Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

2/20/2008	Dr. Avner Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Jennings Randolph Program, U.S. Institute of Peace *“Israeli nuclear weapons program and the future of the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty”* For more than a decade, Dr. Cohen has written on issues related to nuclear weapons, primarily nuclear deterrence and morality and nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. In 1987-88 he was a research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he developed the notion of “opaque” nuclear proliferation. Dr. Cohen has published numerous articles and books including Israel and the Bomb, a history of the Israeli nuclear program. Israel and the Bomb was banned by Israeli censors and Dr. Cohen was detained and questioned by authorities upon returning to Israel in 2001. Dr. Cohen received a B.A. in Philosophy from Tel Aviv University. He received a M.A. in Philosophy from York University and a Ph.D. from the Committee on History of Culture of the University of Chicago. He was a member of the philosophy department at Tel Aviv University and has been a visiting professor at various American universities and colleges including Washington University and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
2/13/2007	Dr. Dingli Shen, Executive Dean of Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies and Director of Center for American Studies *China’s Approach to Nonproliferation* Dr. Shen is also the founder and director of the Program on Arms Control and Regional Security at Fudan University. His research areas cover China-U.S. security relationship, nuclear arms control and disarmament, nuclear weapons policy of the United States and China, regional nonproliferation issues concerning South Asia, Northeast Asia and Middle East, test ban, missile defense, export control, as well as China’s foreign and defense policies. He is the author of several books as well as over 500 articles and papers in both international relations and physics.
2/7/2007	Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., President of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security *A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: Is It Possible?* Followed by a Panel Discussion with leading US and foreign experts on nuclear non-proliferation issues moderated by Carol Kessler: James Fuller, former Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is an Affiliate Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Carol Kessler, Moderator, is Director, Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Todd Perry is a senior officer for International Affairs at the US Department of Energy. Richard Rhodes is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book on The Making of the Atomic Bomb and of Dark Sun, about the development of the hydrogen bomb. Dingli Shen, Director of the Center for American Studies, Fudan University is one of China’s foremost experts on nonproliferation and U.S-China relations. Victor Sosnin, Nuclear Physics, Obninsk University, Russia, is visiting the UW to teach a course on Russian non-proliferation policies.
2/7/2007	Dr. Dingli Shen, Executive Dean of Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies and Director of Center for American Studies *China’s Approach to Nonproliferation* Dr. Shen is also the founder and director of the Program on Arms Control and Regional Security at Fudan University. His research areas cover China-U.S. security relationship, nuclear arms control and disarmament, nuclear weapons policy of the United States and China, regional nonproliferation issues concerning South Asia, Northeast Asia and Middle East, test ban, missile defense, export control, as well as China’s foreign and defense policies. He is the author of several books as well as over 500 articles and papers in both international relations and physics.
10/10/2006	World Affairs Council *Port Security in Seattle* What technological means are available for examining the thousands of shipping containers that pass through the Port of Seattle daily? What systems are in place to prevent the smuggling of nuclear materials or weapons into the U.S.?
10/9/2006	Linda Staheli, Senior Staff Associate, Congressional Relations *CRDF and PNNL: Past, Present and Future*
8/22/2006	Dr. Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College *America's Russian Problem and What to Do About It*
8/11/2006	David Deese, Boston College Dept. of Political Science *Who's Watching, Who's Reporting, and Why? Compliance Incentives and Disincentives in Centralized International Treaty Systems* A look at the World Trade Organization and other International Organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
4/26/2006	Panel Discussion on: Impacts of New Privacy Laws A panel discussion about new Federal and State privacy laws: What they are; what they are designed to achieve; how they impact various stakeholders, from system managers, to researchers, the public, and private organizations; and the strategies and tools under development to enhance information privacy protection.
3/23/2006	Cyper Conflict Studies Workshop, Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity Dr. Dorothy Denning will be our Keynote Speaker. Dr. Denning is a Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. She has previously taught at Georgetown University, where she was the Callahan Family Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Georgetown Institute of Information Assurance, and Purdue University. She has also worked at SRI International and Digital Equipment Corporation.
