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Time:10:00-12:00 a.m. Date: March 16, 2010 Venue: New Briefing Room, IIR/NCCU

Great Powers Forum Avoiding Armageddon: Prospects for U.S.-China Cooperation on Arms Control and Disarmament. Time:10:00-12:00 a.m. Date: March 16, 2010 Venue: New Briefing Room, IIR/NCCU.

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Time:10:00-12:00 a.m. Date: March 16, 2010 Venue: New Briefing Room, IIR/NCCU

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  1. Great Powers ForumAvoiding Armageddon: Prospects for U.S.-China Cooperation on Arms Control and Disarmament Time:10:00-12:00 a.m. Date: March 16, 2010 Venue: New Briefing Room, IIR/NCCU

  2. The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament’s latest report, Eliminating Nuclear Threats – A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers, outlines practical policy options designed to: • make progress on today’s proliferation challenges. • produce positive outcomes at the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. • ensure the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. • move to a world free of nuclear weapons.

  3. The report’s main findings are: • Short Term • Unilateral changes in nuclear doctrine to deemphasize the role of nuclear weapons in national security strategies. • Multilateral efforts such as securing the entry-into-force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and negotiation of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT). Resolution of the standoffs with Iran and North Korea. • Medium Term • Deeper reductions in nuclear arsenals. Progress on “parallel security issues” such as missile proliferation, conventional and biological weapons, and space policy. • Long Term (post 2025) • Creating and implementing a satisfactory verification and enforcement regime to detect and penalize violators of the ban. Addressing the geopolitics of a world without nuclear weapons.

  4. Against this backdrop, the Great Powers Forum will feature a roundtable to address these new challenges. • Issues for discussion are as follows: • What will be China’s positions on the U.S. on-going drafting of Nuclear Posture Review and how that might affect the NPT-review conference to be held in May ? What kind of strategic calculations inherited on such shift in the global security power balance and the role of nuclear weapons ?

  5. What prospects for international arms control and disarmament outlooks, including the CTBT and FMCT can we envision? • What is the current debate of the CTBT within U.S. Senate ?

  6. Speakers: • John RydqvistProgram ManagerAsia Security StudiesSwedish Defense Research Agency

  7. Vincent Wang (王維正) • Professor • Department of Political Science • University of Richmond

  8. Arthur Ding (丁樹範) • Research Fellow/Director • China Politics Division • Institute of International Relations • National Chengchi University

  9. I Yuan, (袁易)Moderator • Research Fellow/Professor • Institute of International Relations • National Chengchi University

  10. Welcome to join us on this event. • Questions: yyuan@nccu.edu.tw

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