on START." U.S. Institute of Peace, Second Floor, 1200 17th St., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 26 |
3:30 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; John Ahearne, former chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations, "The Proliferation Consequences of Laser Enrichment Technology." Sponsored by the Elliott School, George Washington University; Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; and the Monterey Institute. At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. |
| Oct. 26 |
7:00 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival and the Japanese American United Church, opening of a Hiroshima-Nagasaki photo poster exhibit, with Emiko Okada, Hiroshima A-bomb survivor; Steven Leeper, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation; and Kathleen Sullivan, peace educator. Japanese American United Church, 255 Seventh Ave., New York. For information, contact Yumi Tanaka, New York Peace Film Festival, at (917) 692-2210. |
| Oct. 26-27 |
Ri Gun, director general of North Korea's Foreign Ministry Office on North American Affairs, participates in the annual Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue. San Diego. China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and United States make up the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue. Sung Kim, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks, and Derek Mitchell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, will represent the United States. |
| Oct. 26-27 |
10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT, International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament. Sponsored by Project for Nuclear Awareness. At the University of the Arts, Dorrance Hamilton Hall, 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia; University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; National Autonomous University, Mexico City; and Moscow State University, Moscow. |
| Oct. 26-27 |
Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) fall conference, Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London. |
| Week of Oct. 26 |
P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States), lead by Javier Solana, foreign policy chief of the European Union, hold a second round of talks with Iranian officials, led by Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Undersecretary of State William Burns will again represent the United States. Vienna, Austria or Geneva. |
| Oct. 25 |
International Atomic Energy Agency begins inspections of Iran's new uranium enrichment facility. Qom, Iran. |
| Oct. 25-28 |
J Street national conference, "Driving Change, Securing Peace." Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington. |
| Oct. 24 |
United Nations Day. |
| Oct. 23 |
1:00- 4:45 p.m., American Enterprise Institute, "Should Israel Attack Iran? Law, Policy, and Foundations for the Debate," with six speakers. American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 22 |
Senate floor action on the conference report on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Oct. 22 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Frank Kendall to be Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and other nominations. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 22 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Paul Pillar, Georgetown University; Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association; and James Dobbins, RAND, "Iran's Nuclear Challenge: Where to Go from Here?" Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 22 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on a strategic concept for transatlantic security, with Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State; Gen. John Craddock (retired); former Supreme Allied Commander-Europe; Kurt Volker, former representative to NATO; and Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 22 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Matthias Englert and Michael May, Stanford University, "Proliferation Resistance of Nuclear Technologies: Conversion of Research Reactors and Other Case Studies." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. |
| Oct. 22 |
4:00-6:00 p.m., Susan Shirk, University of California San Diego; John Delury, Asia Society; Robert Carlin, Stanford University; and Harry Broadman, The Albright Group, "North Korea Inside Out: The Case for Economic Engagement." University of California, Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 22 |
6:00-7:15 p.m., Amb. Abdallah Baali, Algerian ambassador to the United States and president of the 2000 NPT Review Conference; Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund; Charles Glaser, George Washington University; and Amb. Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, State Department, "Nuclear Futures: The Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament." George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 22-23 |
NATO defense ministers informal meeting. Bratislava, Slovakia. |
| Oct. 22-24 |
Finnish Institute of International Affairs and the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, "The Nonproliferation Treaty and a World without Nuclear Weapons," with William Perry, former U.S. Defense Secretary; Margaret Beckett, former U.K. Foreign Secretary; Gareth Evans, former Australian Foreign Secretary; Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director General; Mohamed Shaker, former chair of the U.N. Committee on Disarmament; Henrik Salander, chair of the 2002 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting; James Goodby, former U.S. ambassador; and other speakers. Helsinki, Finland. |
| Oct. 22-24 |
Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, Sky City Casino Hotel, Acoma Pueblo, NM. |
| Oct. 21 |
7:30-8:30 a.m., Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, Air Force Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, "Reinvigorate the Nuclear Enterprise." Sponsored by the Air Force Association. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, VA. |
| Oct. 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Mark Begich (AK), "Missile Defense, Nuclear Deterrence, and U.S. National Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| Oct. 21 |
8:00-noon, Hudson Institute, "U.S. Strategic Posture in an Increasingly Proliferated World," with Rep. Mike Turner (OH) and seven other speakers. Capitol Visitors Center, North Conference Center, Washington. |
| Oct. 21 |
11:00 a.m., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, "Reinvigorating the Nonproliferation Regime: A U.S.-led Diplomatic Campaign." Sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace. Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, East Room, Washington. |
| Oct. 21 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Tara McKelvey, American Prospect; Joby Warrick, Washington Post, and Sharon Weinberger, author of A Nuclear Family Vacation, "Loose Nukes." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 21 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Ahsan Iqbal PM, Pakistan; Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Research Society for International Law; and Adil Najam, Boston University, "The Politics and Economics of U.S.-Pakistan Relations." Sponsored by the Pugwash Conferences and the Stimson Center. 1111 19th St., NW, Suite 1200, Washington. |
| Oct. 21-Nov. 5 |
Joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense exercise, "Juniper Cobra," simulating a missile strike by Iran. Nevatim Air Force Base, Israel; eastern Mediterranean Sea; and other locations in Israel. |
| Oct. 20 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Vipin Narang, Harvard University, "Posturing for Peace? Pakistan's Nuclear Posture and South Asian Stability." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 20 |
Noon, Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, book discussion of Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War." Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| Oct. 20 |
5:00-6:00 p.m. Pierre Goldschmidt, International Atomic Energy Agency, "Managing Iran's Nuclear Ambitions?" Carnegie Endowment, Brussels, Belgium. |
| Oct. 19 |
10:30-noon., James Reid, Defense Department, "Nuclear Nonproliferation Practitioners Seminar." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 19 |
Noon-1:00 p.m., David Hoffman, Washington Post, book discussion of The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy. Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Flom Auditorium, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 19 |
1:00-2:30 p.m., Sergey Rogov, Institute for the USA and Canadian Studies, Moscow, and John Steinbruner, University of Maryland, "A Roundtable Discussion on the START Follow-on Talks." Arms Control Association, 1313 L St., Lower Level Conference Room, NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 19 |
3:00-5:30 p.m. Stanford University, screening of The Strangest Dream, a documentary about physicist Joseph Rotblat, followed by a panel discussion on "The Ethics of Nuclear Technology," with Burt Richter and Martin Hellman, Stanford University. Encina Hall, Bechtel Conference Center, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA. |
| Oct. 19 |
4:00-5:15 p.m., Ariel Levite, Carnegie Endowment, "The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Where We Stand Today." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 19-20 |
Iranian officials meet with French, Russian, U.S., and International Atomic Energy Agency officials on Iran being provided low-enriched uranium fuel for its Tehran Research Reactor. Vienna, Austria. |
| Week of Oct. 19 |
Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan meets with U.S. officials. Washington. Implementation of the U.S.-India nuclear agreement is on the agenda. |
| Oct. 19-Oct. 30 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a seventh round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| Oct. 18-20 |
International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, fourth meeting. Hiroshima, Japan (closed). |
| Oct. 17 |
U.S.-United Arab Emirates nuclear cooperation agreement, Congressional review period ends. |
| Oct. 17-19 |
House of Representatives recess. |
| Oct. 16 |
9:30 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on Radioactive Import Deterrence Act, H.R. 515, with Margaret Doane, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Leonard Slosky, Rocky Mountain Low Level Waste Board; and Val Christensen, EnergySolutions. 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| Oct. 16 |
12:30-1:45 p.m., Mitchell Wallerstein, Syracuse University, and Patricia Wrightson, National Academies of Science, "The Role of National Security Export Controls in a Globalized Economy: Findings and Recommendations of the National Academies' 2009 Report." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Video webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Oct. 16 |
Due date for scoping comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) environmental impact statement for the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site. Comments can be submitted to the NNSA Nevada Site Office by email. |
| Oct. 15 |
Senate floor action on the conference report on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 3183, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Oct. 14 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Paul Walker, Global Green, "Nonproliferation and Chemical Weapons: Challenges in Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention." MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 14 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., John Steinbruner and Nancy Gallagher, University of Maryland, "Reconsidering the Rules for Space Security," Sponsored by the Bipartisan Security Group. United Nations, Conference Room 7. |
| Oct. 14 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., John Hallam, Nuclear Flashpoints, and Steven Starr, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Operational Readiness of Nuclear Weapon Systems." Sponsored by the Government of Chile. United Nations, Conference Room E. |
| Oct. 14 |
President Obama reports to Congress on the inventory of the nuclear arsenals of all countries, an assessment of their risks, and recommendations for improving security and safeguards (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1044). |
| Oct. 13 |
House of Representatives floor action on the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009, H.R. 1327, on the suspension calendar. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Oct. 13 |
12:30-2:45 p.m., Amb. Jürg Streuli, Swiss representative to the Conference on Disarmament; Amb. Susan Burk, U.S. Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Amb. Pablo Macedo, Director-General for United Nations, Mexican Foreign Ministry, "Defining Success at the NPT Review Conference." Sponsored by the Middle Powers Initiative and the Government of Switzerland. Swiss Mission to the United Nations, 633 Third Ave, 29th Floor, New York. |
| Oct. 13 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Intelligence Committee, hearing on the nomination of David Gompert to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 13 |
4:00-6:00 p.m., David Hoffman, Washington Post, book discussion of The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy. Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| Oct. 13 |
5:00-6:30 p.m., John Limbert, U.S. Naval Academy, book discussion of Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History. Harvard University, Belfer Building, Bell Hall, Fifth Floor Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 13 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Moscow. The status of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction agreement is on the agenda. Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, will be part of the delegation. |
| Oct. 13 |
10th anniversary of the U.S. Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
| Oct. 12 |
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, "The Presidency in the Nuclear Age," with 14 speakers. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston. |
| Oct. 12 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., Uta Zapf MP; chair, German Parliament Subcommittee on Disarmament and Arms Control; Mikyung Lee MP, Secretary-General of the South Korean Democratic Party; Tadashi Inuzuka, MP, Japan; and Rep. Dennis Kucinch, "Advancing the U.N. Secretary-General's Five Point Plan for Nuclear Disarmament." Sponsored by Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. 866 United Nations Plaza, First Floor, Baha'i International U.N. Office, New York. |
| Oct. 12 |
Columbus Day (federal holiday).
