13
September 2011
Past Event
Nuclear Security Summits: Impact and Assessment

Nuclear Security Summits: Impact and Assessment

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
September 13, 2011
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13
September 2011
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1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
Jennifer Smyser,

Program Officer, Policy and Outreach, Stanley Foundation

Laura Holgate,

WMD Terrorism & Threat Reduction at National Security Council

Christopher A. Ford,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Technology and Global Security

Kenneth Luongo,

Co-Chair, Fissile Materials Working Group and President, Partnership for Global Security

Kenneth Weinstein,

Hudson Institute President & CEO

Katherine Gockel,

Deputy Director, Partnership for a Secure America

The explosion of one crude nuclear device in one city would change our world forever. Since the end of the Cold War, a serious effort has been under way to fully secure the world's nuclear material. But 20 years later, that has yet to be achieved and the new threat of nuclear terrorism has emerged.

Participants discussed the impact of Nuclear Security Summits developments in nuclear security since the 2010 summit in Washington, DC; and looked ahead to desired outcomes from the next Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea in 2012.

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