2/28/2006	Joel Wit, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies *The Six Party Talks and Beyond: Cooperative Threat Reduction in North Korea* Joel Wit served for 15 years in the Department of State in positions related to Northeast Asia, nuclear arms control, and weapons proliferation. He was most recently the coordinator for the 1994 U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework and was responsible for U.S. policy related to the implementation of that agreement. Joel will speak on the CSIS and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report, which examined the potential role of cooperative threat reduction in eliminating North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical and biological—as well as its ballistic missile program. While skeptics would assert it is unrealistic to conduct such programs with North Korea, the study concludes that the history of the past decade demonstrates that conducting cooperative programs with Pyongyang is possible under the right political circumstances.
2/27/2006	Joel Wit, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies *The Six Party Talks and Beyond: Cooperative Threat Reduction in North Korea* Joel Wit served for 15 years in the Department of State in positions related to Northeast Asia, nuclear arms control, and weapons proliferation. He was most recently the coordinator for the 1994 U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework and was responsible for U.S. policy related to the implementation of that agreement. Joel will speak on the CSIS and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report, which examined the potential role of cooperative threat reduction in eliminating North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical and biological—as well as its ballistic missile program. While skeptics would assert it is unrealistic to conduct such programs with North Korea, the study concludes that the history of the past decade demonstrates that conducting cooperative programs with Pyongyang is possible under the right political circumstances.
1/5/2006	Dr. David Von Hippel, Nautilus Institute Senior Associate *Energy Security in North Korea*
10/8/2004	Ambassador Kenneth C. Brill, International Affairs Advisor, Industrial College of the Armed Forces *The Challenge of Making Non-Proliferation Agreements Work: The Case of Iran in the IAEA* Kenneth C. Brill is a career Foreign Service Officer, with the rank of Career Minister. He currently is International Affairs Advisor to the Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He served as the U.S. Representative to the IAEA and the U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, both with the rank of Ambassador from 26 September 2001 – 18 July 2004. Ambassador Brill was the acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) immediately prior to his appointment to Vienna.
9/30/2004	Professor Yury Korovin, Head of the Department of General and Special Physics of Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering *Proliferation Resistant Issues Of Advanced Fuels* Professor Yury Korovin is Head of the Department of General and Special Physics of Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering. Professor Korovin’s current interests include the different aspects of the economical and physical optimization of nuclear fuel cycle, transmutation processes in the different types of commercial and pilot facilities, and evaluation of nuclear data in the intermediate energy region (from 20 MeV up to 3 GeV). Professor Korovin earned his PhD in the field of theoretical physics in 1967 and most recently served as Dean of the Faculty of Nuclear Power Plants (1972-1987) and Vice President of INPE (1990-2001).
9/28/2004	Conference: September 28-29, 2004 *Asian Energy Security and Implications for the U.S.* Organized by the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security *Conference agenda*
9/21/2004	Dr. Gaurav Rajen, Consultant to the Cooperative Monitoring Center at Sandia National Laboratories *A Survey of Nuclear-Related Agreements and Possibilities for Nuclear Cooperation in South Asia* Dr. Rajen is a consultant to the Cooperative Monitoring Center at Sandia National Laboratories where he has been studying regional environmental cooperation and nuclear nonproliferation issues in South Asia. He has over fourteen years of experience in private industry and academia, including as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. His recent papers include “Battlefield Nuclear Weapons in South Asia: The Case for Restraint,” “Subcritical Nuclear Tests: An Option for India?” and “Strategic Stability in South Asia: The Need for Restraint in Targeting Technologies."
8/6/2004	Anthony Gill, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington and author of "Rendering Unto Caesar" *State Welfare Spending and Religiosity: A Cross-National Approach* The issue of religious fundamentalism has once again taken center stage in the world of social science. Scholars are increasingly interested in what motivates individuals to become more or less active in religious organizations. Anthony Gill argues that religious activity will be higher in countries with lower levels of public sector welfare assistance. Building upon economic theories of religion, he argues that state-sponsored social welfare substitutes for the traditional welfare services provided by churches at a lower cost to individuals. Although this analysis focuses on Christian nations in Europe and Latin America, the theory has applications in understanding the success of fundamentalism in Islamic nations and suggests some possible policy prescriptions for moderating religious expression in these nations.