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| Oct. 10 |
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, international meeting on the 2010 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London. |
| Oct. 10-12 |
Senate Columbus Day recess. |
| Oct. 9 |
11:00 a.m. CEST (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 9 |
7:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Two Futures Project, "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Why Christians Matter." Part of National Association of Evangelicals, Evangelical Leaders Forum, First Baptist Church of Glenarden, 3600 Brightseat Rd., Landover, MD. |
| Oct. 9-12 |
House of Representatives Columbus Day recess. |
| Oct. 8 |
House of Representatives floor action on the conference report on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. |
| Oct. 8 |
7:00 p.m., Dana Weant, "An Overview of Nuclear Material Smuggling," Sponsored by the Los Alamos Committee for Arms Control and International Security. United Church, Christian Education Building, Lounge, 2525 Canyon Rd., Los Alamos, NM. |
| Oct. 8-9 |
United States and India hold a second round of talks on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from the United States. Vienna, Austria. |
| Oct. 7 |
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Atlantic Council, "Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps," with Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Rep. Michael Turner (OH); and other speakers. Atlantic Council, 1101 15th St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington. |
| Oct. 7 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, hearing on the proposed agreement between the United States and the United Arab Emirates on civilian nuclear cooperation. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 7 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Gunnar Jeremias, Hamburg Research Group for Biological Arms Control, "Harnessing Trade Data for BWC Compliance." Global Green USA, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 600, Washington. |
| Oct. 7 |
5:30-7:00 p.m., James Mann, SAIS; Fritz Ermarth, former chairman, National Intelligence Council; Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Michael Mandelbaum, SAIS, "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War." SAIS, Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 7 |
House-Senate conference committee files the conference report on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. |
| Oct. 6 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Banking Committee, hearing on "Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options," with Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Stuart Levey, Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and Daniel Hill, Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Oct. 6 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Philipp Bleek, Harvard University, "Does Proliferation Beget Proliferation? Assessing 'Reactive Proliferation,'" Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 5 |
10:30-11:45 a.m., James Timbie, State Department, "The Practice of Arms Control and Nonproliferation," Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Oct. 5 |
4:30-6:30 p.m. CEST (10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT), Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, and Ban Ki-Moon, U.N. Secretary-General, "Resetting the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda." Palais des Nations, Geneva. Webcast on the United Nations website. |
| Oct. 5 |
Noon, Jon Wolfsthal, Office of Vice President Joe Biden, "Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security." Georgetown University, Intercultural Center, Seventh Floor Executive Conference Room, 37th and O Sts., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 5 |
1:30-4:30 p.m., American Enterprise Institute, "Export Control Reform 2009: Enhancing National Security and Economic Competitiveness," with six speakers. American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St., 12th Floor, NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 5 |
3:00-4:00 p.m., Andrew Semmel, International Atomic Energy Agency, and David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, "The U.N. and Nuclear Issues." Sponsored by the United Nations Association. 2255 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| Oct. 5 |
6:30-8:00 p.m., Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and Julian Lewis MP, Shadow Defense Minister, "The Future of British Nuclear Weapons." St. James' Building, Rusko Room, 79 Oxford St., Manchester, United Kingdom. |
| Oct. 4-5 |
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Pyongyang, North Korea. |
| Oct. 4-6 |
Women's Action for New Directions national conference. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington. |
| Oct. 3-4 |
Mohammed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, meets with Iranian officials to discuss inspections of Iran's new uranium enrichment facility. Tehran, Iran. |
| Oct. 3-10 |
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space." |
| Oct. 2 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Commander, Global Strike Command, "Global Strike Command, Deterrence, and U.S. Strategy Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| Oct. 2 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Andrew Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, "U.S. Nuclear Forces: Meeting the Challenge of a Proliferated World." Internet briefing. |
| Oct. 2-4 |
International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, meets with South Asian countries. New Delhi (closed). |
| Oct. 2-5 |
House of Representatives recess. |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 1 |
9:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on President Obama's new plan for missile defenses in Europe and the implications for international security, with Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Michèle Flournoy, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; and Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency. 210 House Visitors Center, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| Oct. 1 |
House of Representatives floor action on the conference report on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 3183, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Oct. 1 |
3:00-5:00 p.m., Joel Wit, U.S.-Korea Institute, and Robert Carlin, Stanford University, "U.S. Strategy Toward North Korea: Rebuilding Dialogue and Engagement." SAIS, Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Oct. 1 |
National Security Council completes a national space policy review (Presidential Study Directive-2 and 3). |
| Oct. 1 |
National Nuclear Security Administration administrator reports to Congress on a review of the Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3116). |
| Oct. 1 |
P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States), lead by Javier Solana, foreign policy chief of the European Union, hold talks with Iranian officials, led by Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Undersecretary of State William Burns will represent the United States. Geneva. |
| Sept. 30 |
Noon, Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow, Cato Institute, "The China Factor: Persuading Beijing to Get Tough with North Korea." Sponsored by the Cato Institute. At B338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| Sept. 30 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Michael Krepon, Stimson Center, "Better Safe than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb." MIT, E40-496, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA. |
| Sept. 30 |
2:00 p.m., House-Senate conference committee meets to complete the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 3183, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. S-127 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| Sept. 29 |
Senate floor action on a continuing resolution for appropriations for fiscal year 2010 through Oct. 31, 2009, H.R. 2918. |
| Sept. 29 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Michael Gerson, Center for Naval Analyses; Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation; and James Acton, Carnegie Endowment, "Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Posture. Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 29-30 |
International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, meets with Middle Eastern countries. Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Cairo, Egypt (closed). |
| Sept. 28 |
10:30-11:45 a.m., Olli Heinonen, International Atomic Energy Agency, "Nuclear Nonproliferation Practitioners Seminar." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| Sept. 28 |
1:00-2:00 p.m., former Sen. Chuck Hagel (NE) and Sen. Richard Lugar (IN), "The Future of NATO: A Congressional Perspective." Atlantic Council, 1101 15th St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington. |
| Sept. 28 |
5:00-6:00 p.m., National Security Advisor Gen James Jones and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, "Afghanistan, Missile Defense, and Future of NATO." Atlantic Council, 1101 15th St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington. |
| Sept. 28 |
6:00-7:00 p.m., Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations, and Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "Reducing the World's Nuclear Arsenal." World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., Auditorium, Second Floor, San Francisco. |
| Sept. 27 |
German Federal Assembly, or Bundestag, election. |
| Sept. 27 |
Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 28. |
| Sept. 26-28 |
House and Senate Yom Kippur recess. |
| Sept. 25 |
House of Representatives floor action on a continuing resolution for appropriations for the fiscal year 2010 through Oct. 31, 2009, H.R. 2918. |
| Sept. 25 |
3:15 p.m., Paul Kirk is sworn in as senator to fill the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA). |
| Sept. 24 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the President's decision on missile defense in Europe, with Michèle Flournoy, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Gen. James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Sept. 24 |
Morning, President Obama chairs a summit meeting of the U.N. Security Council on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament. United Nations. May be broadcast on CNN and video webcast on the United Nations website. |
| Sept. 24 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., James Acton and George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, "Deterring Safeguards Violations." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 24-25 |
President Obama attends the G-20 economic summit. Pittsburgh. Leaders from China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States will meet on the sidelines of the summit to discuss new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. |
| Sept. 24-Oct. 6 |
Senate floor action on the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3326. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Sept. 23 |
9:00 a.m., President Obama meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. New York. North Korea's nuclear program will be on the agenda. The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review may also be on the agenda. |
| Sept. 23 |
~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Broadcast on CNN and video webcast on the United Nations website. |
| Sept. 23 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, John Limbert, U.S. Naval Academy; Farideh Farhi, University of Hawaii; and Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution, "Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History." U.S. Institute of Peace, Second Floor Conference Room, 1200 17th St., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 23 |
3:30 p.m., President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. New York. Progress on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty will be on the agenda. |
| Sept. 23 |
