Debate: European Missile Defenses for NATO

Debate is Important

Five debates on nuclear challenges, policy decisions in the Trump era

Together with the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), Ploughshares Fund recently provided a periodic forum for in-depth exploration of arguments on both sides of key nuclear policy issues. The debate series covered a range of nuclear challenges and policy decisions the Trump administration has faced in 2017, and will continue to face in the future. You can watch these five debates here.

Debate: European Missile Defenses for NATO, February 16, 2017

  • Frank Rose, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
  • Thomas Karako, Senior Fellow and Director of the Missile Defense Project at CSIS
  • Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
  • Philip Coyle, Senior Science Fellow, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Debate: Modernization of Nuclear Missiles, May 23, 2017

  • Jon Wolfsthal, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University
  • Christine Parthemore, CEO and Founder, CLP Global
  • General C. Robert Kehler (Ret.), Former Commander, US Strategic Command
  • Heather Williams, Lecturer, King’s College London

Debate: North Korea's Nuclear Program, June 20, 2017 

  • Paul Carroll, Senior Advisor, N Square (former Director of Programs, Ploughshares Fund)
  • Melissa Hanham, Senior Research Associate, East Asia Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center
  • Kelly Magsamen, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian Pacific and Security Affairs
  • John Warden, ‎Senior Policy Analyst, SAIC

Debate: US Nuclear Weapon Modernization, June 29, 2017

  • Hon. Ellen Tauscher, Former US Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
  • Adam Mount, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
  • John Harvey, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs
  • Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Debate: Future of the INF Treaty, September 27, 2017

  • Thomas Countryman, Former Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
  • Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
  • Franklin C. Miller, Principal, The Scowcroft Group
  • Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute