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James M. Acton is an associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment specializing in nonproliferation and disarmament. A physicist by training, Dr. Acton’s research focuses on the interface of technical and political issues, with special attention to the civilian nuclear industry, IAEA safeguards, and practical solutions to strengthening the nonproliferation regime. Before joining the Endowment in October 2008, Dr. Acton was a lecturer at the Centre for Science and Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. There he co-authored the Adelphi Paper, Abolishing Nuclear Weapons, with George Perkovich and was a consultant to the Norwegian government on disarmament issues. Prior to that, Dr. Acton was the science and technology researcher at the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), where he was a participant in the UK–Norway dialogue on verifying the dismantlement of warheads. Dr. Acton’s other previous research projects include analyses of IAEA safeguards in Iran, verifying disarmament in North Korea, preventing novel forms of radiological terrorism, and the capability of Middle Eastern states to develop nuclear energy. He has published in Jane’s Intelligence Review, Nonproliferation Review, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Survival, and the New York Times. In the UK, he appeared regularly on TV and radio, including on the BBC programs Newsnight, Horizon, and the Six O’clock News.

Jonathan M. Aloisi is a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service. After joining the State Department in 1983, he served as Vice Consul in both Guadalajara, Mexico (1984-85) and Hong Kong (1985-86). Mr. Aloisi worked as Second Secretary in Beijing from 1986 to 1988 and as Consul in the U.S. Consulate General, Shanghai from 1989-91. He was assigned to the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as Malaysia Desk Officer, where he worked from 1991 until 1993. Mr. Aloisi served again in Beijing as First Secretary and deputy political counselor from 1993-1997. He became deputy director of the Office of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore Affairs in 1998. In August 2000, Mr. Aloisi returned to Beijing as First Secretary and deputy political counselor. In October 2000, Ambassador Prueher directed him to assume the position of acting Consul General in Chengdu, China, a status he held until January 2001. Mr. Aloisi became Political Minister-Counselor in Beijing in June 2001. From August 2004 until July 2005, Mr. Aloisi served as the Political Advisor to the Coalition Military Commander in Afghanistan. After Vietnamese language training, he began his current assignment as Deputy Chief of Mission in Hanoi in July 2006. Mr. Aloisi is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A. Economics 1978, M.A. Anthropology 1982) and received a Masters Degree in National Security Studies from the National War College in 1998. He holds the Department of State’s Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor Awards, and was a Distinguished Graduate in his War College class. He speaks Mandarin Chinese as well as Vietnamese.

Thomas C. Reed is a former Secretary of the Air Force. He 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 era, Reed served as the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Policy, having served as Director of National Reconnaissance. Thomas C. Reed is the author of At the Abyss: An Insider’s History of the Cold War. His most recent book, Nuclear Express is co-authored by Danny B. Stillman.

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.

Ambassador Linton Brooks, an experienced arms control negotiator and proponent of controversial strategic weapons programs, served as director of the Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which oversees the country’s nuclear weapons infrastructure, until his resignation in January 2007. Prior to joining the NNSA, Ambassador Brooks was the vice president and assistant to the president for policy analysis at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), a federally funded research and development center located in Alexandra, Virginia. His extensive government experience includes service as the assistant director of the Arms Control Disarmament Agency, chief U.S. negotiator for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (where he earned the title of ambassador), and director of arms control for the National Security Council. Ambassador Brooks received his B.S. in Physics from Duke University and his M.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. He is also a Distinguished Graduate from the Navy War College

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.

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.

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.

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.?

Dr. Nikolai Nikolaevich Ponomarev-Stepnoi is vice president of Russia's premier nuclear science organization, the Kurchatov Institute (KI), located in Moscow. Dr. Ponomarev-Stepnoi is an academician who is widely respected in Russia and internationally. He is very familiar with the Putin Iniative, which centers around the concept of development of International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centers. He is also well-versed in the US nuclear energy initiative known as Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).

