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Friends Committee on National Legislation

October 4, 2018

Oct. 4	9:00-11:45 a.m., Senator Joni Ernst (IA); Dakota Wood, Heritage Foundation; Thomas Spoehr, Heritage Foundation, "Release of the 2019 Index of U.S. Military Strength," Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 4	Noon-1:15 p.m., Sara Kutchesfahani, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "Can Creative Diplomacy Keep the Bomb at Bay?," University of Maryland, Room 1107, Van Munching Hall, 7699 Mowatt Ln., College Park, MD.
Oct. 4	1:00-4:30 p.m., Daniel Russel, Asia Society Policy Institute; Atman Trivedi, Hills and Company, "2018 Fall Symposium: The Korean Peninsula Issues and United States National Security," 2255 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 4	3:30-5:00 p.m., Zhihua Shen, East China Normal University; Danhui Li, East China Normal University; Yafeng Xia, Long Island University; Gregg Brazinsky, George Washington University, "China’s Alliances with North Korea and the Soviet Union: A Conversation with China’s Leading Historians," Wilson Center, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 4	5:00-6:30 p.m., Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, "Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran and North Korea," Colorado State University, Natural Resources 113, 400 University Ave., Fort Collins, CO.
Oct. 4	4:30-6:00 p.m., James Person, SAIS, "Not a Black Box: Knowing North Korea through Applied History," SAIS, Room 806, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 5	8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Carnegie Endowment, "Turning Nuclear Swords Into Plowshares in North Korea," with Lt. Gen. Wayne Eyre, UN Command (Republic of Korea) and others, Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 5	8:30-9:30 a.m., Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX), "Asia and the Rise of China," Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York, NY. Register online.
Oct. 5	12:30-2:00 p.m., Victoria Kim, SAIS, "North Korea: My Journey through this Enigmatic Country & Its Role in the Identity of Post-Soviet Koreans," SAIS, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 9	2:30-4:30 p.m., Ji Seong-Ho, Now Actions and Unity for Human Rights; Kang Chol-Hwan, North Korea Strategy Center, "North Korean Escapee Perspectives on the Inter-Korean Peace Process," National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, 13th Floor, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP by email.
Oct. 10	9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Heritage Foundation, "Multinational Nuclear Supplier Partnerships within the OECD: Ensuring Relevance and Competitiveness in the Global Nuclear Power Market," with multiple speakers, Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 10	8:30 a.m., US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, "Threats to the Homeland," with Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen; FBI Director Christopher Wray; National Counterterrorism Center Acting Director Russell Travers, 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC.
Oct. 10	9:30 a.m., US Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Hearing on US Air Force Readiness, with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson; Gen. Stephen Wilson, USAF; John Pendleton, GAO, 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC.
Oct. 10	Noon-1:30 p.m., Robert Powell, Economist Intelligence Unit; Daniel Jasper, American Friends Service Committee; Han-Koo Yeo, Korean Embassy to the United States, "Other Dimensions of the Impact of War on the Korean Peninsula," George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 10	12:30-2:00 p.m., Thomas Shea, Federation of American Scientists, "Verifying Nuclear Disarmament," Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nuclear Proliferation, Floor 13/1, Andromeda Tower, Donau-City Strasse 6, Vienna, Austria. RSVP online.
Oct. 10	6:00 p.m., Wendy Sherman, Harvard University; Nancy Gibbs, Harvard University, "A Conversation with Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman and Nancy Gibbs," Harvard University, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA.
Oct. 11	10:00-11:00 a.m., Dina Esfandiary, Century Foundation; Barbara Leaf, Washington Institute, "Iran's regional posture," International Institute of Security Studies, Suite 801, 2121 K St. NW, Washington, DC. Register interest online.
Oct. 11	12:15-2:00 p.m., Rebecca Davis Gibbons, Harvard University, "The Hegemon’s Toolkit: U.S. Hegemony and the Politics of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime," Harvard University, Room 350, 1 Brattle Sq., Cambridge, MA.
Oct. 11	4:00 p.m., Ankit Panda, The Diplomat, "Nukes, Missiles, and Ways to Talk," Korea Society, 24th Floor, 350 Madison Ave., New York, NY. Register online.
