PONI Live Debate: Global Zero

"Resolved: Global Zero would make the world more secure."

Featuring:

Ambassador Richard Burt, U.S. Chair of Global Zero and Managing Director at McLarty Associates

and
 
Dr. Clark Murdock, Senior Adviser to the Defense and National Security Group and Director of the Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies
 
The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) is pleased to invite you to a live debate over the goal of Global Zero.
 
In his 2009 Prague Speech, President Obama pledged “to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”  Although admitting this goal may not be reached within his lifetime, the President sparked a heated public debate over the desirability and feasibility of eliminating all nuclear weapons.  Proponents argue that nuclear weapons are outdated tools of the Cold War, presenting an unacceptable risk of accidental or miscalculated use.  On the other hand, opponents argue that nuclear weapons are secure and have prevented major power conflict for almost 70 years.  Ambassador Richard Burt, U.S. Chair of Global Zero and Managing Director at McLarty Associates and Dr. Clark Murdock, CSIS Senior Adviser and Director of the Project on Nuclear Issues, will engage each other and the audience on a debate over Global Zero.
 
PONI's ongoing live debate series, an extension of the PONI Debates the Issues blog, aims to provide a forum for in-depth exploration of the arguments on both sides of key nuclear policy issues. The desirability of nuclear weapons is perhaps the most fundamental question facing the arsenal, but experts too often talk past each other.  The next PONI Live Debate will attempt to provide a remedy.    
 
Please join us on October 22 for what promises to be an exciting debate on a crucial issue.  Registration for the event has now closed, but the debate will be webcast live as a “webinar.”  Viewers can ask questions of the debaters in real-time by emailing PONI@csis.org. Tune into this website on October 22 for the livestream.