7/16/2004	Kaoru Naito, Senior Executive Director of Japan’s Nuclear Material Control Center in Tokyo *Nonproliferation Policy of Japan and the Role of the Nuclear Material Control Center* See 7/15/2004 seminar for details.
7/15/2004	Kaoru Naito, Senior Executive Director of Japan’s Nuclear Material Control Center in Tokyo *Nonproliferation Policy of Japan and the Role of the Nuclear Material Control Center* The Nuclear Material Control Center is responsible for implementing Japan’s national and international nonproliferation programs. Japan has the largest peaceful nuclear energy program in the world.
6/25/2004	Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Director of the Moscow-based Center for Nonproliferation Policy Studies in Russia *“Gray Zones” of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Meeting a New Challenge* While major attention in WMD proliferation prevention is focused on a handful of states of concern, the most potentially threatening challenges come from “gray zones”—non-recognized radical regimes of separatist movements with growing ambitions. The enumeration of certain states as comprising the “axis of evil” and being the primary cause of proliferation concern is overly simplistic and may distract from these emerging threats. Dr. Orlov will discuss gray zones, the resulting proliferation threats and explore potential solutions to meet this new challenge.
6/9/2004	Thomas C. Reed, Former Secretary of the Air Force and Author *At the Abyss* See 6/8/2004 seminar for details.
6/8/2004	Thomas C. Reed, Former Secretary of the Air Force and Author *At the Abyss* Thomas Reed began his professional career at the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division in Los Angeles during the 1950s, and later worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he designed two thermonuclear devices fired in the Dominic test series in the Pacific in 1962. In 1973, Reed was recruited to manage intelligence projects at the Pentagon. He became director of information to integrate the developing worldwide military command system, then Secretary of the Air Force. During the Reagan years Reed served as the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Policy, having served as Director of National Reconnaissance. His thoroughly documented and meticulously researched book AT THE ABYSS has been acclaimed as an “epic account of the pivotal events of the Cold War”, as well as “the prose of a fine novelist”.
4/29/2004	Richard Rhodes, Author *In the Shadow of the Bomb: Writing Nuclear History* Richard Rhodes is the author of twenty books including The Making of the Atomic Bomb, which won a Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, a National Book Award and a National Book Critic Circle Award; Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, which was short-listed for a Pulitzer Prize in History; an investigation of the roots of private violence, Why They Kill; and, most recently, Masters of Death: The SS- Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust. He is currently beginning work on a third volume of nuclear history, Endgame, which will examine the international politics of nuclear weapons across the past two decades.
4/27/2004	Dr. Hans Blix, Former Director, UN Inspection Commission *Nonproliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction* Dr. Blix, author of "Disarming Iraq," addressed his professional experience with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspections Commission and the importance of these activities to global security. The sponsors were Battelle Pacific Northwest Division and the World Affairs Council of Seattle and Tacoma. *Seattle Post-Intelligencer Report*
3/18/2004	Tomihiro Taniguchi, Deputy Director General International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) *Establishing an Asian Nuclear Security Regime – Globalization and Diversification in the Dynamically Growing “Nuclear Asia”* Key note speech at a Seattle conference jointly sponsored by PNWCGS and the National Bureau of Asian Research titled “Nuclear Asia.” Also spoke at Pacific Northwest National Lab in Richland on IAEA role in protecting against nuclear terrorism.
2/23/2004	Lars Larsson, Director for International Programs at the Swedish Nuclear Inspectorate *European Perspectives on Nuclear Energy’s Future and Prospects for EU/US Cooperation* Larsson spoke primarily on European concerns about nuclear safety in Russia and the need to clean up the nuclear wastes from decommissioned submarines. Specifics addressed were: 1) European views on the seriousness of submarine problems in Murmansk and funding he believes will be applied despite liability and access problems; 2) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) procurement rules for U.S. and other countries; 3) Near term future of Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP); and 4) Decommissioning work in Eastern Europe and prospects for cooperation with U.S./PNNL.
