Agenda Critical questions regarding the future of the nuclear enterprise – fueled by rising global threats, questions about modernization, President Obama’s Prague legacy, and a looming nuclear posture review – will need to be addressed quickly by the next administration. Introduction John J. Hamre President and CEO, CSIS Panel 1 – The Prague Legacy: A Report Card Opening Remarks: Rose Gottemoeller Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State Panel Discussion Moderator: Rebecca Hersman Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS William Tobey Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Joe Cirincione President, Ploughshares Fund Rebeccah Heinrichs Fellow, Hudson Institute Panel 2 – The Next Nuclear Posture Review Moderator: Clark Murdock Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS Brad Roberts Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Keith Payne CEO and President, National Institute for Public Policy Kath Hicks Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, CSIS Panel 3 – Nuclear Modernization: Is it needed and can we afford it? Opening Remarks: Robert Scher Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, the Department of Defense Panel Discussion Moderator: Chuck Lutes Director of the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, the National Defense University Tom Karako Senior Fellow, Missile Defense Program and International Security Program, CSIS Kate Blakeley Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments James Acton Co-Director, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Panel 4 – Deterrence and Assurance in a World of Rising Nuclear Dangers Moderator: Linton Brooks Non-Resident Senior Adviser, CSIS George Perkovich Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Bob Einhorn Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, Brookings Institution Joel Wit Visiting Scholar, US-Korea Institute, SAIS Jeffrey Rathke Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Europe Program, CSIS