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Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies

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Welcome and Introduction to Securing our Survival Conference Presenter(s): Mark D. Nordenberg, William W. Keller Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 9:00 AM EST Length: 22 Minutes 21 Seconds Welcome - Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh Acknowledgement of co-sponsors and overview of conference issues William W. Keller, Director, Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies	Public Health Impact of Nuclear Weapons Use Presenter(s): Nancy Eligator, MD Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 9:20 AM EST Length: 10 Minutes 44 Seconds Public Health Impact of Nuclear Weapons Use: Physicians for Social Responsibility presented by Nancy Eligator, MD, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
Session 1 Understanding the Nuclear Threat and Climate Crisis: Global Reality-Bomb Scare Presenter(s): Joe Cirincione Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 9:30 AM EST Length: 30 Minutes 49 Seconds Global Reality-Bomb Scare-Overview of global nuclear weapons dangerincluding breakdown of NPT regime. Speaker: Joe Cirincione, Senior Fellow and Director for Nuclear Policy at the Center for American Progress, co-author of Deadly Arsenals	Session 1 Understanding the Nuclear Threat and Climate Crisis: National Security and the Threat of Climate Change Presenter(s): Sherri Goodman Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 10:00 AM EST Length: 38 Minutes 6 Seconds Understanding the Nuclear Threat and Climate Crisis: National Security and the Threat of Climate Change presented by Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, The CNA Corporatioin
Session 2 U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Impact on Proliferation: Taking the Nuclear Option Off the Table: A Critique of U.S. Nuclear Policy Presenter(s): William Hartung Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 10:30 AM EST Length: 24 Minutes 22 Seconds Taking the Nuclear Option Off the Table: A Critique of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Speaker: William Hartung, Director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation	Session 2 U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Impact on Proliferation: U.S. Plans for New Nukes—Good or Bad for Non-Proliferation? Presenter(s): Doug Shaw Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 11:00 AM EST Length: 27 Minutes 22 Seconds U.S. Plans for New Nukes—Good or Bad for Non-Proliferation? Brief look at plans for the Reliable Replacement Warhead and Complex 2030. What would/should a new US nuclear weapons policy look like? Speaker: Doug Shaw, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Political Satire Presenter(s): Ira Shorr, William Hartung Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 12:45 PM EST Length: 17 Minutes 30 Seconds Political Satire with Introductioin by William Hartung featuring Ira Shorr (aka Sen. Jess Trustme)	Session 3 Nuclear Disarmament Bridging the Political Divide Presenter(s): Charles V. Peña, Jon Wolfsthal Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 1:00 PM EST Length: 53 Minutes 3 Seconds The proliferation of nuclear weapons to new nations, as well as groups within states, is widely recognized as the most urgent threat confronting the United States. The prospect that a significant spread looms so near, with such dire potential consequences, means policymakers should spare no effort to resist this possibility. Charles V. Peña and Jon Wolfsthal will discuss why the United States should not only strengthen all of its policy instruments, but why the nonproliferation debate must also move beyond some of the splits that have divided experts and political players.
Session 4 Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Presenter(s): Corey Hinderstein Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 2:00 PM EST Length: 28 Minutes 21 Seconds Steps down the global elimination path (Overview of Hoover Project aka WSJ op ed by Nunn, Kissinger, Schultz et al.) Speaker: Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)	Session 5 The Role of Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention Presenter(s): Lisa Schirch Status: Available Air Date: 10/12/2007 Air Time: 2:35 PM EST Length: 32 Minutes 52 Seconds Security through diplomacy: A new diplomatic framework for addressing nuclear threats and climate change. Speaker: Lisa Schirch, Professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and program director of the 3D Security Initiative