Welcome Message
from Kal Raustiala
Director, The Burkle Center for International Relations
Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges
This conference, hosted by Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) and Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala, explored challenges presented by nuclear weapons and proliferation today and the range of possible responses. With North Korea and Iran dominating the headlines, conference participants examined existing threats and those still emerging on the horizon. This website contains the conference agenda, other materials from the conference, and streaming video of several panels.
Held March 6 and 7, 2007 on the UCLA Campus
Multimedia
Is Proliferation Inevitable? And Do We Need a New Regime to Manage it?
Streaming video and audio podcast from the opening plenary panel of the conference, Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges.
Challenges for the Next Administration
Streaming video and audio podcast from the closing plenary panel of the conference, Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges.
Articles
US Experts Address Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism
Nuclear terrorism threatens to wreck nuclear peace, which has lasted 61 years despite the presence of tens of thousands of nuclear missiles around the world, noted Nobel laureate Tom Schelling, one of the key speakers at the conference.
Nonproliferation and the Nuclear South
Nuclear powers India and Pakistan were once on the brink of war, but India is now finalizing a civil nuclear deal with the United States. Speakers at a conference on nuclear challenges discussed how the South Asian nations are breaking the nonproliferation mold.
