Expert Related Event Feeds

2012 PONI Summer Conference at Los Alamos National Laboratory

dslungaard — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:00:00 -0400

The second conference of the 2012 PONI series will held on June 27th and 28^th at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), which carries out scientific research and technology development to ensure the safety and reliability of the U.S nuclear arsenal, in addition to supporting other national security and non

2012 PONI Spring Conference at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

SSpies — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0400

PONI will hold its first conference of the 2012 series on April 18th and 19th at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), which carries out research and technology development in order to counter the threat of nuclear terrorism, prevent proliferation, verify arms control regimes, and support other national security objectives.

PONI Debates the Issues: U.S.-China Mutual Vulnerability

jwarden — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:00:00 -0400

Resolved: that the United States should not limit or reduce U.S. societal vulnerability to Chinese strategic attack.

Linton Brooks on the affirmative; Keith Payne on the negative

PONI Debates the Issues: Iran Strikes

kkallmyer — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:00:00 -0400

Should the United States take military action against Iran to ensure that it does not develop a nuclear weapon?

Matthew Kroenig on the affirmative; Colin Kahl on the negative.

PONI Debates the Issues: Sanctioning Iran

mark jansson — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0500

The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) is pleased to invite you to a debate on the recent sanctions imposed on Iran.

Implications of the FY13 Defense Budget

kobecny — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:15:00 -0500

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an International Security Program event on

Implications of the FY13 Defense Budget

featuring

David J. Berteau
Director, CSIS International Security Program

Defense in an Age of Austerity

jfriedman — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:50:00 -0400

A one-day conference on Defense in an Age of Austerity, hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) with support from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, during which security experts will debate the role of the United States in international affairs and how the U.S.

PONI 2011 Fall Conference

mark jansson — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400

The Project on Nuclear Issues held its 2011 Fall Conference on September 8 – 9. The event, co-hosted by LLNL’s Center for Global Security Research, involved 120 participants and consisted of panel discussions covering a range of nuclear science and policy issues.

Beyond New START Report Launch

jwarden — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:00:00 -0400

Beyond New START: Advancing U.S. National Security Through Arms Control with Russia

Report Launch

Introduction: Clark Murdock, Director, Project on Nuclear Issues

PONI 2011 Spring Conference

mark jansson — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0400

The PONI Spring Conference was held from April 4-6, 2011 at the Nevada Support Facility (NSF), and marked the beginning of the 2011 conference series. The event featured two days of selected presentations from graduate students and young professionals in the field on a variety of policy and technical topics, breakout sessions, and an evening reception and dinner at the Atomic Testing Museum.

Implications of the FY12 Defense Budget

gsanders — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500

Implications of the FY12 Defense Budget

Pending the release of the defense budget on February 14, CSIS hosted a panel to discuss its implications. This session will be on the record.

Hosted by
David J. Berteau
Senior Adviser and Director, CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

PONI Debates the Issues: New START

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:00:00 -0500

On November 30, 2010, the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosted its tenth live debate as part of the " PONI Debates the Issues " series. The topic for the debate will be the New START Treaty. The speakers will be:

Military Strategy Forum: General Carrol H. Chandler, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force

mentman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:30:00 -0400

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to invite you to a Military Strategy Forum with

General Carrol H. Chandler, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force

"The Air Force's approach to the Department of Defense's Savings and Efficiencies Initiative."

Moderated by

2010 PONI Fall Conference

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) held its Fall Conference at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston, United Kingdom. We were excited to return to AWE after a tremendously successful event there in 2008.

2010 PONI Summer Conference

Andrew St. Denis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) held its Summer Conference from July 22-23 at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM.

PONI Debates the Issues: The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:30:00 -0400

CSIS hosted the 9th

PONI Live Debate
College National Champions Edition

Thursday, June 10^th, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
CSIS B1 Conference Center
1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC, 20006

PONI Debates the Issues: U.S. Nuclear Declaratory Policy

Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:00 -0400

PONI Debates the Issues will hosted the third event of the 2010 live debate series on Tuesday, May 25. The topic for the debate was U.S. nuclear declaratory policy. The speakers for the event were Scott Sagan, Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and Keith Payne, CEO and President of the National Institute for Public Policy.

Global Security Forum: Should the U.S. Continue to Reduce the Role of Nuclear Weapons in its National Security Strategy?

ian — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:10:00 -0400

Should the United States Continue to Reduce the Role of Nuclear Weapons in its National Security Strategy?

