Anita Friedt, Director of the Office of Policy and Regional Affairs in the U.S. State Department speaks about the NATO Deterrence and Defense Poture Review a week before the Chicago Summit 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.
Sarwar Kashmeri, Senior Fellow of the International Security Program at the Atlantic Council, 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.
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.
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.
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.
On May 14-15, BASIC joins the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NATO Watch, and Strategy International at the Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, DC for a Shadow NATO Summit. Experts and senior officials will grapple with the tough issues facing the Alliance ahead of next week's summit in Chicago.
BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International are holding a conference on May 14 and 15, a week before the NATO Summit in Chicago.
Diplomats at the 2012 NPT Preparatory Committee have been discussing an extraordinary range of issues, but the highlight of this week’s agenda was Jaakko Laajava, Finnish Ambassador and facilitator of the 2012 Conference on a WMD free zone in the Middle East, on Tuesday morning giving his first official presentation of his consultations throughout the past seven months.