~5:00 p.m., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Video webcast on the United Nations website and possibly Iranian Press TV. |
| Sept. 23-25 |
Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will present the United States. Portions may be video webcast on the United Nations website. |
| Sept. 22 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Matthew Bunn, Harvard University, "Options for Limiting the Security Risks from a Negotiated Nuclear Settlement with Iran." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369. Cambridge, MA. |
| Sept. 22 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hearing on the Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2009, S. 1649, with former Sens. Bob Graham and Jim Talent, Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, and Gregory Kutz, Government Accountability Office. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org, and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Sept. 22 |
3:30 p.m., President Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao. New York. Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programs will be on the agenda. |
| Sept. 22 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. 21 |
Noon-2:00 pm, Geneive Abdo, The Century Foundation, and Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, "Iran: Prospects for Engagement." Sponsored by the National Security Network. At McGuire Woods LLP, 1050 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 1200, Washington. |
| Sept. 21 |
Senate floor vote on the nomination of Michael Gilmore to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department. |
| Sept. 21 |
Campaign: WMD--We Must Disarm, International Day of Peace. |
| Sept. 21-Oct. 2 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a sixth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| Sept. 19 |
Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown. Through Sept. 22. |
| Sept. 18 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, scoping meeting on the environmental impact statement for the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site. Holiday Inn Conference Center, St. George, UT. |
| Sept. 18 |
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 20. |
| Sept. 18-20 |
House and Senate Rosh Hashanah recess. |
| Sept. 17 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2009 ends. Geneva. |
| Sept. 16 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, Daniel Joyner, University of Alabama; Anthony Arend, Georgetown University; Leonard Spector, Monterey Institute; and Michael Wheeler, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, book discussion of International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Georgetown University, McCarthy Hall, McShane Lounge, Washington. |
| Sept. 16 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, scoping meeting on the environmental impact statement for the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site. Tonopah Convention Center, 301 Brougher Ave., Tonopah, NV. |
| Sept. 15 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the reappointment of Adm. Michael Mullen to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Sept. 15 |
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sen. Jim DeMint (SC); Clifford May, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Peter Huessy, GeoStrategic Analysis; and Helle Dale, Heritage Foundation. "No Grand Bargain with Russia: Why Missile Defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic are Vital to the Security of Europe and the United States." Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| Sept. 15 |
12:15-1:45 p.m., Nicholas Thompson, book discussion of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. New America Foundation, 1899 L St., NW, Suite 400, Washington. |
| Sept. 15 |
4:00-6:00 p.m., Japan Collaborative Security Initiative and the Pugwash Conferences, "Asian Mutually-Assured-Dependence (A-MAD) Concept." At the Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| Sept. 15 |
7:00-9:30 p.m., New York Peace Film Festival and Interborough Repertory Theater, screening of Twice Bombed, Twice Survived (Double Hibaku). Interborough Repertory Theater, 154 Christopher St, Suite 3B, New York. |
| Sept. 14 |
9:30 a.m., House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing on "Status Report on Federal and Local Efforts to Secure Radiological Sources," with seven witnesses. SUNY Downstate Alumni Auditorium, 395 Lenox Rd., Brooklyn, NY. |
| Sept. 14 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, scoping meeting on the environmental impact statement for the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site. Bob Ruud Community Center, 150 N. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. |
| Sept. 14 |
Federal agencies submit their initial budget submissions for fiscal year 2011 to the Office of Management and Budget. (Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1.) |
| Sept. 14-18 |
International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. |
| Sept. 11 |
Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 11-13 |
International Institute for Strategic Studies, "Global Strategic Review." Geneva. |
| Sept. 10 |
8:30-10:30 p.m., National Academy of Sciences, first meeting continued of the committee preparing the report Review and Update of Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty." Keck Center, Room 101, 500 Fifth St., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 10 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3326. Location 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Sept. 10 |
George LeMieux is sworn in to replace retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (FL). Senate Chamber, Washington. |
| Sept. 10 |
2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, scoping meeting on the environmental impact statement for the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site. Frank Rogers Science and Technology Building, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV. |
| Sept. 9 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., Des Browne Lord Hannay of Chiswick, David Lidington, and Tony Lloyd, British parliamentarians, "British Parliamentary Perspectives on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation." Cosponsored by the Carnegie Endowment and the British American Security Information Council. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 9 |
10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3326. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Sept.9 |
12:30-5:30 p.m., National Academy of Sciences, first meeting of the committee preparing the report Review and Update of Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Keck Center, Room 100, 500 Fifth St., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 9 |
6:30 p.m., Break A Leg Productions, staged reading of Reykjavik by Richard Rhodes. CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Hall, 34th St. at Fifth Ave., New York. |
| Sept. 9 |
Iran presents an updated package of nuclear proposals to the P5+1 group (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States). |
| Sept. 9 |
6:45-8:00 p.m., John Park, U.S. Institute of Peace, "Exploring the Potential Impact of Financial Sanctions on North Korea." Sponsored by the Sejong Society of Washington, DC. SAIS, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 9-11 |
U.N. Department of Public Information/NGO Annual Conference, "For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!" Mexico City. |
| Sept. 8 |
House and Senate return from August recess. |
| Sept. 8 |
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., National Institute of Public Policy, "Nuclear Strategy Forum: Reconsidering the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty," with George Look, National Security Council; William Perry, former Defense Secretary; James Schlesinger, former Defense Secretary; Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ); George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment; and Ronald Lehman, former director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Pentagon City Ritz Carlton, Salon I and II, Arlington, VA. |
| Sept. 8-10 |
EMPACT America, "Protecting America Against Permanent Continental Shutdown from Electromagnetic Pulse: A National Conference," with former Gov. Mike Huckabee, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (MD), Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), and other speakers. Conference Center Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, NY. |
| Sept. 7 |
Labor Day (holiday). |
| Sept. 7-11 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. 2 |
China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States meet to discuss Iran's nuclear program. Near Frankfort, Germany. |
| Sept. 1 |
Noon, James Phillips, Heritage Foundation, "The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies The West." Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| Sept. 1 |
President Obama submits an annual Global Nuclear Security report to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note). |
| Sept. 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on a review of nonnuclear prompt global strike concepts (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 257). |
| Aug. 31-Sept. 3 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a fifth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| Aug. 30 |
Japanese general elections. |
| Aug. 28 |
Gov. Charlie Crist announces a replacement for retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (FL). |
| Aug. 26 |
2:15-3:30 p.m., Russian Amb. Sergei Kislyak, "A Conversation About U.S.-Russian Relations." Monterey Institute, McCone Building, Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce St., Monterey, CA. |
| Aug. 26-28 |
U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues. Niigata, Japan. |
| Aug. 25 |
2:00-3:30 p.m., Miles Pomper, Monterey Institute, "Prospects for Reducing U.S. and Russian Non Strategic Nuclear Weapons." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| Aug. 24-28 |
Biological Weapons Convention, meeting of experts. Geneva. |
| Aug. 23 |
3:01-9:01 a.m., U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| Aug. 22 |
1:00-3:00 p.m., Vandenberg Witness, demonstration against the Minuteman III launch, Los Angeles Air Force Base, 483 N. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, CA. |
| Aug. 22 |
11:55 p.m., Vandenberg Witness, demonstration against the Minuteman III launch, front gate, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| Aug. 21 |
12:15-2:00 p.m., Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University, Spain, "Saddam's WMD Strategy from Iraqi State Documents." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| Aug. 21 |
Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Sept. 20. |
| Aug. 18 |
7:00 p.m., Umbrella Hat Productions, Atomic Heritage Foundation, and the Los Alamos Historical Society, Richard Rhodes and a reading of his new play, Reykjavik. El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 1615 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM. |
| Aug. 17-20 |
Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition, Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL. |
| Aug. 13 |
7:00 p.m., Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists, "Discussion of Nuclear Reprocessing and International Policy." Sponsored by the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security. At the United Church, Christian Education Building, Graves Hall, 2525 Canyon Rd., Los Alamos, NM. |
| Aug. 13-14 |
Air Force Counterproliferation Center, "Confronting Global WMD Threats: New Direction of a New Administration." Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel and Suites, Williamsburg, VA. |
| Aug. 13-16 |
Think Outside the Bomb national conference. Albuquerque, NM. |
| Aug. 10 |
12:15-2:00 p.m., Philipp Bleek, Georgetown University, "Does Proliferation Beget Proliferation? Assessing 'Reactive Proliferation' Potential in the Middle East and Asia." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA.
