V499 Van Buren Videoconference Rm

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES PRESENT A Seminar “Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future” Speaker Henry Sokolski Henry Sokolski is the Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, and author of Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future, which explores what we may be up against in the next few decades and how we think about this future.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE GRADUATE INITIATIVE IN RUSSIAN STUDIES with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York PRESENT “Contemporary US-Russian Nuclear Risks and Means for Risk Reduction” Speakers Major General Pavel Zolotarev (ret.) and The Honorable Andrew C. Weber Retired Major General Pavel Zolotarev is the deputy director of the Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences and a professor at the Academy of Military Sciences.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES PRESENT A Seminar “Arms Control as a Tool in Promoting International Security?” Speaker Frank A. Rose Mr. Rose currently serves as the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 16, 2014. In this position, he is responsible for advising the Secretary of State on a wide variety of arms control, strategic policy, verification, and compliance issues.

THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES AND THE MIIS CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE PRESENT A Seminar “Nukes in (Cyber)space: The Hazards of Cross-Domain Deterrence” Speaker Erik Gartzke Erik Gartzke is associate professor of Political Science at the University of California at San Diego. His primary area of study involves the impact of information and institutions on war and peace.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES PRESENT A Seminar “U.S. Export Controls: Their Reform and Role in Nonproliferation” Speaker Eric L. Hirschhorn Mr. Hirschhorn currently serves as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Mr. Hirschhorn was sworn in on April 2, 2010. Mr. Hirschhorn oversees the US Department of Commerce agency that advances U.S.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES PRESENT A Seminar “Working at the Nexus of Nuclear Policy and Science” Speaker Lorraine Sadler Lorraine Sadler is a physicist and nuclear security analyst at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. She received her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley where she studied magnetic interactions in Bose Einstein Condensates.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES PRESENT A Seminar “Nuclear Disarmament: What Next for a New Administration?” Speaker Dr. Lewis A. Dunn Dr. Lewis A. Dunn is a Principal with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). At SAIC, he has led studies and supported U.S. policymakers on a broad range of nonproliferation, nuclear arms control, and nuclear security issues. Dr. Dunn served as Assistant Director of the U.S.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES PRESENT A Seminar “Science and Disarmament: Chemical Weapons Verification in a Technologically Dynamic World” Speaker Jonathan Forman Jonathan Forman currently holds the post of Science Policy Adviser at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Dr. Forman received a Ph.D.

THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND THE GRADUATE INITIATIVE IN RUSSIAN STUDIES with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York PRESENT “Through a Cracked Prism: The Politics and Policies of Contemporary German-Russian Relations” Speaker Dr. Crister Garrett Dr. Garrett is professor for American, Transatlantic, and International Studies and Director of the Institute for American Studies at the University of Leipzig.