Ambassador Kurt Volker, Managing Director and Senior Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations (SAIS), speaks about NATO partnerships with Russia and other countries and NATO’s engagement in the Middle East and North Africa at the Shadow NATO Summit hosted by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012.
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Anita Friedt at the BASIC Shadow NATO Summit III
Anita Friedt, Director of the Office of Policy and Regional Affairs at the US State Department, speaks about the NATO Deterrence and Defence Posture Review at the Shadow NATO Summit organized by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012.
Paul Ingram at the BASIC Shadow NATO Summit III
Paul Ingram, executive director of BASIC, speaks about the NATO Deterrence and Defence Posture Review at the Shadow NATO Summit organized by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012.
Walter Slocombe at the NATO Shadow Summit III
Walter Slocombe, former US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, speaks about the NATO Deterrence and Defence Posture Review at the Shadow NATO Summit organized by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012.
Steven Pifer at the Shadow NATO Summit III
Amb Steven Pifer, Director of the Arms Control Initiative at the Brookings Institution, speaks about the NATO Deterrence and Defence Posture Review at the Shadow NATO Summit organized by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012.
“Resetting the Reset Button with Russia” – Hall Gardner at the BASIC Shadow NATO Summit
Dr. Hall Gardner, Professor and Chair in the Department of International and Comparative Politics at the American University of Paris, speaks about NATO partnerships with Russia and other countries at the Shadow NATO Summit hosted by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC.
Shadow NATO Summit III in Washington, DC
BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International held a conference in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012, a week before the NATO Summit in Chicago.
Nato plans to upgrade nuclear weapons ‘expensive and unnecessary’
This article by Guardian Reporter, Richard Norton-Taylor, features a recent article published by BASIC policy consultant Ted Seay. The report examines NATO's plans to upgrade US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe and concludes that this expensive endeavor is unnecessary and will adversely affect relations with Russia.