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| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. Local events are posted on the Peace Action website. |
| Aug. 8-Sept. 7 |
Senate August recess. |
| Aug. 7 |
Senate floor vote on the nomination of Glyn Davis to be the Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
| Aug. 7 |
U.S. Air Force activates the Global Strike Command for nuclear missiles and bombers. Barksdale Air Force Base, LA. |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Local events are posted on the Peace Action website. |
| Aug. 6-7 |
Project on Nuclear Issues 2009 Summer Conference. University of California, San Diego, CA |
| Aug. 5 |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in as president before the Iranian parliament. Tehran, Iran. Video webcast on Iranian Press TV. |
| Aug. 5 |
12:30-1:30 p.m., Richard Bush, Brookings Institution, "Dialing Down North Korea's Nuclear Threat." Sponsored by Brookings Institution, Washington. Online only. |
| Aug. 4 |
Senate Armed Services Committee, vote on the nomination of Michael Gilmore to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department, and other nominations. Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Aug. 4 |
2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of Glyn Davis to be the Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other nominations. S-116 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| Aug. 3 |
Noon, Rear Adm. Alan Hicks, Missile Defense Agency, "Update on Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and the Navy Air and Missile Defense Center." Sponsored by the Marshall Institute. At the Army-Navy Club, 901 17th St, NW, Washington. |
| Aug. 3 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2009 begins. Geneva. |
| Aug. 1-Sept. 7 |
House of Representatives August recess. |
| July 31 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Roger Burg, Commander, 20th Air Force, "Minuteman Role in Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| July 30 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the U.S. security relationship with Russia and its impact on transatlantic security, with Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Vice Adm. James Winnefeld, Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. HVC-210 Capitol Visitors Center, Washington. Not webcast. |
| July 29-30 |
House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| July 29-30 |
U.S. Strategic Command, "First Annual Strategic Deterrence Symposium: Waging Deterrence in the 21st Century," with 27 speakers. Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St., Omaha, NE (closed). |
| July 28 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Glyn Davis to be the Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 28 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities, hearing on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield Explosives Consequence Management, with David Heyman, Homeland Security Department; Paul Stockton, Defense Department; Gen. Victor Renuart, U.S. Northern Command; and Davi D'Agostino, Government Accountability Office. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.
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| July 28 |
Noon-1:15 p.m., Michael Adler, Wilson Center, and Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics, "Engaging Iran and North Korea." Sponsored by the Wilson Center. B-340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| July 28 |
2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on "The Reset Button Has Been Pushed: Kicking Off a New Era in U.S.-Russian Relations," with Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, and Celeste Wallander, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 27 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., George Ullrich, Science Applications International Corporation; Jennifer Mackby, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative, "All It Takes Is One: Nuclear Blast Effects and Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons." U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th St., NW, Suite 200, Washington. |
| July 27 |
Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Jerusalem. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| July 27 |
Nations report to the U.N. Security Council on compliance with the new North Korean sanctions (U.N. Security Council Resolution S/RES/1874 (2009), paragraph 22). |
| July 27-28 |
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of the first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Washington. |
| July 27-29 |
Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, S. 1436. No floor votes until July 28. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| July 23 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to China, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 23 |
12:15 p.m., Roger Cohen, New York Times; Ali Ansari, University of St. Andrews; George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment; and Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment, "Iran's Clenched Fist: Should the United States Still Extend its Hand?" At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. For information, contact Kendra Quintana at (202) 939-2289. |
| July 23 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the ASEAN Regional Forum. Phuket, Thailand. She may meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the margins of the meeting to discuss nuclear arms reduction negotiations. Clinton and the foreign ministers of China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea may also meet to discuss North Korea. |
| July 22 |
9:00 a.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 22 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Iran: Recent Implications for U.S. Policy," with six witnesses. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 22 |
2:00-3:00 p.m., Sen. Mark Begich (AK), "Alaska's Strategic Role in the Defense of the United States and the Vital Role of Missile Defense." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| July 22 |
8:00 p.m., President Obama holds a news conference. White House, Washington. Video webcast on the White House website, and broadcast on ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC. |
| July 22-24 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a fourth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| July 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Seeking the High Road on Nuclear Strategy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| July 21 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Steven Hildreth, Congressional Research Service; Philip Coyle, former Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department; and Greg Thielmann, former Office Director, State Department Intelligence Bureau, "Policy Briefing on Missile Defense." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| July 21 |
12:30-1:30 p.m., Philip Coyle, former Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense, and Greg Thielmann, former Office Director, State Department Intelligence Bureau, "Congressional Lunch Briefing on Missile Defense." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. B-354 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| July 20 |
10:00 a.m., Newt Gingrich, former House Speaker, "Address on National Security." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington (closed). Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| July 20 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., Lawrence Wittner, State University of New York at Albany, and David Patterson, former chief editor of the Foreign Relations of the United States series, book discussion of Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington. Video webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| July 20 |
3:00-4:30 p.m., Frank von Hippel, co-chair, International Panel on Fissile Materials, and Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, "Nuclear Reprocessing: Is the U.S. Missing out on the Nuclear Waste Solution?" Sponsored by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and by Physicians for Social Responsibility. SVC-210 Capitol Visitors Center, Washington. |
| July 20 |
4:30-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Wittner, State University of New York at Albany, book discussion of Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement. Sponsored by Friends Committee on National Legislation and Peace Action. At the Friends Committee on National Legislation, 245 Second St., NE, Washington. |
| July 17 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., Gernot Erler, German Minister of State, and Leonard Spector, Monterey Institute, "Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Policies of the Federal Republic of Germany." Sponsored by the Monterey Institute. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| July 17-21 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and other Indian officials. Mumbai (July 17-19) and New Delhi (July 19-21). Implementation of the U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation agreement is on the agenda. |
| July 16 |
9:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed). |
| July 16 |
9:00 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, briefing on the START Treaty follow-on agreement, with Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, and Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs. SVC-217 Capitol Visitor Center, Washington (closed). |
| July 16 |
9:00-11:00 a.m., Lewis Dunn, Science Applications International Corporation, Lawrence Scheinman, Monterey Institute, and Miles Pomper, Monterey Institute, "The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Assessing the
Past, Building the Future." Monterey Institute, 1111 19th St., 12th Floor, Washington. |
| July 16 |
9:30-11:30 a.m., Center for International Trade and Security, round table discussion with Philippine government delegation on export control and nonproliferation. At McKenna, Long, and Aldridge LLP, 1900 K St., NW, Washington. |
| July 16 |
10:00 a.m., House Budget Committee, hearing on "Budgeting for Nuclear Waste Management," with Christopher Kouts, Energy Department, and Kim Cawley, Congressional Budget Office. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| July 16 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, Connect U.S. Fund, "Talking about Nuclear Weapons Policy: Lessons from Recent Public Opinion and Messaging Research." 1120 19th St., NW, Eighth Floor, Washington. Webcast online. |
| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 15 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on "Addressing a New Generation of Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction: Department of Energy Nonproliferation Programs and the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program," with Thomas D'Agostino, administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, and Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs. 2118 Rayburn House Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| July 15 |
1:00 p.m., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a major speech on ways the United States can promote nuclear nonproliferation and other themes. Council on Foreign Relations, 1777 F St., NW, Washington (closed). |
| July 15 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation, and Doug Bandow, Cato Institute, "PONI Debates the Issues North Korea Live Debate." Center for Strategic and International Studies, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| July 15 and 17 |
House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 3183, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| July 14 |
Noon, Cato Institute, "Engaging China to Solve the North Korea Problem," with five speakers. 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Video webcast on the Cato Institute website. |
| July 14 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command, "Deterrence, Space, Homeland Defense, Cyber: New Security Challenges." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| July 14 |
Special election to replace former Rep. Hilda Solis (CA-32), who resigned to become Labor Secretary. |
| July 13-23 |
Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1390, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| July 10 |
President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican City. |
| July 9 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the reappointment of Gen. James Cartwright to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other nominations. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 9 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on "The Export Administration Act: A Review of Outstanding Policy Considerations," with former Michigan Gov. John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers; Arthur Shulman, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control; and Owen Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 9 |
10:30 a.m., Alan Romberg, Stimson Center; Scott Snyder, Asia Foundation; and Muthiah Alagappa, Korea Economic Institute, "What if North Korea Says No? Medium-to-Long Term Strategic Options for the Other Five Parties." Korea Economic Institute, 1800 K St. NW, Suite 1010, Washington. |
| July 9 |
House of Representatives floor action on the State and foreign operations appropriations bill, H.R. 3081. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| July 9 |
2:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department, and the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 9 |
6:45-8:00 p.m., Christopher Nelson, The Nelson Report, "North Korea Policy: The Contradictions Set In." Sponsored by SAIS and the Sejong Society of Washington. SAIS, Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| July 8 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 8 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates: Review of the Proposed U.S.-UAE Agreement," with Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 8 |
12:30 p.m., Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, luncheon address. National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. |
| July 8 |
3:30- 6:00 p.m., Piers Millett, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, and Paul Walker, Global Green USA, "Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention." New America Foundation, 1899 L St., NW, Fourth Floor, Washington. |
| July 8-10 |
President Obama attends the G-8 summit. La Maddalena, Italy.
