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Well, not so much self promotion as advertising…

Any of you thinking about doing a Masters starting in the autumn might like to consider King’s College London’s MA in Science and Security or our brand new MA in Nonproliferation and International Security.

I’ll unashamedly add that (i) you get to be in the Department of War Studies (which not only has a great name and is in the heart of London but it is rather good academically); (ii) our students have a very high success rate of going on to get jobs in the field; and (iii) we have studentships of £8,500 to offer!

Plug over.

Oh, and while we are at it with the public service announcements … UCS will release of Toward True Security with Richard Garwin, Frank von Hippel and Lisbeth Gronlund on Wednesday.

What: Briefing and discussion about Toward True Security: Ten Steps the Next President Should Take to Transform U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

When: 1:30-3 p.m., Wednesday, February 13

Where: Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC

Who: Richard Garwin, Frank von Hippel, Lisbeth Gronlund

CAP has an interesting panel on US policy toward Iran up. Not sure if I will make it over there, but you should.

Nuclear Meltdown: Rebuilding a Coherent Policy Towards Iran

A book discussion with Barbara Slavin and Trita Parsi
December 13, 2007, 12:30pm – 2:00pm

A light buffet lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m.

Featured Panelists:

Barbara Slavin, Senior Diplomatic reporter for USA Today (on leave this year as a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace) and the author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation

Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council and author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States

Moderated by:

Joseph Cirincione, Senior Fellow and Director for Nuclear Policy and co-author of Contain and Engage: A New Strategy for Resolving the Iranian Nuclear Crisis

I’ve got Slavin’s Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies on my “to read” list once I finish Arsenals of Folly and Surrender Is Not An Option, which I am hoping to skim.

I am starting a category of arms control wonk public service announcements. Today’s comes from Joel Wit, who is looking for stories from the Cold War:

I am starting an archive of reminiscences about the U.S.-Soviet nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. The archive will focus on the ordinary people who were part of that struggle. Personal stories are welcome from military and civilian personnel who served in the Strategic Air Command, the nuclear submarine force, war planning, theaters such as Europe, at nuclear weapons laboratories, in intelligence (overhead/space recon, Moscow station and special forces), and in nuclear arms control negotiations. If you have interesting, funny, sad, scary or any other tales to tell, please contact joelwit [AT] earthlink.net.