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The Paul C. Warnke Conference on Thepast, Present & Future of Arms Control
The Paul C. Warnke Conference on the Past, Present & Future of Arms Control

January 28, 2004 Georgetown University Washington, D.C.

Arms Control Association Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Center for Peace and Security Studies

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE PAUL C. WARNKE CONFERENCE ON THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF ARMS CONTROL
ANUARY AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 28, 2004

Sponsored by the Arms Control Association, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and the Center for Peace and Security Studies Program at Georgetown University

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ABOUT PAUL C. WARNKE FOREWARD, Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association WELCOMING REMARKS I. ASSESSING THE RECORD OF ARMS CONTROL Presentations by John Steinbruner (Chairman), ACA Board of Directors; John Newhouse, Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Information; Nobuyasu Abe, UN Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs; Elisa D. Harris, Senior Research Scholar, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland Questions and Answers Panel Biographies

24 II. MEETING TODAY’S PROLIFERATION CHALLENGES Presentations by Robert Gallucci (Chairman), Dean, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Robert Einhorn, Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Daniel Poneman, Principal, The Scowcroft Group; George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Questions and Answers Panel Biographies
III. KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Senator Joseph Biden on “Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy” Remarks as Delivered Questions and Answers Biography IV. ADDRESSING FUTURE ARMS CONTROL AND SECURITY PROBLEMS Presentations by Catherine Kelleher (Chairman), Editor, Naval War College Review; Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom; Richard Speier, Nonproliferation Consultant; Eugene Habiger, former commander in Chief of the U.S. Strategic Command Questions and

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