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| July 7 |
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. CEST (3:00 a.m.-noon EDT), NATO, "Launching NATO's New Strategic Concept," with Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency; Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State; and 17 other speakers. Palais d'Egmont, Brussels, Belgium. Webcast on the NATO website. |
| July 7 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Timothy Roemer to be ambassador to India, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 7 |
12:15 p.m., Al Franken (MN) is sworn in as a senator. Senate Chamber, Washington. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| July 7 |
7:00 p.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 6 |
1:00-2:00 p.m., Morton Halperin, Open Society Institute, and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "The Moscow Summit: Assessing Progress on Nuclear Weapons Risk Reduction." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Choate Room, Washington. |
| July 6-8 |
President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Moscow. Discussion of a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty is on the agenda. |
| July 4 |
Independence Day.
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| July 3 |
Independence Day observed (holiday).
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| July 2 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors votes on the next director-general (tentative). Vienna, Austria. |
| July 1 |
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Heritage Foundation, "The Obama-Medvedev U.S.-Russia Summit: Facing Reality, Protecting U.S. Interests," with eleven speakers. 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| July 1 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Elizabeth Turpen, Stimson Center, and Anne Harrington, National Academy of Sciences "Preventing Catastrophic Terrorism: Exploring the Synergies Between UNSCR 1540 and Global Cooperative Threat Reduction." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| June 30 |
10:00 a.m., Heritage Foundation, "Iran's Nuclear Threat: The Day After," with four speakers. Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| June 30 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Matthew Sharp and Elena Rodriguez-Vieitez, Harvard University, "Managing the Atom 'Nuclear 101' Seminar on Uranium Enrichment and Plutonium Production." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
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| June 30 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Wilson Center, "The Iranian Presidential Elections: What Do They Tell Us?" with four speakers. Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Video webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| June 30 |
6:30 p.m., Barbara Slavin, Washington Times, "The Iranian Election: What it Means for Iran and Relations with the U.S." Sponsored by Women's Foreign Policy Group. At the Academy for Educational Development, Eighth Floor Board Room, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 29 |
3:01-9:01 a.m. PDT, U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| June 29 |
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Indian Amb. Meera Shankar and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, "Natural Allies? U.S.-Indian Relations in the Obama Era," with three panels. American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| June 29 |
11:00 a.m.-noon, former Sen. Bob Graham (FL) and former Sen. Jim Talent (MO), "World at Risk: Preventing WMD Proliferation and Terrorism." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage website. |
| June 29 |
1:30 p.m., Global Zero, "Eliminating Nuclear Weapons." St. Regis Hotel, Astor Ballroom, Washington. |
| June 29 |
5:00 p.m., Adm. Timothy Keating, U.S. Pacific Command, "Current Security Challenges in the Pacific, Including North Korea's Recent Nuclear Tests and Missile Launches." Atlantic Council, 1101 15th St., NW, 11th Floor, Washington. |
| Week of June 29 |
Amb. Philip Goldberg leads an interagency delegation to China and other countries on implementing U.N. sanctions on North Korea. |
| June 28/29 |
Midnight, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, ICBM Launch Protest. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| June 27 |
Informal NATO-Russian foreign ministers meeting. Corfu, Greece. |
| June 27-July 6 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess. |
| June 26 |
G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Trieste, Italy. |
| June 26 |
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy meets with South Korean officials. Seoul, South Korea. |
| June 25 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO), "Deterrence, Space, and Missile Defense Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 25 |
Senate floor votes on the nominations of Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA) to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Kurt Campbell to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. |
| June 25 |
9:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| June 25 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, second day of markup of the defense authorization bill, S. 1390, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 25 |
10:00 a.m., House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on "Science of Security: Lessons Learned in Developing, Testing and Operating Advanced Radiation Monitors," with Jayson Ahern, Homeland Security Department; Gene Aloise, Government Accountability Office; Charles Gallaway, Homeland Security Department; and Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Sciences. 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| June 25 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., U.S. Institute for Peace, "Iran's Presidential Elections: Implications for U.S.-Iranian Engagement," with four speakers. 1200 17th St., NW, 12th Floor Conference Room, Washington. |
| June 25 |
6:30-8:00 p.m., Farideh Farhi, University of Hawaii-Manao; Arang Keshavarzian, New York University; and Suzanne DiMaggio, Asia Society, "Iran's Presidential Election and the Future of U.S.-Iran Relations." Asia Society and Museum, Eighth Floor, 725 Park Ave., New York. |
| June 24 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "The July Summit and Beyond: Prospects for U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Reductions," with former Defense Secretary William Perry; Thomas Graham, Jr., Lawyers Alliance for World Security; and Keith Payne, National Institute of Public Policy. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| June 24 |
11:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "Iran at a Crossroads?" 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington.Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 24 |
1:00-2:30 p.m., Juergen Trittin, former German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety, "Prospects for Nonproliferation and Disarmament: A European Perspective." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 24 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, first day of markup of the defense authorization bill, S. 1390, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 24 |
6:00-7:45 p.m., Heritage Foundation, screening of "33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. |
| June 24-25 |
House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 23 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Stephen Johnson, Navy Strategic Systems Programs, "The Trident and Contribution to Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 23 |
9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., American Foreign Policy Council and eight other organizations, "Independent Working Group Conference on the Role of Missile Defense," with 14 speakers. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 23 |
Noon, Cato Institute, "Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy," with four speakers. 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 23 |
12:15-1:45 p.m., Amb. Nicholas Burns; Abbas Milani, Stanford University; and Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment, "Iran's Clenched Fist Election: What Next for U.S. Policy?" Carnegie Endowment, Washington. Webcast online only. |
| June 23 |
2:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, S. 1390, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 23 |
4:00 p.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| June 23 |
4:00 p.m., Peter Lavoy, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, "Nuclear Trend Lines and Tipping Points: South Asia." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| June 23-24 |
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy leads a U.S. delegation for Defense Consultative Talks with Chinese defense officials. Beijing. |
| June 22 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., New America Foundation, "Iran's Election: What Happened? What's Next?" with six speakers. 1899 L St., NW, Suite 400, Washington. |
| June 22 |
4:00-5:30 p.m., Lt. Col. Hamid Farooq, Pakistani Joint Staff Headquarters, "Confidence-Building Measures and South Asian Strategic Stability." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| June 22-24 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a third round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| June 22-24 |
Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Nuclear Energy, Proliferation, and Security in the Middle East." Amman, Jordan. |
| June 21 |
10:10 a.m., Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Two Futures Project, "Faith and the Future of Nuclear Weapons." National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 20-21 |
International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, third meeting. Moscow (closed). |
| June 19 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., John Harvey, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Moving to Consensus on America's Nuclear Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 19 |
Senate floor votes on the nominations of Andrew Shapiro to be Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and Bonnie Jenkins to be State Department Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs. |
| June 19 |
President Obama submits a National Security Strategy report to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a). |
| June 18 |
Senate floor action on the conference report on the war supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 2346. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| June 18 |
5:30 p.m., Hugh Gusterson, George Mason University, "An End to Nuclear Testing." National Air and Space Museum, Director's Conference Room, Sixth St. and Independence Ave., SW, Washington. |
| June 17 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Craig Hansen, Babcock & Wilcox, "Global Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 17 |
8:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Reps. Gregory Meeks, James Clyburn, John Tierney, and nine other speakers. "U.S. and Iran: Between Elections and Enrichment," Sponsored by the National Iranian American Council. Capitol Visitors Center, Auditorium, Washington. |
| June 17 |
9:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| June 17 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., Amb. Rogelio Pfirter, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, "WMD Threats." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 17 |
9:30-10:30 a.m., Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, and Stephen Rademaker, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, "Nonproliferation: Reducing Global Threats." Part of the conference "Towards the G-8 Summit in Italy." Center for Strategic and International Studies, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| June 17 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, joint hearing on "North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Tests and the Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go from Here?" with four witnesses. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| June 17 |
10:00 a.m., House Science and Technology Committee, hearing on "Advancing Technology for Nuclear Fuel Recycling: What Should Our Research, Development, and Demonstration Strategy Be?" with four witnesses. 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
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| June 17 |
Noon-1:00 p.m., Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, "Defense Priorities and the 2010 Defense Budget." Center for National Policy, One Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 333, Washington. |
| June 16 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the ballistic missile defense budget, with William Lynn, Deputy Defense Secretary; Gen. James Cartwright, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman; and Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 16 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| June 16 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Negeen Pegahi, Harvard University, "Deterrence Theory and Nuclear Strategy: Basic Logics and Concepts." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| June 16 |
Noon-1:00 p.m., Amb. Rogelio Pfirter, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, "Going to Zero with Weapons of Mass Destruction: Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention." Wilson Center, Flom Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. Video webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| June 16 |
2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, votes on the nominations of Andrew Shapiro to be Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Bonnie Jenkins to be State Department Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA) to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Kurt Campbell, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and other nominations. S-116 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| June 16 |
House of Representatives floor action on the conference report on the war supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 2346. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 16 |
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak meets with President Obama. Washington. North Korea's nuclear and missile programs are on the agenda. |
| June 16-17 |
Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| June 15 |
2:00-3:00 p.m., Morton Halperin, Open Society Institute, and Andrew Semmel, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation, "Nuclear Proliferation Issues in the Context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency" Sponsored by Security for a New Century. HC-7 Capitol Building, Washington. |
| June 15 |
6:00 p.m., Goodman Theatre, staged reading of the play Reykjavik, by Richard Rhodes. 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. |
| June 15-19 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| June 12 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former head, Israel's Missile Defense Organization, "Iranian Ballistic Missile Threats." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 12 |
U.N. Security Council adopts a new sanctions resolution on North Korea over its nuclear and missile tests. |
| June 12 |
Iranian presidential election.
