Assessing the Nuclear Security Summit

April 2010

Past Event

Assessing the Nuclear Security Summit

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

April 14, 2010

April 2010

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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Speakers:

Richard Weitz,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Andrew Semmel,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation, 2003-2008

Christopher Ford,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology and Global Security

Ken Luongo,

President, Partnership for Global Security

Miles Pomper,

Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studie

On April 12 and 13, forty-four heads of state gathered at the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington to strengthen international efforts to secure global fissile materials, prevent nuclear terrorism, and bolster global cooperation on nonproliferation issues.

Hudson Institute and the Partnership for a Secure America held a panel that assessed the Summit's results and discuss important nuclear security questions. Did the Summit achieve its stated goals and are these adequate to the nuclear security challenges we face? How could the Summit results affect May's Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference? Which countries could present the greatest problem toward realizing the Summit's objectives?

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