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2009 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference
16 November 2009
Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)Science and Technology Office (JSTO) The Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP)
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), executing the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) function within the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP), will host the Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology (CBD S&T) Conference, in Dallas, Texas, 16-20 November 2009. This will be the first time that the latest developments of the Medical and Physical Science disciplines of (more)
2009 Forum
16 November 2009
Havana, Cuba
Global Forum for Health Research
Forum 2009 will bring together some 800 decision-makers in funding, research and policy to engage in dialogue, highlight lessons learned from experience and identify pathways to solutions. You will have the opportunity to network with participants from health- and science-related ministries, research institutions and academia, development agencies and foundations, nongovernmental organizations, civil society, the private sector and the media.
Homeland Security's Wicked Problems: Developing a Research Agenda for Homeland Security
12 November 2009
The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999
The Heritage Foundation
Schedule:
(9:00 a.m.)REGISTRATION
(9:30-10:30 a.m.)WELCOME AND KEYNOTE REMARKS
Frances Fragos Townsend Partner, Baker Botts, L.L.P., and former Chairwoman of the Homeland Security Council
(10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)Panel 1 – NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS / CREATING A CULTURE OF PREPAREDNESS
Irwin Redlener, M.D. Director,National Center for Disaster Preparedness,Columbia University
Kathy Settle Deputy Director - Local Response Capability,Civil Contingencies Secretariat,Cabinet Office,United Kingdom
RADM John F. Sigler, USN (Ret) Deputy Director,Near East (more)
Homeland Security and U.S. Federalism:
12 November 2009
Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
Hudson Institute
1015 15th St, NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Hudson Institute
The creation of the federal Department of Homeland Security fueled the centralization of decision-making authority in Washington, leading to taxpayer funding of an array of projects for new protection, preparedness, and disaster relief managed by state and local governments. The fiscal federalism of homeland security has followed the pattern often observed in other areas, with good intentions abetting a Washington (more)
Better Process, Better Outcomes: Bipartisanship in U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy
11 November 2009
Room 1107 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
Matt Rojansky, Executive Director, Partnership for a Secure America
U.S. Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy
10 November 2009
Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE
Washington, DC
National Defense University
Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
RSVP: RhueE@ndu.edu
Swine Flu: A Danger to Your Rights as Well as Your Health?
28 October 2009
National Press Club
Murrow Room
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
The Constitution Project and the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security
There has been a great deal of attention paid to the question of whether doctors, hospitals, and schools are prepared for an outbreak of swine flu. But what about the legal implications of various government responses to such a crisis? Our panel discussion will examine the legal and constitutional implications of the government's response to a potential H1N1 pandemic, including (more)
Next Steps on START
26 October 2009
United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
United States Institute of Peace
In its final report the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States urged that the United States, "[make] the first step on U.S.-Russian arms control modest and straight-forward in order to rejuvenate the process and ensure that there is a successor to the START I agreement before it expires at the end of 2009. The United States (more)
Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century
26 October 2009
The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999
The Heritage Foundation
The impact of energy on global security and economics is clear and profound. This is why in recent years reliability of energy flows has become a source of concern to most countries. However, safety of energy supply and demand means different things to different countries, based on their geographic location, their endowment of resources, and their strategic and economic conditions. (more)
Should Israel Attack Iran/
23 October 2009
American Enterprise Institute
1150 17th St., NW, Washington, DC
American Enterprise Institute
Law, Policy, and Foundations for the Debate
Nuclear Futures: The Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
22 October 2009
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC
Ambassador Abdallah Baali, Ambassador of Algeria to the United States; President of the 2000 NPT Review Conference
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund; author, Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
Charles Glaser, Director, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, GW
Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, U.S. Department of State (more)
The Nonproliferation Treaty and a World without Nuclear Weapons
22 October 2009
Helsinki, Finland
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre ...
During the last couple of years, prominent policymakers in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and elsewhere have advanced proposals on how the world could move toward a nuclear-weapons free future. These initiatives have attracted worldwide attention and considerable support, although also some reservations. They have sparked renewed debate on the desirability and feasibility of nuclear disarmament and the means (more)
U.S. Strategic Posture in an Increasingly Proliferated World
21 October 2009
South Conference Center
Capitol Hill Visitors Center
Washington, DC
Hudson Institute
In May, the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States released its comprehensive Final Report detailing over 100 findings and recommendations on critical issues related to U.S. nuclear strategy. Chief among them was the finding that "so long as nuclear dangers remain, [the United States] must have a strong deterrent that is effective in meeting its (more)
Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War
20 October 2009
The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC
The Heritage Foundation
This groundbreaking history of the Six-Day War in 1967 radically changes our understanding of that conflict, casting it as a crucial arena of Cold War intrigue that has shaped the Middle East to this day. The authors, award-winning Israeli journalists and historians, are Research Fellows of the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They have investigated newly available (more)
Global Strike Command, Deterrence, and U.S. Strategy Policy
02 October 2009
Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE
Washington, DC
National Defense University
Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Commander, Global Strike Command
RSVP by noon, Oct. 1 to RhueE@ndu.edu
Cyber Attack The Opaque Dimension of Cyber Security
01 October 2009
Room 1107 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
Herbert Lin, Chief Scientist, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies
Missile Defense, Nuclear Deterrence, and U.S. National Security
30 September 2009
Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE
Washington, DC
National Defense University
Sen. Mark Begich (AK)
RSVP: RhueE@ndu.edu
Issues in Science, Engineering and Public Policy
24 September 2009
Room 1107 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
William (Bill) C. Ostendorff, Director, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, The National Academies
The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009 Influenza
15 September 2009
Room 100, 500 Fifth St., NW, Washington, DC
The Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats
In March and early April 2009, a new influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread worldwide to 30 countries (as of May 11) by human-to-human transmission, causing the World Heath Organization to raise its pandemic alert to level 5 of 6. On June 11, 2009, (more)
Global Strategic Review 2009
11 September 2009
The Intercontinental Hotel Geneva in Switzerland
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
The IISS is pleased to announce that its 7th annual Global Strategic Review (GSR) will be held on 11-13 September 2009 at the Intercontinental Hotel Geneva in Switzerland.
The GSR is the principal international venue for policy-relevant analysis of global foreign, defence and security policy by IISS members, officials, diplomats, military personnel, academics, commentators, media and business. Interdisciplinary in approach (more)
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