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