[lbo-talk] Three Minutes to Midnight

R rhisiart at charter.net
Sat Dec 27 15:50:42 PST 2003


Dr Helen Caldicott requests the LBO message board inform its membership of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute symposium titled:

Three Minutes to Midnight: NPRI Symposium on the Impending Threat of Nuclear War

The Cold War is Over. The Nuclear Threat is Not.

January 25 * 26 * 27, WASHINGTON, DC Omni Shoreham Hotel

Twelve years after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia each maintain 2500 nuclear bombs on tenuous hair trigger alert. This chilling reality and other critical nuclear issues will be examined in-depth at the Nuclear Policy Research Institute's groundbreaking symposium.

Join scientists, policy-makers, military and medical experts from around the world for three days of analysis, insight and strategy

Covered in Depth:

At this landmark symposium, nuclear abolitionists, weapons designers and supporters of nuclear weapons as a deterrent will come together for the first time ever to discuss and debate the role of nuclear weapons in the 21st century.

Terrorist threats to U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles Accidental nuclear exchanges Terrorist and hacker intrusions into U.S. and Russian early warning systems Stockpile Stewardship Program The roles of business, science and the military in the proliferation of nuclear weapons Nuclear planning and targeting after the end of the Cold War Regional nuclear dangers: Korea, India/Pakistan and Israel Re-examination of Nuclear Winter data in light of new targeting and climate information

Presenters include:

Dr. George Woodwell, Honorary Chair The Right Honourable Kim Campbell General Charles A. Horner Walter Pincus Dr. Helen Caldicott Dr. C. Paul Robinson Robert O. Muller Colonel General Yevgeny Maslin Dr. Raymond Jeanloz Dr. Bruce Blair Col. Valery E. Yarynich, Ret. David Mosher Philip E. Coyle Dr. Ivan Safranchuk Jacqueline Cabasso Stephen Schwartz Joseph Cirincione Ira Shorr Dr. Matthew McKinzie Daryl Kimball Dr. Avner Cohen Dr. Robert Gallucci Dr. Janne Nolan Dr. William Arkin Greg Mello Dr. Michael May Dr. John Burroughs Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy Dr. Robert Nelson Bill Gertz Andrew Lichterman Dr. Victor N. Mikhailov Dr. Evgeny N. Avrorin Dr. Mike Shuster Dr. Donald Louria William D. Hartung

For detailed information about the presenters, the schedule, registration information and further symposium details, please visit

http://www.nuclearpolicy.org/documents/conference.htm

and the Nuclear Policy Research Institute web site at

http://www.nuclearpolicy.org

Write to us at info at nuclearpolicy.org

Thank you.



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