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SUMMARY:The European Union and the Arctic. A Short History and a Candid Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | In-Person & Virtual Event \nDescription: Adele Airoldi\, expert in environment\, health and consumer protection\, delivers a seminar in the Bologna Institute for Policy Research Seminar Series. \nThe registration link can be found below. 
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/the-european-union-and-the-arctic-a-short-history-and-a-candid-assessment/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Spy Chat with Chris Costa Special Guest: Dr. Jung H. Pak
DESCRIPTION:The International Spy Museum | Virtual Event \nDescription: Join us for an online discussion of the latest intelligence\, national security\, and terrorism issues in the news. Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa will lead the briefing. Costa\, a former intelligence officer of 34 years with 25 of those in active duty in hot spots such as Panama\, Bosnia\, Afghanistan\, and Iraq\, is also a past Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council. He will be joined by Dr. Jung H. Pak\, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs\, US Department of State. \nAs Deputy Assistant Secretary Pak is responsible for overseeing relations with Australia\, New Zealand\, and the Pacific Islands. She also serves as the Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Prior to arriving at State\, she was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution\, where she focused on Korean Peninsula issues\, East Asia regional dynamics\, and transnational threats related to proliferation\, cybersecurity\, and climate change. While at Brookings\, she authored Becoming Kim Jong Un\, which has been translated into multiple languages and draws from her deep knowledge and experience as an intelligence officer. Pak has held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency\, receiving several awards for contributions to the President’s Daily Brief\, superior analytic accomplishments\, and service to advance workforce development. As the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Korea at the National Intelligence Council\, she led the Intelligence Community’s production of strategic analysis. Before her career in national security\, Pak taught US history in New York City. She received her PhD from Columbia University and studied in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar. \nFollowing their discussion of key issues\, you’ll be able to ask questions via our online platform. \nThe registration link can be found below. 
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/virtual-spy-chat-with-chris-costa-special-guest-dr-jung-h-pak/
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SUMMARY:Crashing the Party? The Amad Plan and Iran’s Failed Sprint for Nuclear Weapons\, 1999-2003
DESCRIPTION:Center for Security Policy Studies | In-Person for GMU students only \nDescription: Dr. Gregory Koblentz\, Associate Professor in the Schar School and Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program\, will present: “Crashing the Party? The Amad Plan and Iran’s Failed Sprint for Nuclear Weapons\, 1999-2003.” The abstract for Dr. Koblentz’s paper appears below. The working paper is also available on request – please let me know if you want to access a copy. As usual\, coffee and baked goods will be served! \nAbstract — Between 1999 and 2003\, Iran undertook an ambitious program\, called the Amad Plan\, to secretly construct an entire undeclared nuclear fuel cycle\, including uranium mining\, conversion\, and enrichment facilities\, as well as the full range of facilities needed to design\, produce\, and test nuclear warheads for delivery by ballistic missiles. While details about the Amad Plan were revealed in 2018 when Israel made public portions of the “atomic archive” stolen from Iran\, the motivation for the program has remained a mystery. In the paper I argue that Iran launched the Amad Plan due to fear of a resurgent Iraq unconstrained by UN weapon inspections and sanctions. I also contend that Iran pursued a distinctive proliferation strategy\, called crashing\, that has not been the subject of study by the nuclear nonproliferation community. As a crash nuclear weapon program\, the Amad Plan shared key characteristics with the Manhattan Project and the Soviet atomic bomb project after 1945. Iran’s Amad Plan\, however\, was ill-conceived and poorly executed\, leading to its premature discovery which generated sufficient international pressure to force Iran to suspend the crash program in 2003. The publicly available portion of the atomic archive\, along with other Iranian sources\, provides a unique opportunity to study the decision-making of a nuclear proliferator from the inside. While Iran’s current security environment and domestic political situation are dramatically different from 1999\, understanding Iran’s past decision-making is still important for understanding under what conditions Iran may decide to build nuclear weapons. \nEvent will take place @12pm\, March 21st at VMH 602.
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/crashing-the-party-the-amad-plan-and-irans-failed-sprint-for-nuclear-weapons-1999-2003/
LOCATION:602 Van Metre Hall 3351 Fairfax Drive\, Arlington\, VA
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