Oct. 11	3:30-5:00 p.m., Jason Reinhardt, Sandia National Laboratories, "A Probabilistic Analysis of the Risk of Nuclear Deterrence Failure," Stanford University, William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA.
Oct. 12	6:30-8:00 p.m., Lt. Gen. (ret.) Bernard Champoux, U.S. Army; Lt. Gen. (ret.) Chun In-Bum, Republic of Korea, "US-ROK Alliance Restructuring," George Washington University, Suite 205, 1957 E. St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 13	3:00-4:00 p.m., James Sebenius, Harvard University; Wendy Sherman, Harvard University, "Diplomacy: The Art of the Deal," Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 645 Boylston St., Boston, MA.
Oct. 16	Noon-1:30 p.m., U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Harry Harris, "U.S.-ROK Relations: Past, Present and Future," Asia Society 2018 Monthly Luncheon Series, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York, NY.
Oct. 17	11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wendy Sherman, Albright Stonebridge Group, "How We Got The Iran Deal, And Why We Will Miss It," Stanford University, William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA. RSVP online.
Oct. 17	12:30-2:00 p.m., Richard Johnson, Nuclear Threat Initiative, "US nuclear policy on DPRK and Iran - Lessons Learned during the Obama Administration," Science & Global Security Seminar Series, Princeton University, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
Oct. 18	3:30-5:00 p.m., Vipin Narang, MIT, "Is India Shifting to a Nuclear Counterforce Strategy?," Stanford University, William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA.
Oct. 24	2:00-3:00 p.m., Mara Karlin, SAIS; Michael Singh, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Security Studies, "The future of US policy in the Middle East," International Institute for Security Studies, Suite 801, 2121 K St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Oct. 25	10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Gary Sick, Columbia University, "The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire - Strategic Realities and Options in the Persian Gulf Today," SAIS, Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
Oct. 25	3:30-5:00 p.m., Hyun-Binn Cho, Stanford University, "Playing With Fire: Provocation, Crisis Escalation and Inadvertent War," Stanford University, William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA.
Oct. 29	4:30-5:30 p.m., Amanda Won, Institute of World Politics, North Korea: Understanding and Exploiting the Most Reclusive Human Intelligence Target," Institute of World Politics, 1521 16th St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Nov. 1	Noon-1:15 p.m., Moeed Yusuf, U.S. Institute of Peace, "Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia," University of Maryland, Room 1107, Van Munching Hall, 7699 Mowatt Ln., College Park, MD.
Nov. 7	Noon-1:30 p.m., Holly Dagres, Atlantic Council; David Mortlock, Atlantic Council; Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for a New American Security; Meredith Sumpter, Eurasia Group, "How Iran Will Cope with US Sanctions," Atlantic Council, 12th Floor, 1030 15th St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Nov. 7	12:30-2:00 p.m., Gen. (ret.) James Cartwright, Science & Global Security Seminar Series, Princeton University, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
Nov. 7	Deadline to apply for ISODARCO Course on "The Past and Future of Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament."
Nov. 7-8	Arab Institute for Security Studies, "WMD and Security Forum- Twelfth Session," Amman, Jordan. Registration information online and via email at info@acsis.org.
Nov. 8	Noon-9:00 p.m., Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, "Annual Dinner and Meeting," University Club of Chicago, 76 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL. Register online.
Nov. 14	12:30-2:00 p.m., Kelsey Davenport, Arms Control Association, Science & Global Security Seminar Series, Princeton University, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
Nov. 16	Noon, David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, Book Discussion, Nuclear Policy Talks Series, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Nov. 29	3:30-5:00 p.m., Sidra Hamidi, Stanford University, "Law as Discursive Resource: The Politics of the Nuclear/Non-Nuclear Distinction in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," Stanford University, William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA.
Dec. 11	4:00 p.m., Ian Anthony, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Vitaly Fedchenko, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, "Nuclear Security in the Black Sea Region," Nuclear Policy Talks Series, George Washington University, 6th Floor, Lidner Commons, 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC.
Jan. 17	5:45-8:00 p.m., Vali Nasr, SAIS, "U.S.-Iran Relations after the Nuclear Deal," Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX. Register online.

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