2023 Chain Reaction: Emma Belcher's Opening Remarks

Navigating Change: Opening Remarks from Emma Belcher

Watch the Special Opening Remarks from Ploughshares Fund President Dr. Emma Belcher from Chain Reaction: Navigating Change above! Share it with your friends, and stay engaged in the fight to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons.

For the first time since the end of the Cold War we are on the precipice of a new nuclear arms race, this time with both Russia and China. Opponents of arms control are on the attack, saying we should confront recent escalations by Russia and China with more nuclear weapons. But we know an arms race is not the answer. Better diplomacy, not more weapons, will lead to a safer future.
 
Join us to explore how Ploughshares Fund and our partners are navigating these dangerous shifts in the nuclear landscape and re-charting pathways toward a safer, more-secure future.
 
A series of events so related that each one initiates the next is known as a Chain Reaction. Every year we gather leaders in our field, devoted partners, and new advocates to generate a nexus of ideas and strategies to advance policies to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. You—and every new ally you introduce to Ploughshares Fund—represent a critical ingredient in our formula for change.

Public Addresses by:
Dr. Emma Belcher, President of Ploughshares Fund
Matt Korda, Senior Research Associate and Project Manager for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists
Ben Rhodes, Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama, author, and Ploughshares Fund Board member

A panel discussion featuring:
Moderator, Tom Z. Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund
Tina Cordova, Co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
Dr. Fiona Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Nicole Grajewski, Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute

In our Pre-show, hear Executive Director Elizabeth Warner share her favorite memories of Chain Reactions past in a tribute to the 10th anniversary of this important event.