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Discussion Examines the Threat of Nuclear Proliferation

Date: November 20
Location: LBJ Library, Brown Room, 10th Floor
Time: 5:30 PM

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law presents "Reducing Nuclear Threats," a conversation with former Georgia senator Sam Nunn.

Nunn, who is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, will share his views on what steps the Obama administration should take to diminish the threat of nuclear proliferation.

Refreshments will be served and parking is available in the LBJ Library lot on Red River Street.

Senator Nunn's talk will cap off a day-long conference the Strauss Center is hosting on "Reducing Nuclear Threats: Nonproliferation Challenges for the Next Administration." The panel titles and times are:

Panel I. 1:00-2:00 p.m. "Are Nonproliferation Efforts Worthwhile?"
Panelists include Francis Gavin, research associate professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs; and Alan Kuperman, associate professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Moderator: James Lindsay, director of the Robert S. Strauss Center.

Panel II. 2:15-3:30 p.m. "The Renaissance of Nuclear Power: Dangers and Opportunities"
Panelists include Ray Juzaitis, chair of nuclear engineering at Texas A&M University; Ed Lyman, senior staff scientist in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Wash. DC; and Steven Biegalski, associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory.

Moderator: Charles Groat, interim dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences and director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy.

Panel III. 3:45-4:45 p.m. "The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal"
Panelists include Itty Abraham, associate professor of Asian studies; and Sharon Squassoni, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Moderator: Robert Hardgrave, Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Department of Government.

Senator Nunn's talk and the panel discussions are made possible by the Jon Brumley Chair in Global Affairs. The Brumley Chair funds programs that examine current and past efforts to reconcile technological advances with security needs, particularly the world's struggle to contain the menace of nuclear proliferation. The chair also supports activities to examine future challenges created by advances in fields ranging from genetics to telecommunications to nanotechnology.

About the Strauss Center

The Strauss Center works to engage the best minds in academia, government and the private sector in developing practical solutions to the pressing problems of an increasingly globalized world. Randy Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, serves on the center's governing board, and seven liberal arts professors are Strauss Center fellows for 2008-09.

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