2013 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference

Program

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  Keynote: Yukiya Amano, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency

  • Yukiya Amano, Mark Fitzpatrick
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, gives a keynote speech at the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference.

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  Prague 2.0? Deterrence, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in Obama’s Second Term

  • George Perkovich, Alexey Arbatov, Rose Gottemoeller, Yao Yunzhu
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  What evidence exists that other leaders share Obama's interest in the Prague agenda? What can be done to reinvigorate reciprocal progress on nonproliferation and disarmament?

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  Keynote: Allison Macfarlane, Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  • Allison Macfarlane, Matthew Wald
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Atrium Ballroom

  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane gives a keynote speech, and talks to New York Times energy reporter Matthew Wald.

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  Humanitarian Dimensions of Nuclear War, Deterrence and Disarmament

  • Nina Tannenwald, Elbridge Colby, Benno Laggner, Li Bin
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Horizon

  Do all nuclear-armed states accept that humanitarian law is applicable to their policies of nuclear deterrence and possible use? How could the use of nuclear weapons be consistent with humanitarian law?

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  Too Little Disarmament, Too Much Nonproliferation?

  • Scott Sagan, Christopher Ford, Alfredo Labbé, Harald Müller
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  What are the respective obligations of the nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states to work in “good faith” toward disarmament under NPT Article VI? Can the nonproliferation regime be significantly strengthened in the absence of significant steps toward the goal of nuclear disarmament?

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  Proliferation Implications of New Fuel Cycle Technologies

  • Jeffrey Lewis, Soon Chang, Nancy Jo Nicholas, Francis Slakey
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Polaris

  In the coming years, new fuel cycle technologies—notably laser enrichment and pyroprocessing— may be commercialized, sparking a vigorous debate about their proliferation impacts. How should we assess proliferation risks? And, who should perform the assessment?

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  Deterring Cyber and Space-Based Threats

  • Linton Brooks, Sergey Rogov, Xu Weidi
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Horizon

  A large-scale effective cyberattack could bring a highly complex modern society to its knees. Because of the severe consequences, some believe the threat of nuclear retaliation is appropriate as a deterrent. Is there a role for nuclear weapons in deterring a space attack or a cyberattack? If so, what is it? If not, how are such attacks to be deterred?

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  Are Treaties like FMCT and CTBT Still Vital?

  • Deepti Choubey, Christoph Eichhorn, Maleeha Lodhi, William Potter
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  The Conference on Disarmament has lost traction, and it seems clear that it will not initiate negotiations on an FMCT unless Pakistan (and maybe others) decides to join the consensus. Amid this gloomy outlook, are these treaties vital to progress on nonproliferation and disarmament?

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  Whither Nuclear Power?

  • Oliver Morton, Mark Hibbs, Gürkan Kumbaroğlu, M.V. Ramana
  • April 08, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Polaris

  How will public opinion, the cheap price of natural gas, liability issues, and continued challenges of waste management affect nuclear energy policy?

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  Keynote: M.J. Chung, Member, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

  • M.J. Chung, Douglas H. Paal
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  M. J. Chung, a seven-term member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, gave a keynote speech at the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference and answered Douglas Paal's questions.

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  Managing Nuclear Power Post-Fukushima

  • Daniel Poneman, Tatsujiro Suzuki, George Felgate
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  The Fukushima nuclear disaster forced a global re-think about the safety of nuclear power. Where once there seemed to be consensus about a nuclear renaissance, now there is diversity of views about the future of the industry.

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  What Nuclear Weapons Can the United States Afford?

  • Walter Pincus, Barry Blechman, Eric Edelman, Garrett Harencak, David Mosher
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Polaris

  The Obama administration has promised to try to protect spending on nuclear weapons. But, should it? What would be the strategic consequences—to both deterrence and assurance—of cutting the nuclear budget?

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  Arab Spring and Middle East WMDFZ

  • David Ignatius, Shahram Chubin, Dore Gold, Mahmoud Karem
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  In the midst of civil war in Syria, uncertainty in Lebanon and Jordan, political instability in Egypt, Iranian noncompliance with IAEA and UN Security Council requirements for transparency and confidence building, and paralysis in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, what is the value of focusing on a WMD-free zone?

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  Thérèse Delpech Memorial Award

  • George Perkovich, James M. Acton, Will Tobey, Linton Brooks
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC

  Ambassador Linton Brooks was awarded the Thérèse Delpech Memorial Award.

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  Is There an "Emerging Power" Agenda?

  • Togzhan Kassenova, Matias Spektor, Sinan Ülgen, Nirupama Rao
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Horizon

  Is there a common “emerging power” agenda in the nuclear area? How do relations between India, Turkey, Brazil, and the established powers (specifically the United States) impact their nuclear policies?

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  Extended Deterrence: Defining the U.S. Reassurance Requirement

  • Brad Roberts, Łukasz Kulesa, Jiří Šedivý, Koji Tomita
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  Balancing the U.S. commitments to reduce the number and role of nuclear weapons while strengthening extended deterrence and assuring allies has emerged as a significant challenge in the new security environment.

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  Proliferation and Regime Change

  • Ellen Laipson, Antonio Guerriero, Bijan Khajehpour, Danielle Pletka, Bruno Tertrais
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Polaris

  Are states with nuclear weapons immune from externally driven efforts to promote regime change? Are regime change policies justified by nuclear proliferation by outlier states?

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  Assessing the Efficacy of Sanctions for Nonproliferation

  • Carl Bildt, Meghan O'Sullivan
  • April 09, 2013
  • Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater

  Unprecedented United Nations Security Council sanctions have been levied on Iran and North Korea in an attempt to compel compliance with nonproliferation and international commitments. Are these sanctions working, and by what measures should we assess effectiveness?