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| June 11 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Missile Defense Agency, "Future Plans for MDA." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 11 |
8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Center for a New American Security, annual conference. Willard InterContinental Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Washington. |
| June 11 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Michael Gilmore to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department, and other nominations. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 11 |
1:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| June 11 |
2:00 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "North Korea Back at the Brink?" with Stephen Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, State Department; Evans Revere, Korea Society; Leon Sigal, Social Science Research Council; Nancy Lindborg, Mercy Corps. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 11 |
2:00 p.m., Henry "Trey" Obering, former director of the Missile Defense Agency, and Walter Lohman, Heritage Foundation, "North Korea's Next Shot: Missile Defense - Real Response to Real Threats," Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. Video webcast on the Heritage Foundation website. |
| June 11-12 |
NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium. |
| June 10 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Larry Welch, Institute for Defense Analyses, "Sustaining the Nuclear Deterrent." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| June 10 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Kurt Campbell to be an Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 10 |
House of Representatives floor action on the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011. H.R. 2410. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 10 |
9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT, Lawrence Wittner, author of Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, "A Peace and Disarmament History: Peace Action Since 1957." Conference call presentation with question and answer. |
| June 10-12 |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, International Scientific Studies Conference, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria. |
| June 10-13 |
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns meets with Indian officials in New Delhi and visits the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. The U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation agreement is on the agenda. |
| June 9 |
2:00 p.m., House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office budget (and other programs), with Chuck Gallaway, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (and other witnesses). 311 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast of the committee website. |
| June 9 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., Selig Harrison, Center for International Policy, "Will Pakistan Break Up?" Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 9 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., David Sanger, New York Times, "North Korea's Weapons Tests: What's Next?" Center for National Policy, One Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 333, Washington. |
| June 9 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA) to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 9 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Matthew Bunn, Harvard University, "How Nuclear Weapons Work." Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| June 9 |
10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 9 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors holds a straw poll for a new director. Vienna, Austria. |
| June 8 |
9:00-10:15 a.m., Hassan Wirajuda, Foreign Minister of Indonesia, "U.S.-Indonesian Comprehensive Partnership." Speech will include nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation issues. Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| June 8-9 |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization preparatory commission meeting. Vienna, Austria. The recent North Korean nuclear test may be placed on the agenda. |
| June 5 |
12:15-2:00 p.m., Bharath Gopalaswamy, Cornell University, "Role of Infrasound Signal Detection in Verifying the CTBT." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| June 4 |
President Obama gives a major speech addressed to the Muslim world. Cairo, Egypt. May be broadcast on CNN. |
| June 4 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Amandeep Singh Gill, Stanford University, and Bharath Gopalaswamy, Cornell University, '"The Science and Politics of Testing in India: What to Expect After the Nuclear Deal?" Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| June 4 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Amandeep Singh Gill and David Holloway, Stanford University, "Nuclear Learning Revisited." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| June 4 |
4:00 p.m., Martin and Annelise Anderson, book discussion of Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster. Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. |
| June 3 |
9:30 a.m., Tibor Toth, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "The DPRK Test and the Implications for the CTBT." Sponsored by the Verification Research, Training, and Information Centre. Development House, Conference Room 2, 56-64 Leonard St., London. |
| June 3 |
10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on the Energy Department budget, with Energy Secretary Stephen Chu. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| June 3 |
11:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the security of Pakistan's nuclear program. SVC-217 Capitol Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 3 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on strategic forces programs, with Thomas D'Agostino, National Nuclear Security Administration; Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, Air Force Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration; Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, 8th Air Force; and Rear Adm. Stephen Johnson, Strategic Systems Programs, U.S. Navy. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 3 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Andrew Shapiro to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, and other nominations. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 2 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Adm. James Stavridis, to be Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and other nominations. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 2 |
10:15 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, NNSA administrator. 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| June 2-3 |
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., National Defense University, "The Changing Nature of Ballistic Missile Defense." Unclassified, "non-attribution" venue. Fort McNair, Marshall Hall, Room 155, Washington. |
| June 1 |
9:00 CDT (10:00 EDT), Minnesota Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Norm Coleman-Al Franken Senate election case. St. Paul, MN. Video webcast on Twin Cities Public Television. May be broadcast on other networks. |
| June 1 |
Senate floor vote on the confirmation of Susan Burk to be Special Representative of the President to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| June 1-3 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a second round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. |
| June 1-6 |
Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, Undersecretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy (or Wallace Gregson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Affairs), Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth, and Jeffrey Bader, Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council, meet with officials in Tokyo (June 1-2); Seoul, South Korea; Beijing; and Moscow to discuss North Korea's nuclear program. (Dates are estimates.) |
| May 29 |
10:30 a.m., National Ignition Facility dedication. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Livermore, CA (closed). |
| May 28 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Robert Joseph, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "Libya's Nuclear Program: The Proliferation Security Initiative and Lessons Learned." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 28 |
8:30-10:15 a.m., former Defense Secretary William Perry and former National Security Council adviser Brent Scowcroft, release of the report, U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy. Council on Foreign Relations, 1777 F St., NW, Washington. |
| May 28 |
12:15-1:30 p.m., Elizabeth Turpen, Stimson Center, "Who Should Own Our Nuclear Weapons?" New America Foundation, 1899 L St., NW, Fourth Floor, Washington. |
| May 28 |
Youm-e-Takbeer, or Day of Greatness, anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear weapon test in 1998. |
| May 27 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., Arnold Kanter, Scowcroft Group; Janne Nolan, University of Pittsburgh; and Thomas Scheber, National Institute for Public Policy, "America's Strategic Posture: Reducing Nuclear Dangers," U.S. Institute of Peace, Second Floor Conference Room, 1200 17th St., NW, Washington. |
| May 27 |
2:00 p.m., Mary Palevsky, author of Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions; Hugh Gusterson, author of Nuclear Rites: A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War and People of the Bomb: Portraits of America's Nuclear Complex; William Lanouette, author of Genius in the Shadows : A Biography of Leo Szilard : The Man Behind the Bomb; and Martin Sherwin, author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Building the Bomb, Fearing Its Use: Nuclear Scientists, Social Responsibility, and Arms Control, 1946-1996." Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Room 119, 10 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 26 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Tom McInerney, former Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, "Deterring Nuclear Terrorism: The McInerney Plan." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 26 |
10:00 a.m., Tariq Fatemi, retired member of the Pakistan Foreign Service, and Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment, "Pakistan's Fight Against Extremists." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. For information, contact Jessica Jennings at (202) 939-2265. |
| May 25 |
Memorial Day (holiday). |
| May 23-31 |
House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (House recess is through June 1.) |
| May 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Theater and Global Tiered Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 21 |
10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, NNSA administrator; Garrett Harencak, Military Application, NNSA; and Kenneth Baker, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| May 21 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 21 |
10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Missile Defense Agency budget, with Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Missile Defense Agency. 125 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 21 |
1:30-5:30 p.m., ICAS Liberty Foundation, "The Korean Peninsula Issues," with Rudy deLeon, Center for American Progress; Kurt Tong, Office of Korean Affairs, State Department; and other speakers. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. |
| May 21 |
2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on national security space and missile defense budgets, with Gen. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command, and Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, Missile Defense Agency, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| May 21 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Lynn Eden, Center for International Security and Cooperation, "End of the World: Sense, Nonsense, and Nuclear War." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| May 20 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Clare Lopez, Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, "How Tehran Buys Time for Iran's Nukes: Mullah Rope a Dope." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 20 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, hearing on the State Department budget, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 20 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, markup of the Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2009, H.R. 1886, and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, H.R. 2410. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| May 20 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, and Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, "New Directions on Iran, U.S. Nuclear Policy, and the NPT." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. |
| May 20 |
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Gary Samore, National Security Council, "Advancing U.S. Nonproliferation and Disarmament Leadership." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. |
| May 20 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Adam Bernstein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Antineutrinos and Nonproliferation." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| May 20 |
2:00 p.m. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on military space programs, with five witnesses. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 20 |
2:00 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the State Department budget, with the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 20 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., Lewis Dunn, SAIC, "21st Century Nuclear Deterrence." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Marriott Residence Inn, Arlington, VA. |
| May 20 |
President Obama reports to Congress on nonproliferation and threat reduction objectives (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2357g). |
