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Public Service Announcement

This week provides some interesting events.

☞ The first is at Carnegie this morning at 9:00am-10:30am with Mark Hibbs and George Perkovich on Nuclear Suppliers in New Zealand: Global Trade Rules at the Crossroads.

☞ Second, another event this morning at 10:00am is the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hearing on Nuclear Terrorism: Strengthening our Domestic Defenses with Eugene Aloise, Government Accountability Office; Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Sciences; and Dana Shea, Congressional Research Service. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

☞ Third, following the President’s release of the National Space Policy on Monday, the Arms Control Association is holding an event on July 1 from 2:00pm-3:00pm at Carnegie on “The New National Space Policy – Prospects for International Cooperation and Making Space Safer for All.”
Panelists include Marcia Smith, Ben Baseley-Walker, Bruce MacDonald, and Jeff Abramson.
TO RSVP, please email name and affiliation to Valerie Pacer at valerie@armscontrol.org or call (202) 463-8270 × 100.

Finally, two reports caught my eye this past week.

☞ GAO, Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Identify Total Costs of Weapons Complex Infrastructure and Research and Production Capabilities

☞ Jonathan Medalia, Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials: Science, Technologies, Observations

As always, send your event requests to armscontrolevents@gmail.com

Philip Maxon

Writing on ACW 2010–2011

Research Analyst, Deltek. Previously, Maxon was the program associate for the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. There, he provided expertise on specific policy issues relating to reducing the role of nuclear weapons in US policy.

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