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February, 2009
- Feb 13, 2009
Yesterday evening, CSIS hosted its first in a series of live debates as part of the PONI Debates the Issues project. Clark Murdock, PONI Director and CSIS Senior Adviser, took the affirmative and argued the the United States should modernize its nuclear arsenal via the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program. Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund, took the negative side. CSIS RA/Former college debater extraordinaire Jessica Yeats moderated and asked a series of targeted questions after the initial set of statements. Based on event reactions, people seemed to be huge fans of the debate format instead, according to Joe, "of panels where we are all bored after a few minutes." If you couldn't make the event, watch it via the following links below: Entire event (windows media) Cirincione Opening Arguments (windows media) Murdock Opening Arguments (windows media) Stay tuned for other live debate events we will be hosting throughout the year and feel free to send us any comments you have about the event if you were there or ideas for future debate topics.
- Feb 9, 2009
As a reminder to everyone, PONI Debates the Issues is hosting its first live debate event this week. It will take place on Thursday, February 12 from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006). The topic for the debate will be:
Should the United States modernize its nuclear weapons stockpile with the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW)?
Taking the pro side of the argument will be CSIS Senior Adviser and PONI Director Clark Murdock. The con side will be represented by Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund. The turnout for the event has been qute strong but there is still limited seating available. To RSVP for the event, contact the PONI blog team here. RSVP's will be granted on a first come, first serve basis. We hope to see you all there!