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Central Asia, Iran, and the Nuclear Landscape in Asia

14 November, 2013 @ 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Co-sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies’ Rising Powers Initiative
9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:30 – 9:45 AM Welcoming Remarks by Douglas Shaw, Associate Dean for Planning, Research and External Relations, GWU
9:45 – 11:15 AM Panel I. Asia’s Changing Nuclear Landscape
Chair: Douglas Shaw, Associate Dean for Planning, Research andExternal Relations, GWU
Japan’s Nuclear Tremors: Domestic Debates about Energy & Security after 3/
Mike Mochizuki, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GWU
China’s Nuclear Priorities–Implications for Iran and Central Asia
Robert Sutter, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GWU
India’s Evolving Nuclear Discourse and Search for Policy Coherence
Deepa Ollapally, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GWU
11:15 – 11:30 AM Coffee Break
11:30 – 1:00PM Panel II. The Iranian Question and its Regional Environment
Chair: Cory Welt, Ponars Eurasia, IERES, GWU
Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions:  US and Israeli Threat Perceptions
Janne Nolan, Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU
Partners or Rivals? Contextualizing the Russian-Iranian Nuclear Relationship
Jeff Mankoff, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Central Asia’s Viewpoint on being in Iran’s Vicinity
Marlene Laruelle, Central Asia Program, IERES, GWU
1:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 PM Panel III. Central Asia’s Nuclear Strategies and Challenges
Chair: Deepa Ollapally, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GWU
Managing Radioactive Waste in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges
Dauren Aben, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, Almaty
Kazakhstan in the Global Nuclear Order: Carving Out a Role That Matters
Togzhan Kassenova, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nuclear Domestic Debates in Kazakhstan: Public Opinion and Expert Controversies
Sebastien Peyrouse, Central Asia Program, IERES, GWU
3:30 PM Wrap–up
The Sigur Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation for this conference.

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14 November, 2013
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9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
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