Event Abolition 2000 Webinar: The Breakdown of the Iran Deal – Global PerspectivesAbolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons (Tarja Cronberg, SIPRI European Security Programme; Emad Kiyaei, American Iranian Council; Jamal Abdi, National Iranian American Council) LocationOnline
Event Between Two Giants: The Korean Dilemma within U.S.-China CompetitionThe intensifying theme of great power competition between the U.S. and China has major implications for the Korean Peninsula, its future unification and the U.S. alliance system in Northeast Asia. Most directly, China could be even more reluctant to change the status quo on the Korean peninsula in the hope of maintaining leverage against the… LocationStimson Center; Washington, DC
Event National Security in the Age of TrumpAbout the speaker: Stephen Miles is the Executive Director of Win Without War. Stephen is a veteran of campaign politics with a strong background in grassroots advocacy. He previously worked for the global campaigning organization Avaaz, as well as on multiple federal, state, and local electoral campaigns, and as the Executive Director of the American… LocationUniversity of Washington, Thomson Hall 317; Seattle, WA
Event JCPOA and the Future of Iran’s Nuclear ProgramPanel Discussion Thursday, 3 October 2019 from 12:30 – 14:00 The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend a panel discussion on “The JCPOA and the Future of Iran’s Nuclear Program,” on Thursday, 03 October 2019, from 12:30 to 14:00 in the conference room of the Permanent Mission of Japan. Refreshments will be served at… LocationVienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation; Vienna, Austria
Event North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War?Harvard University’s William Overholt discusses the release of his new edited volume, North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War? with Society President Tom Byrne. Overholt tackles the range of approaches to North Korea, the interplay of development and security, leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un, and challenges to alliance management. LocationKorea Society; New York, NY
Event The Future of U.S. Nuclear PolicyDespite the Cold War ending nearly 30 years ago, Russia and the United States still maintain robust nuclear arsenals and both states are pursuing new nuclear weapons programs. And with the last nuclear arms control pact left between the United States and Russia expiring in 2021, there will be no limits on either states’ nuclear… LocationThe Seattle Foundation; Seattle, WA
Event Pressing North Korea on Human Rights is Key to Making Progress on Security IssuesPresident Trump has stopped even mentioning North Korea’s abysmal human rights record in order to secure meetings with Leader Kim Jong-un ostensibly to make progress on serious security issues with North Korea. After 18 months of White House effort and two and a half summits, however, there has been little progress on denuclearization. Ambassador King… LocationStanford University; Stanford, CA
Event First Day of the UN General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament and International Security LocationUnited Nations; New York, NY
Event China-Korea RelationsSenior analyst Yang Xiyu, Senior Fellow at China’s Institute of International Studies, joins Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion of China’s role on the Korean Peninsula, its relations with South Korea, recent meetings between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and China’s commitment to denuclearization on the Korean… LocationKorea Society; New York, NY
Event Post-INF Treaty: Future of Arms Competition, End of Nuclear Arms Control?About this Event On August 2, 2019, the United States officially withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing Russian testing and deployment of missiles banned by the treaty. In the weeks after its withdrawal, the United States has tested its own intermediate-range ground-launched cruise missile, while Russia has continued to claim it… LocationNational Defense University; Washington, DC