| May 19 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, "Iranian Nuclear Perspectives." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 19 |
10:15 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on funding and oversight of the Energy Department, with Energy Secretary Steven Chu. 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 19 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Brussels, Belgium. Negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty are on the agenda. |
| May 19 |
Special election to replace former Rep. and now Labor Secretary Hilda Solis (CA-32). |
| May 19-21 |
Senate floor action on the war supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 2346. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 19-20 |
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a first round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Moscow. |
| May 18 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Monterey Institute, "The Legal and Policy Implications of Ambiguous Rocket Launches: Learning from the North Korean Case," with four speakers. At the Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, Washington. |
| May 18 |
10:00-11:00 a.m., Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, "The Future of Global Engagement." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| May 18 |
10:30 a.m., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| May 18 |
Noon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama hold a news conference. White House, Washington. Broadcast on CNN and possibly other networks. |
| May 18 |
Conference on Disarmament second session for 2009 begins. Geneva. |
| Week of May 18 |
Senate floor votes on the confirmation of Daniel Poneman to be Deputy Energy Secretary and Andrew Weber to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (estimates). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 15 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), "House Outlook on the Iranian and North Korean Threats and U.S. Missile Defense Responses." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 15 |
1:30-3:00 p.m., Matthew Sharp, Managing the Atom, "Material Accounting and Tattletale Scientists: Verifying Disarmament." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA |
| May 14 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Elaine Bunn, National Defense University, "Tailored Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 14 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 14 |
9:45 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Jeffrey Feltman to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 14 |
2:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the war supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 2346. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 14 |
House of Representatives floor action on the war supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 2346. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| May 13 |
9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, hearing on the State and foreign operations budget, with Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| May 13 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| May 13 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, vote on the nomination of Daniel Poneman to be Deputy Energy Secretary, and other business items. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| May 13 |
10:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Bonnie Jenkins to be Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs. 419 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 13 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Clay Moltz, Naval Postgraduate School, "Asia's Rising Space Powers: Emerging Capabilities and Possible U.S. Responses." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| May 13 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., John Bolton, former acting Ambassador to the U.N.; Eric Edelman; former Principal Deputy Assistant to Vice President Cheney for National Security Affairs; Pavel Felgenhauer, Novaya Gazeta and Jamestown Foundation; Timothy Morrison, Office of Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ); and Stephen Rademaker, former Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, "Beyond the 'Grand Bargain': U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Iran." American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| May 13 |
1:30 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Building Capacity to Protect U.S. National Security: The Fiscal Year 2010 International Affairs Budget," with Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| May 13 |
2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the national security programs budget of the Energy Department, with Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Inés Triay, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; and Glenn Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, Energy Department. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| May 13 |
5:30-7:30 p.m. Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, and Stephen Rademaker, former Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, "PONI Debates the Issues: CTBT Live Debate." Center for Strategic and International Studies, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| May 13 |
India completes its general election. (Votes will be counted on May 16.) |
| May 12 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD), "Stopping Nuclear Terrorism: Intelligence, Marine, and Port Security Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 12 |
9:00-10:30 a.m., William Hartung, New America Foundation; Christopher Paine, Natural Resources Defense Council; and Ingrid Drake, Project on Government Oversight, "Lost in Transition: The Costs and Consequences of the Pending Program to Modernize the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex." New America Foundation, 1899 L St., NW, Suite 400, Washington. |
| May 12 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Andrew Weber to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, and other nominations. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 12 |
10:15 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of Susan Burk to be Special Representative of the President to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, and another nomination. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 12 |
10:20 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on U.S. Strategy toward Pakistan, with Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. 419 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 12 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., Robert Selden, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Scott Kemp, Princeton University, "Does the Spread of Nuclear Power Mean the Spread of Nuclear Bombs?" Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. B339 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| May 12 |
2:30 p.m. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State and foreign operations portion of the supplemental appropriations bill. 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 12 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary, National Council of Churches, and Sergio Duarte, U.N. High Representative for Disarmament, reception for The Fire Next Time: Faith and the Future of Nuclear Weapons, published by Reflections magazine of the Yale Divinity School. Sponsored by Faithful Security and Yale Divinity School. Millennium U.N. Plaza Hotel, New York. |
| May 12-14 |
Proliferation Security Initiative operational experts group meeting. Miami. |
| May 11 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Frank von Hippel, Arend Meerburg, Alexander Glaser, and Zia Mian, Princeton University, "Design of a Verifiable Fissile Material Treaty: A Presentation by the International Panel on Fissile Materials." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| May 11 |
3:00-6:00 p.m., O'Neil Hamilton, CARICOM 1540 coordinator; Amb. Claude Heller, Mexican ambassador to the U.N.; and Brian Finlay, Stimson Center, "What 1540 Could Be: An Equitable Approach to Nonproliferation in a Globalizing World." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. United Nations, Conference Room E. |
| May 11 |
6:45-8:00 p.m., Wookshik Cheong, Peace Network (South Korea); Akira Kawasaki, Peace Boat (Japan); and John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, "The Future of the Six-Party Talks." SAIS, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Washington. |
| May 8 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Miller, former National Security Council staff, "Is Nuclear Deterrence Relevant in the 21st Century?" Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 8 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH); Bill Kidd, MSP, Scotland; Mayra Gomez, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament; and Hideo Hiraoka, MP, Japan; "The Role of Parliamentarians in Advancing a Nuclear Weapons-Free World." United Nations, Conference Room D. |
| May 8 |
2:00-3:30 p.m., Nicholas Burns, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, "Iranian Non-Proliferation Policy: New Directions or Old Problems?" Center for National Policy, One Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 333, Washington. |
| May 7 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the report of the Strategic Posture Review Commission, with former Defense Secretary William Perry, chairman, and former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, vice chairman. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 7 |
10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the war supplemental appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| May 7 |
10:30 a.m., President Obama releases the federal budget for fiscal year 2010. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| May 7 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Jorge Urbina, chairman of the UNSCR 1540 Committee, Thomas Wuchte, U.S. senior adviser for the UNSCR 1540 Committee, and Elizabeth Turpen, Stimson Center, "Actualizing the Administration's Goal of Preventing Nuclear Terrorism." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| May 7 |
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Washington. Further negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty are on the agenda. |
| May 7 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Global Security Institute, "Voices of Experience," with Sergio Duarte, U.N. High Representative; former Undersecretaries-General Nobuyasu Abe and Jayantha Dhanapala; and actor Michael Douglas. United Nations, Conference Room 1. |
| May 7 |
1:30-3:00 p.m., Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department budget for fiscal year 2010. Forrestal Building, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website. |
| May 7 |
4:00-5:30 p.m., Michael Krepon, Stimson Center, book discussion of Better Safe Than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb. CNS Seminar Room D-100, 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| May 7 |
5:00 p.m., Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, "Russian-U.S. Relations." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| May 7 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., Reaching Critical Will, "10th Anniversary Reception." Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, 10th Floor Conference Room, New York. |
| May 7-12 |
Stephen Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, meets with officials in China (May 7), South Korea (May 8), Japan (May 11), and Russia (May 12) on restarting the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program. |
| May 6 |
Noon, Strategic Posture Review Commission releases its report at a news conference, with former Defense Secretary William Perry, chairman, and former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, vice chairman. U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th St., NW, Second Floor, Washington. Posted on the commission website. |
| May 6 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Michael Krepon, Stimson Center, book discussion of Better Safe Than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb. Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| May 6 |
12:30-1:45 p.m., Etel Solingen, University of California-Irvine, "Economic Statecraft, the Six-Party Talks, and Nuclear Proliferation." Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, SST 777, Irvine, CA. |
| May 6 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., U.S. Mission to the U.N., "United States and Article V." United Nations, Conference Room A. |
| May 6 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., Gareth Evans, International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Christie Brinkley, actress; Hideo Hiraoka, Japanese Diet member, and Henrik Salander, Middle Powers Initiative. "Progressive Initiatives." Sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the Austrian Government. United Nations, Conference Room 1. |
| May 6 |
2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the report of the Strategic Posture Review Commission, with former Defense Secretary William Perry, chairman, and former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, vice chairman. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website. |
| May 6 |
2:30 p.m., Bill Rammell, Minister of State, U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, "A World Free Of Nuclear Weapons? How to Stem the Tide of Global Nuclear Ambitions." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA. |
| May 5 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook of Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense, and Proliferation Threats." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 5 |
9:45 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on the nomination of Daniel Poneman to be Deputy Energy Secretary and other nominations. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 5 |
