Fed Event: Nov. 8th-The Future of Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense in NATO Security

The Future of Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense in NATO Security
A discussion featuring Under Secretary of State Ellen O. Tauscher

November 8th, 9:00am- 11:00am, US Institute of Peace, 2nd floor conference room, 1200 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036

The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the United States Institute of Peace are pleased to invite you to this jointly-hosted event focusing on a pivotal nuclear policy issue featuring the Hon. Ellen O. Tauscher, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Secuirty Affairs.

During the Cold War, the United States stationed thousands of nuclear weapons in Europe in order to support the common defense of NATO members in Europe. The security context has changed dramatically since that time and the number of U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has been scaled back to just a fraction of previous force levels. With the global nuclear disarmament effort gathering momentum, can NATO go further? Can it go so far as removing all nuclear weapons stationed in Europe, as some European leaders have advocated?

While the environment in which the NATO nuclear mission finds its purpose has changed since the Cold War, concerns about Russian tactical nuclear forces, the Iranian nuclear program, and the symbolic importance of nuclear weapons to NATO solidarity raise important questions about how NATO should proceed as it outlines its nuclear mission in the 2010 Strategic Concept that will be completed later this year.

Please join us for a timely discussion about how NATO should adapt to the new security environment against the backdrop of a renewed push towards nuclear disarmament.
Speakers

* The Hon. Ellen O. Tauscher
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
U.S. Department of State
* Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger
Chairman, Munich Conference on Security Policy
* Franklin Miller
Principal, The Scowcroft Group
* Dr. Stephen Flanagan, Moderator
Senior Vice President and Kissinger Chair
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Introductory Remarks

* COL Paul D. Hughes, USA (Ret.)
Senior Program Officer, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
U.S. Institute of Peace
* Professor Gale A. Mattox
Director, Foreign and Domestic Policies Program
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

http://www.usip.org/events/the-future-nuclear-weapons-and-missile-defense-in-nato-security