Jeffrey LewisMcElvany Nonproliferation Essay Event

While Bob and Andreas are minding the store, I just wanted to drop in and plug an event to honor the winners of the 2008
Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest
.

The event will feature a keynote by Representative Ellen Tauscher and talks by the winners of the essay contest, including our friends Ward Wilson and Russel Leslie.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Washington, D.C. Office

The Nonproliferation Review
invites you to a special event to present the winners of the 2008
Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest

with Keynote Speaker
Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
Chair, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee
and featuring presentations by authors

Ward Wilson (Grand Prize)
“The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence”

Nathan Pyles (First Runner-Up)
“Building Political Will: Branding the Nuclear-Free-World Movement”

Grégoire Mallard (Best Student Essay)
“Can the EURATOM Treaty Inspire the Middle East? The Political Promises of Regional Nuclear Communities”

Russell Leslie (Best Student Essay)
“The Good Faith Assumption: Different Paradigmatic Approaches to Nonproliferation Issues”

Wednesday November 12, 2008 — 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
1111 Nineteenth Street, NW, Twelfth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036

R.S.V.P. to NonproliferationReview[at]gmail.com or call
Deborah Berman at 202-842-3100, ext. 309

A complimentary lunch and copies of the November issue of
The Nonproliferation Review will be available