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2008 Summer Seminar Calendar

July 6–26, 2008, UC San Diego


NOTE: All sessions will take place in Room 104 of the Social Sciences Building (SSB 104) unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change. Please check back frequently for updates. Last updated 7/16/2008.

 

Week One: Supply and Demand for Nuclear Proliferation

 

July 6

July 7

July 8

July 9

July 10

July 11

 

 


INTRODUCTION

COLD WAR APPROACHES

CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER

NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

WHY STATES PROLIFERATE

8:30 a.m.

 

 

 

Discussion

Discussion

Discussion

9:00 a.m.

 

ID Cards

10 a.m.
Orientation and Introduction

8:30 a.m.
Computer Lab Orientation (participants bring laptops)

Nuclear Fuel Cycle (A. Bernstein)

Advanced Fuel Cycles and NPP Designs (J. Katz)

Quantitative Studies of Proliferation: Introduction (E. Gartzke)

10:30 a.m.

 

Nuclear Weapon Technologies (J. Scott)

Nuclear Deterrence II (R. Powell)

Proliferation Resistant Reactor Design (M. Adams)

Nuclear Energy and Proliferation/
Terror Risks (J. Pilat)

Quantitative Studies of Proliferation (M. Fuhrmann, M. Kroenig, K. Beardsley, R. Brown)

1:30 p.m.

 

Nuclear disarmament, fissile material policy, and nuclear terrorism (F. von Hippel)

US Nonproliferation Policies (H. Smith)

Research Group
Discussions: Intro and Breakout

US Nuclear Stockpile: Introduction (M. Cornwall)

3:00 p.m.

 

Nuclear Deterrence I (R. Powell)

3:30 p.m. Reception
Mandeville Suite

4:00 p.m.
Reception
Mandeville Suite

US Stockpile Issues Roundtable (L. Brooks, R. Nelson, M. Cornwall)

2:00 p.m.
Discussion: Why States Do and Don’t Proliferate (L. Brooks) Mandeville Suite
4:30 p.m. Opening Dinner Eucalyptus Point Room B  

4:00 p.m. Retrospective Talk: Herb York
Mandeville Suite

6:00 p.m.
Nuclear Jeopardy

Restoring the Nuclear Expertise Pipeline (W. Daitch)
Mandeville Suite

Small group dinner with speakers Small group dinner with speakers

Week Two: Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation Strategies

 

July 14

July 15

July 16

July 17

July 18

 

THE NP REGIME

MONITORING & DETECTION

MONITORING & DETECTION

COUNTER-PROLIFERATION

TERRORISM

8:30 a.m.

Discussion

Discussion

Discussion

Discussion

Discussion

9:00 a.m.

Why States Proliferate (E. Solingen)

US Intelligence (J. Richelson)

Information analysis systems (J. Lepingwell)

IAEA Investigation of Undeclared Nuclear Activities (G. Anzelon)

NNSA Counter-Terrorism (S. Aoki, M. Cowan)

10:30 a.m.

NPT Regime (J. Pilat)

The Nuclear Abolitionists (L. Brooks)

IAEA Monitoring Technologies (R. Kelley)

Perspectives on Combating Nuclear Terrorism (R. Eddy)

 

1:30 p.m.

The NP Regime (R. Brown)

IAEA Safeguards Negotiations (L. Rockwood)

US Monitoring & Verification in Practice (J. Davis)

Nuclear Forensics (J. Davis, D. Smith, D. Chivers)

US NP Policy
(H. York)

3:00 p.m.

IAEA Additional Protocol and Integrated Safeguards (L. Rockwood)

 

IAEA Safeguards in Practice (R. Kelley)
Mandeville Suite


2:45 p.m.
Nuclear Terrorism (E. Berman, R. Frost, M. Intriligator, M. Levi)

4:30 p.m. Research Group
Discussions (IGCC Conf. Room and 3 other breakout rooms)
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons in Int'l Politics (S. Martin) Nuclear Ethics (T. Doyle, J. Langan, J. Kelsay, S. Martin) Mandeville Suite 4:00 p.m.
Defense of the Homeland Against Asymmetric Threats (E.Glover)
 
6:00 p.m. Small group dinner with speakers    

LOCKHEED MARTIN DINNER (L. Brooks) Eucalyptus Point

 

Week Three: National Nuclear Policy: Threats and Responses

 

July 21

July 22

July 23

July 24

July 25

 

GLOBAL STRATEGIES

GLOBAL STRATEGIES

REGIONAL NUCLEAR STRATEGIES

REGIONAL NUCLEAR STRATEGIES

REGIONAL
NUCLEAR STRATEGIES

8:30 a.m.

Discussion

Discussion

Discussion

 

 

9:00 a.m.

US Nuclear Policy: Today & Tomorrow (M. Wheeler)

Deterrence theories in n-player games (P. Davis, R. Powell)

Russian Nuclear Policy: Introduction (N. Sokov)

Discussion

9:30 a.m.
French and UK Nuclear Policy (R. Willoughby)

Discussion

9:30 a.m.
Iran, Israel, and the Middle East (S. Sagan, C. Kane)

10:30 a.m.

Foreign Perceptions of US Nuclear Policy (K. Kartchner)

 

Russia Roundtable (N. Sokov, P. Podvig)

 

 

1:30 p.m.

US Nuclear Strategy Roundtable (M. May, L. Brooks, J. Lewis)
Robinson Auditorium
China Intro (T. Cheung)

North Korea Intro (S. Haggard)

South Asia: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan, and Networks (S. Sagan, S. Joshi, S. P. Kapur)

“Who’s next? What’s Next?” Roundtable (M. May, L. Brooks)

3:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.Terrorism (M. Crenshaw)
Robinson Auditorium

China Roundtable (J. Lewis, S. Shirk, T. Cheung, J. Pollack)

North Korea Roundtable (S. Shirk, S. Haggard, J. Pollack, S. Snyder)

3:30 p.m.
Research Group
Discussions Mandeville Suite

 

Evening Small group dinner with speakers at Ba Ren Small group dinner with speakers   6:00 p.m.
Nuclear Jeopardy

4:30 p.m.
Closing Ceremony and Dinner
Eucalyptus Point