conference

Read the presentation here.

Today at the Department of State’s conference on “Atoms for Development,” I gave a presentation on the responsibilities for international cooperation for peaceful nuclear technologies. In this presentation, he recommends that the United States and other countries committed to improving the nuclear nonproliferation system need to use all the levers at their power to apply more rigorous nuclear safeguards.

Photo of Jungmun Beach, Jeju, ROK by Charles D. Ferguson.

Read the Conference Paper.

Listen to the FAS Podcast: A Conversation With An Expert, featuring my trip to South Korea.

From December 2nd to 3rd, I participated in the 9th Republic of Korea-United Nations annual Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues. This year’s conference took place at Jeju, South Korea, which is an island off the southern coast of the Republic of Korea’s mainland . While Jeju is famous for its resorts and is thus a favorite vacation destination for Koreans, it is equally as renowned for hosting bilateral and multinational meetings to discuss security issues. Longtime participants in these meetings refer to the “Jeju process.”

Read my remarks here. Watch the video here.

I was invited by former Czech President Vaclav Havel to participate in the 14th annual Forum 2000. Founded by President Havel, Yohei Sasakawa, and Elie Wiesel in 1995, this forum was originally intended to be a one-time only conference. But due to increasing demand for dialogue about many urgent international issues, President Havel and Mr. Sasakawa, the Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, have kept the forum moving forward for fourteen years.