7/31/2003	Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. *International Security and Nonproliferation* Graham, former general counsel of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and author of “Disarmament Sketches: Three Decades of Arms Control and International Law,” discussed today’s global security environment and the challenge of reducing the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
7/8/2003	Birol A. Yeşilada, Professor of Political Science & International Studies *Application of Power Transition Model to Studies of Afghanistan, Cyprus, and Iraq* Dr. Yeşilada presented a formal study of how international conflicts can be resolved through bargaining through evaluation of each actor's preferences and strategies. Clustering techniques are used to present the most optimum outcome for conflict resolution. Dr. Yeşilada is professor in the Department of Political Science at Portland State University. Dr. Yeşilada has been an invited policy consultant at the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Intelligence Council, the U.S. State Department, the Foreign Affairs Training Center of the Foreign Service Institute, the U.S. Defense Department, Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the RAND Corporation, and the World Bank. He is the recent co-author of The Emerging European Union (3rd ed. 2003).
4/1/2003	Dr. Gennady Phsakin, Head of The Nonproliferation Bureau at the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering Dr. Pshakin spoke of his participation as an invited country expert on an IAEA Action Team inside Iraq last year.
2/2/2003	Ambassador Charles Kartman, Executive Director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) *KEDO and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: How We Got Here*
10/31/2002	Dr. John J. Kelley, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks *Concerns about Radionuclide Contamination in the Arctic and Subarctic Regions* Dr. Kelley, formerly Director of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory and program officer of the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs, speaks about radionuclide contamination in the Arctic and Subarctic regions. Visual footage of major underground blasts on Amchitka Island, including the Cannikin test, will be featured.
8/7/2002	Mr. Bill Chandler, Director of Battelle/PNNL's Advanced International Studies Unit *Regional Security and Arms Control: Energy Security and Nonproliferation* Mr. Chandler has 29 years of experience in energy and the environment. He has written 11 books, including "Energy and Environment in Transition Economies," published in September 2000. Chandler addressed the role of energy in regional stability, arms control and nonproliferation, and the possibility of using energy related confidence building measures in strategic regions to foster transparency and engagement. Recommended regions include South, Central and Southeast Asia, the Caucasus and Middle East and would include cooperative sustainable energy projects, joint policy studies and market reform to facilitate the transfer of energy and environmental technologies. Chandler suggested that US involvement in such efforts could improve the nation's image and diplomatic relations, and would create market opportunities. Chandler also discussed the importance of transition economies' government involvement in energy reform, the AISU's energy efficiency center program, and the Regional Network for Efficient Use of Energy Resources (RENEUR).
5/9/2002	Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia Programs of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); former manager of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program *Helping Russia Control Its Nuclear Infrastructure*
1/17/2002	RADM William Center UNN (Retired), President of the Washington Council on International Trade, Security and the Role of International Trade
12/18/2001	Ambassador Linton Brooks
11/27/2001	Professor Frederick Lorenz, Visiting Lecturer, University of Washington: Jackson School of International Studies; Adjunct Professor of Law, Seattle University *Response to Terrorism: Military Force and International Law*
11/13/2001	Professor Resat Kasaba, Professor of International Studies, University of Washington: Jackson School of International Studies *Do They Really Hate Us?*
10/23/2001	Professor Ellis Goldberg, Director, Middle East Center, University of Washington *Jihad, Terror, War and Justice: Four Words for the 21st Century*
10/11/2001	Professor Frank Conlon, History and International Studies, University of Washington: Jackson School of International Studies *Afghanistan And Pakistan's Relation To Islam*
8/29/2001	Dr. Richard Ellings, President, National Bureau of Asian Research *Asian Security Dynamics*
7/26/2001	Dr. Robert Gallucci, Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University *Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation: Some Things Never Change ... and Other Things Do* Dr. Gallucci spoke on the connection between nuclear power and nuclear proliferation, a sort of what's new and what isn't in this area which may become more relevant if you believe what some are saying about the return of nuclear energy. He also offered some remarks about North Korea.
