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A Novel Means for Deterring Nuclear
Terrorism: The Case of DPRK

PPNT Winter Seminar 2007

A program of the UC Institute on
Global Conflict and Cooperation
funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)


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Brief Biographies of PPNT Fellows
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2006 Seminar: Denuclearizing North Korea: Moving Beyond the 1994 Agreed Framework
2005 Seminar: Nuclear Security in an Uncertain World

Agenda

2007 PUBLIC POLICY AND NUCLEAR THREATS WINTER CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
FEBRUARY 1–2, 2007
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON CENTER (UCDC)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Morning
9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast at UCDC
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m

A Novel Means for Deterring Nuclear Terrorism: The Case of DPRK

Panel: Daniel Chivers, Monti Datta, Brett Isselhardt, Jamus Lim, Bethany Lyles, Lisa Saum, Seth Snider, Dane Swango

How do we deter North Korea from the transfer of nuclear weapons or materials to state or non-state actors?

a) Deterrence Then and Now: A Comparison with the Cold War Model
b) Aspects of a Nuclear Forensics Regime
c) Policy Implications
d) Question and Answer Session

12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch at UCDC
Afternoon
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Applying Deterrence to DPRK

Panel: Daniel Chivers, Monti Datta, Brett Isselhardt, Jamus Lim, Bethany Lyles, Lisa Saum, Seth Snider, Dane Swango

a) Transformational Diplomacy
b) Economic Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula
c) Question and Answer Session

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Coffee break
2:45–4:30 p.m.

Preventing Illicit Transfer of Nuclear Materials

Expert Panel: Michael Krepon (Stimson Center), Mary Beth Nikitin (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Joseph Pilat (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Adam Scheinman (National Nuclear Security Administration)

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

Reception and dinner*

Keynote Address: Andrew Semmel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2*
Morning
9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Informal discussion with IGCC Director Susan Shirk on the future of PPNT
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Saddam’s Deterability: We Now Know?

Presenter: David Palkki

10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Coffee break
10:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Identity and Threat Perception: An Egyptian Response to Iranian Nuclear Proliferation Efforts

Presenter: Lawrence Rubin

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Lunch and remarks by Susan Shirk on the future of PPNT
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
*Please note that these events are open to PPNT program participants only.