A look at the World Trade Organization and other International Organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Laura Rockwood is a Principle Legal Officer, and Section Head for Non-Proliferation and Policy-making, in the Office of Legal Affairs of the IAEA, where she has served since 1985. Her primary areas of responsibility are safeguards and non-proliferation. She provides legal support to the Department of Safeguards, as well as to the Iraq Nuclear Verification Office (INVO, formerly the Action Team) established to carry out Agency activities pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iraq's nuclear weapons programme. She has also participated in the last four conferences of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).<p> Ms. Rockwood has been involved in the negotiation, interpretation and implementation of IAEA safeguards agreements (including those concluded with Iran, Libya, North Korea and South Africa), and was the principal author of the document that became the new legal instrument developed to strengthen IAEA safeguards, the Model Additional Protocol. She has also been involved in the trilateral negotiations between the IAEA, the Russian Federation and the United States of a draft agreement for the verification of materials released from weapons programmes. <p> Ms. Rockwood received a BA in Social Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor from Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco. She is a member of the California and Washington, DC bars.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. David Von Hippel is a Nautilus Institute Senior Associate working in Eugene, Oregon. Dr. Hippel’s work with Nautilus has centered around energy and environmental issues in Asia, and particularly Northeast Asia. He has done extensive analyses of the patterns of fuels use prospects for energy efficiency in North Korea, prepared reviews of rural electrification options and of the impacts of climate change/sea-level rise in Asia and the Pacific, and trained representatives in the use of demand-side management planning tools. He is currently involved in several Nautilus projects, including the “East Asia Energy Futures” and upcoming “Energy Security” initiatives. Recent publications include: Engaging North Korea on Energy Efficiency; and Global Dimensions of Energy Growth Projections in Northeast Asia.

With a BA (cum laude) from the University of Washington and studies at the University of Puget Sound, the University of Minnesota and Princeton University on his resume, Ambassador Johnson held overseas postings in Moscow (1974-77), Beijing (1984-87) and Warsaw (1988-91). He served as the first U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania (1991-94), and later served in Taipei as the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (1996-99).

The demise of the Soviet Union eased military and political tensions between the Superpowers but did not bring a corresponding reduction in the level of espionage and other activities which continue to threaten our national security. Foreign governments, adversaries and allies alike, are increasing their collection activities against the United States with the DOE/NNSA laboratories being prime targets. Foreign nations seek to exploit visits to the laboratory or contacts with laboratory personnel as a means of obtaining classified or other sensitive information. The Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security’s pursuit of traditional and nontraditional security activities to promote a more stable world make it an attractive target for those who benefit from a destabilized global situation. The purpose of this briefing is to (1) identify countries currently targeting DOE/NNSA assets, (2) discuss their methods of operation, and (3) discuss how the PNNL Office of Counterintelligence can help you reduce the risk.

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.

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).

Organized by the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security

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."

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.

See 7/15/2004 seminar for details.

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.

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.

See 6/8/2004 seminar for details.

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 <I>AT THE ABYSS</I> has been acclaimed as an “epic account of the pivotal events of the Cold War”, as well as “the prose of a fine novelist”.

Richard Rhodes is the author of twenty books including <i>The Making of the Atomic Bomb</i>, which won a Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, a National Book Award and a National Book Critic Circle Award; <i>Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb</i>, which was short-listed for a Pulitzer Prize in History; an investigation of the roots of private violence, <i>Why They Kill</i>; and, most recently, <i>Masters of Death: The SS- Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust</i>. He is currently beginning work on a third volume of nuclear history, <i>Endgame</i>, which will examine the international politics of nuclear weapons across the past two decades.

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.

Key note speech at a Seattle conference jointly sponsored by PNWCGS and the <img src="../_images/icon_external._link.gif" border="0" width="25" height="12" alt="link to external site"> <a target="new" href="http://www.nbr.org">National Bureau of Asian Research</a> titled “Nuclear Asia.” Also spoke at Pacific Northwest National Lab in Richland on IAEA role in protecting against nuclear terrorism.

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.

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.

Dr. Ye&#351;ilada 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. Ye&#351;ilada is professor in the Department of Political Science at Portland State University. Dr. Ye&#351;ilada 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 <i>The Emerging European Union</i> (3rd ed. 2003).

Dr. Pshakin spoke of his participation as an invited country expert on an IAEA Action Team inside Iraq last year.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Panel Discussion co-sponsored by PNNL, the Jackson School of International Studies and National Bureau of Asian Research

Workshop co-sponsored by PNNL, the Jackson School of International Studies, and Lawyers Alliance for World Security

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.