6/15/2001	Dr. Victor E. Alessi, President and CEO, United States Industry Coalition *Nonproliferation: The Role of the National Labs and the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention* The United States Industry Coalition, Inc. (USIC) which represents U.S. industry in the IPP Program, is a membership organization of 81 small and large U.S. businesses, consortiums and universities. Seventy member companies are involved in cost-sharing projects with the hope of commercialization to benefit both them and their partners in the former Soviet Union and help bring them into the world economy.
5/24/2001	Dr. Guy Wilson-Roberts, Deputy Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington *Multilateralising the Phased Approach: How New Zealand has Helped Construct the Language of Nuclear Arms Control*
5/11/2001	Admiral Richard W. Mies, Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command *The United States Strategic Command-an "Insurance Policy for the Nation"*
4/26/2001	Professor G. John Ikenberry, author of "After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major War" *America's Liberal Grand Strategy: World Order After The Cold War*
3/20/2001	General John M. Shalikashvili *Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Way Forward*
3/2/2001	Jim Fuller, Director for the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security *Global Security in the Post Cold War Era: Scientific and Technical Exchange*
2/7/2001	Anna Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Chemical and Biological Defense, Office of Director, Defense Research and Engineering *Counterproliferation and Chemical-Biological Defense* *Presentation slides*
1/25/2001	Patrick M. Morgan, Tierney Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of Political Science, University of California at Irvine *Post Cold-War Nuclear Deterrence: Theory and Practice*
12/19/2000	Peter A. Zimmerman, Science Advisor to the Bureau of Arms Control, U.S. Department of State *The Role of Science Advice in Arms Control*
11/8/2000	David Hafemeister, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of California at San Luis Obispo *Verification Beyond Start*
9/20/2000	Vincent Gallucci, Professor, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington *Environmental Security - Risk, Opportunity and Policy: An Analytic Approach*
5/5/2000	*The Russian Far East: Regional Stability and Military Environmental Cooperation after Yeltsin* Panel Discussion co-sponsored by PNNL, the Jackson School of International Studies and National Bureau of Asian Research
4/18/2000	Congressman Norm Dicks *National Security and the Pacific Rim in the 21st Century*
4/13/2000	Sarah Mullen, Office Director for Technology and Assessments, Bureau of Verification and Compliance, U.S. Department of State *Key Verification Asset Fund Overview*
3/31/2000	Laura Holgate, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration *Plutonium Disposition in Russia and the United States*
11/17/1999	Gerson Sher, President and Executive Director, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union *Science in the Former Soviet Union*
10/30/1999	*Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century* Workshop co-sponsored by PNNL, the Jackson School of International Studies, and Lawyers Alliance for World Security
10/15/1999	Jay Davis, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) *Defense Threat Reduction Agency: One Year on the Road*
7/19/1999	John Hardt, Senior Specialist in Post-Soviet Economics, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress *Russia's Economic Policy Dilemma and U.S. Interests*
6/21/1999	Robert M. Gates, Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency; U.S. Secretary of Defense *Post-Cold War Proliferation Concerns in Euro-Asia: Russia, Iran, North Korea and India-Pakistan*
5/25/1999	Ambassador Thomas Graham, President, Lawyers Alliance for World Security *The Future of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regimes*
4/19/1999	Garry Dillon, Head of the Nuclear Action Team, United Nations *The Monitoring in Iraq*
4/1/1999	Joseph Ulatoski, Director, Russell 20-20, Frank Russell Company *Post Cold War Transitions from Military to Economic Definitions of Security*
3/9/1999	Edward Nixon, President of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc. *China: Modernize or Westernize or What?*
1/7/1999	Ralph Munro, Washington Secretary of State *State of Washington Interactions with North Korea, Russia, and China*
11/5/1998	Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Nonproliferation and National Security, U.S. Department of Energy *PNNL's Contribution to Global Security*
1/16/1998	*Cultural Attitudes About the Environment and Ecology and their Connection to Regional Political Stability* Conference co-sponsored by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies, Department of Political Science, and Graduate School of Public Affairs. Held on the University of Washington Campus.

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