1:15-2:45 p.m., Sergio Duarte, U.N. High Representative for Disarmament; Nirupam Sen, former Indian ambassador to the U.N.; Douglas Roche, Middle Powers Initiative; and Jonathan Granoff, Global Security Institute, book discussion of Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World. United Nations, U.N. Bookstore. |
| May 5 |
2:00-4:00 p.m., Steven Blank, Army War College; Matthew Rojansky, Partnership for a Secure America; and Peter Huessy, Geostrategic Analysis, "Russian Defense Policy and Nuclear Weapons: Opportunity or Disaster?" Sponsored by the Reserve Officers Association. At the Air Force Association Building, 1501 Lee Hwy., Fourth Floor, Arlington, VA. |
| May 5 |
2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nominations of Susan Burk to be Special Representative of the President to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and Ivo Daalder to be NATO Ambassador (estimates). S-116 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| May 4 |
6:30 p.m., U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, screening of The Strangest Dream, the story of Joseph Rotblat and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences to halt nuclear proliferation. United Nations, Conference Room 1. |
| May 4-15 |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the review conference in 2010. United Nations. A large number of governmental and nongovernmental briefings are scheduled at the United Nations during the NPT preparatory committee meeting. A calendar of events is on the Reaching Critical Will website. |
| May 3-5 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, Washington. |
| May 2-4 |
International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, regional meeting for Latin America. Santiago, Chile. |
| May 1 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Tom Deppe, Air Force Space Command, "Air Force Strategic and Space Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| May 1 |
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, "Current Positions and Recommendations of Disarmament Groups," with Hans Blix, WMD Commission chairman; Sergio Duarte, U.N. Representative for Disarmament Affairs; and nine other speakers, followed by Gary Samore, White House WMD Coordinator. At the Brookings Institution, Second Floor, Stein Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| May 1 |
Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website. |
| May 1 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress a plan for maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523). |
| April 30 |
10:00 a.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, hearing on the war supplemental appropriations request, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| April 30 |
12:15-1:30 p.m., Daniel Byman, Georgetown University, "Do Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation Go Together?" University of Maryland, 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
| April 29 |
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., American Foreign Policy Council, "Missile Defenses and American Security," with Rep. Trent Franks (AZ) and four other speakers. 2226 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| April 29 |
House and Senate floor action on the conference committee report on the budget resolution, S.Con.Res. 13. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| April 29 |
5:30 p.m., National Committee on American Foreign Policy, "Averting a Nuclear Iran: Obama and the Greater Middle East," with four speakers. Union Club, 101 E. 69th St., New York. |
| April 29 |
8:00 p.m. EDT, President Obama holds a news conference. White House, Washington. Broadcast on several networks. |
| April 28 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Frederick Kagan, American Enterprise Institute, "Stopping State Sponsored Terror: Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| April 28 |
9:00 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Michael Nacht to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, and other nominations. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| April 28 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Negeen Pegahi, Harvard University, "Updating Deterrence Theory for the Next Nuclear Age." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA. |
| April 28 |
4:00-5:30 p.m., Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala and Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Pugwash Conferences, "Conversation on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Current Efforts to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| April 28 |
6:00-8:00 p.m., Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, reception honoring Sen. Harry Reid (NV) and three others. B-340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| April 27 |
9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eurasia Center, "U.S.-Russia World Forum," with Russian Amb. Sergei Kislyak, Undersecretary of State William Burns, and other speakers. 902 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. The conference continues on April 28 at George Washington University with topics on business and regional issues. |
| April 27 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists; Linton Brooks, former administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association. "Next Steps in the U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Reduction Process: The START Follow-On Negotiations and Beyond." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. |
| April 27 |
1:00 p.m., House-Senate conference committee meeting on the budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 85 and S.Con.Res. 13. S-115 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| April 27 |
1:00-3:00 p.m., Sen. Joe Lieberman (CT); Frederick Kagan, American Enterprise Institute; Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution; and Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute, "After the Ballot Box: U.S.-Iranian Relations in an Era of Change." American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| April 27 |
3:00-4:30 p.m., William Tobey, Harvard University, "Negotiating with North Korea." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA. |
| April 26-29 |
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability DC Days. Washington. |
| April 24 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, Air Force Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, "The Future Role of Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| April 23 |
9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, hearing on the war supplemental appropriations request, with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
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| April 23 |
9:30 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on the nomination of Kristina Johnson to be Undersecretary of Energy. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast CapitolHearings.org. |
| April 22 |
9:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "New Beginnings: Foreign Policy Priorities in the Obama Administration," with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| April 22 |
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Monterey Institute and Georgetown University, "Attribution: Post-Nuclear Event," with eight speakers. Georgetown University, ICC Auditorium, 37th and O Sts., NW, Washington. |
| April 22 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nominations of Susan Burk to be Special Representative of the President to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and Ivo Daalder to be NATO Ambassador. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org. |
| April 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Senate Perspectives on Iran and Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. |
| April 21 |
Noon-2:00 p.m., Jing-Dong Juan and Nikolai Sokov, Monterey Institute, "Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament." Monterey Institute, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. |
| April 21 |
Restrictions on Mordechai Vanunu, an Israeli whistleblower, to leave Israel and to speak to non-Israelis expire. |
| April 20 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, "The Road to Zero Nukes: The First Five Years." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
| April 19-23 |
Project for Nuclear Awareness, "Join the Revolution: Nuclear Disarmament Exhibit." University of the Arts, Hamilton Hall, Solmssen Court, 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia. |
| April 17 |
12:15-1:45 p.m., Richard Garwin, Thomas Watson Research Center, "Nuclear Power, But Hold the Recycle." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| April 17-20 |
Pugwash Conference, "Justice, Peace, and Nuclear Disarmament," Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel, The Hague, Netherlands.
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| April 15 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Chaim Braun, Stanford University, "Proliferating from Civilian Nuclear Power." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| April 15 |
President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(2)). |
| April 14 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., Arian Pregenzer, Sandia National Laboratories, "Near Term Opportunities to Advance the Goals of NPT Article VI through International Technical Cooperation." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. |
| April 14 |
Energy Department reports to Congress on a research and development plan to improve nuclear forensics capabilities (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3114). |
| April 13 |
U.N. Security Council adopts a statement on North Korea's missile test (tentative). May be video webcast on the United Nations website. |
| April 13 |
5:30-7:30 p.m., George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, and J.D. Crouch, National Institute for Public Policy, "PONI Debates the Issues: Perkovich and Crouch on Global Zero." Center for Strategic and International Studies, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
| April 13-14 |
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., National Defense University, "The Impact of Space on Conventional and Nuclear Deterrence," with 28 speakers. Fort McNair, Marshall Hall, Room 155, Washington. |
| April 13-May 1 |
U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
| April 12 |
Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1234). |
| April 10 |
President Obama submits a war supplemental appropriations bill to Congress. The bill will include primarily the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| April 10 |
12:15-2:00 p.m., Alexander Pikayev, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, "The Future of U.S.-Russian Arms Control." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA.
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| April 9 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Joseph Martz, Stanford University, "Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: the Role of Science and Technology." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| April 9 |
3:30-5:00 p.m., Scott Sagan and Michael May, Stanford University, and Gareth Evans, International Crisis Group, "How the World Disarmed: The History of Nuclear Abolition 2009-2025." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA. |
| April 9 |
National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran |
| April 8 |
9:00-11:00 a.m., Natural Resources Defense Council, Federation of American Scientists, and other organizations, "Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World," with Robert Civiak, former Office of Management and Budget budget examiner and other speakers. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., Root Room, NW, Washington. |
| April 8 |
1:30-3:00 p.m., Ola Dahlman, book release of Nuclear Test Ban: Converting Political Visions to Reality. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Abelson/Haskins Room, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington. |
| April 7 |
Special election to replace former Rep. and now White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (IL-5). |
| April 6 |
4:00-5:30 p.m., Paul Richards, Columbia University, "Verifying the CTBT." Monterey Institute, Seminar Room D-100, 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. |
| April 6-7 |
Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
| April 6 |
U.N. Security Council continues debates on a resolution on North Korea's missile test. |
| April 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on nonnuclear prompt global strike technologies (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 257). |
| March 31 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
| March 15 |
President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on Russian proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile items to Iran and to other countries of proliferation concern (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).
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| Feb. 15 |
President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)). |
| Feb. 15 |
Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits an annual report to Congress on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note). |
| Feb. 15 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566). |
| Feb. 14-15 |
International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, second meeting. Washington (closed). |
| Feb. 1 |
Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the National Counterproliferation Center website. |
| Jan. 31 |
President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)). |
| Jan. 30 |
Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
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| Jan. 20 |
Barack Obama inaugurated president. |
| Jan. 19 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| Jan. 6 |
Congress convenes. |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday). |
| Jan. 1 |
Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on the status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563). |
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