Presenters
General Larry D. Welch, USAF (ret.)
Mr. Hans Kristensen
Dr. Morton H. Halperin

Moderated by
Dr. Clark Murdock

Global Security Forum

ian — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:30:00 -0400

Global Security Forum: A review of the top security issues on our horizon

This forum is made possible with support from Finmeccanica

AGENDA

Opening Address 8:00-8:45:

Adapting to Tomorrow’s Strategic Challenges

General James E. Cartwright, USMC
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

PONI Debates the Issues: The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Report

mark jansson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:30:00 -0400

The PONI Debates the Issues live debate series returned on Thursday, April 22^nd with a three-way debate on the content and implications of the recently released Nuclear Posture Review Report, which outlined the Obama Administration's position on the full range of nuclear weapons strategy and policy issues and continues to generate considerable debate within the nuclear policy co

2010 PONI Spring Conference - Washington, D.C.

Andrew St. Denis — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) held its Spring Conference from April 8-9 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in downtown Washington, DC.

CSIS Congressional Dialogue: Mental Health in Our Military

ian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0500

CSIS hosted a Bi-Partisan Congressional Dialogue with

The Honorable Michael E. McMahon (D-NY)

And

The Honorable Thomas J. Rooney (R-FL)

Mental Health in our Military:
Meeting the mental health needs of our armed forces and returning veterans

Introduction by

PONI Debates the Issues: Nuclear Reductions

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0500

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosted the sixth event in a series of live debates that bring together top nuclear experts to debate key nuclear topics. The debate featured John Isaacs, Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Baker Spring, F.M. Kirby Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review

sherry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0500

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a panel discussion on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). CSIS's defense and national security experts offered their thoughts on the new QDR and its impact on the future of U.S. defense policy.

A Panel Discussion featuring:

CSIS Press Briefing Conference Call: The Quadrennial Defense Review

ian — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:00 -0500

CSIS hosted a press briefing via conference call on the official release of the Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review.

Briefers include:

David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group and former principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Production and Logistics;

Breakfast with Dr. John Harvey, "Managing the nuclear stockpile and modernizing the supporting infrastructure"

Andrew St. Denis — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:30:00 -0500

Please note that registration has been closed for this event due to high interest and limited seating capacity.

On December 3, the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) is pleased to invite you to a breakfast discussion hosted by Dr. John Harvey. Dr. Harvey currently serves as Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense. Dr. Harvey will be sharing reflections and insights from his extensive experience in nuclear weapons science and policy. PONI breakfast events are designed to provide an informal setting for young members to meet senior experts, learn from them, and engage them with questions. We hope that you will be able to join us for what will surely be an informative and fruitful discussion.

PDI Live Debate 5: John Steinbruner & Walter Slocombe on De-Alerting

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosts the fifth installment of the "PONI Debates the Issues" series. The live debate will feature Dr. John Steinbruner, Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and Director of the Center for International and

2009 PONI Fall Conference - Royal Society, London

mark jansson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:00:00 -0400

The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Fall Conference will be held on October 26 and 27 at the Royal Society in London, England. This will be the third of our three regional conferences leading up to our year-end Capstone Conference at U.S. Strategic Command on December 15th.

2009 PONI Summer Conference

mark jansson — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) will hold its Summer Conference on August 6-7 at the University of California, San Diego.

PDI Live Debate: Klingner & Bandow on North Korea

chris jones — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:30:00 -0400

PONI will hold its fourth in a series of live debates focusing on North Korean denuclearization featuring nuclear experts Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at CATO Institute.

PDI Live Debate: Kimball & Rademaker on the CTBT

sherry — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:30:00 -0400

On May 13 The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosted a live debate on whether or not the U.S. should ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The debate on the CTBT was the third in an ongoing series of live debates held in conjunction with the PONI Debates the Issues blog. The resolved statement was as follows.

PDI Live Debate: Perkovich & Crouch on Global Zero

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:30:00 -0400

2009 PONI Spring Conference - U.S. Naval Academy

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) held its Spring Conference on March 26-27 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

PDI Live Debate: Murdock & Cirincione on the Reliable Replacement Warhead

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The launch of the PONI Debates The Issues Blog featuring a live debate on the merits of the:

Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) Program

PONI Breakfast with James Schlesinger

mark jansson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0500

2008 PONI Capstone Conference - U.S. Strategic Command

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The PONI Capstone Conference was again hosted by U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, NE on December 2nd.

2008 PONI Fall Conference - UK Atomic Weapons Establishment

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The UK Atomic Weapons Establishment hosted the 2008 Fall PONI Conference on October 9-10.

2008 PONI Summer Conference - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

mark jansson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory hosted the 2008 PONI Summer Conference on June 19-20. The conference drew attendees from across the country and nuclear weapons enterprise, with strong representation from the three nuclear weapons laboratories.

2008 PONI Spring Conference - U.S. Naval Academy

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The 2008 PONI Conference Series got underway on April 3 – 4 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.