| Nov. 8-15 | House of Representatives Veterans' Day recess. | | Nov. 9 | 10:30 a.m.-noon, David Huizenga, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Material Security in Russia: A Case Study of the Bratislava Initiative." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. | | Nov. 9 | Noon-1:15 p.m., Max Kampelman, former U.S. arms control negotiator, "A Nuclear Free World?" George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP by email. | | Nov. 9 | 3:00-4:00 p.m., Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel to President Kennedy and Thomas Graham, former Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament, "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Looking Back and Looking Ahead." Sponsored by Security for a New Century. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. | | Nov. 9 | Evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Obama. Washington. | | Nov. 9 | 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. | | Nov. 9-? | Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold an eighth round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva. | | Nov. 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "U.S. Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by 10:00 a.m., Nov. 9 to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3726. | | Nov. 10 | Noon, Heritage Foundation, "The Iranian Nuclear Threat: What Next?" National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. | | Nov. 10 | 4:15 p.m., Maj. Gen. William Burns (retired), former director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, "Nuclear Disarmament, Terrorism and Global Security." University of Notre Dame, C-103 Hesburgh Center, South Bend, IN. | | Nov. 10 | 6:00-7:15 p.m., Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Part of the Distinguished Women in International Affairs series. George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, City View Room, Seventh Floor, Washington. RSVP by email. | | Nov. 10-19 | President Obama visits Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. The trip includes a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Tokyo (Nov. 12 or 13), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation annual meeting, Singapore (Nov. 14-15), a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Beijing (Nov. 16 or 17), visiting Shanghai (Nov. 18), and a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, Seoul (Nov. 19). | | Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). | | Nov. 11-12 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Singapore. | | Nov. 11-15 | Senate Veterans Day recess. | | Nov. 12-15 | Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. | | Nov. 13 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Achilles Zaluar, Brazilian minister-counselor for political affairs to the United States, "A Realistic Approach to Nuclear Disarmament." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Stanford, CA. RSVP by 5:00 p.m., Nov. 11 online. | | Nov. 13-17 | NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. | | Nov. 14-18 | International Peace Bureau annual conference, "Rolling Back Militarism: A Task for the Global Movement," with 15 speakers. Georgetown University, Washington. Register online. | | Nov. 16 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., Deepti Choubey, Carnegie Endowment, and Sameh Shoukr, Egyptian ambassador to the United States, "Restoring the NPT: Essential Steps for 2010." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by noon, Nov. 13 online. | | Nov. 16 | Noon-1:00 p.m., Nicholas Thompson, book discussion of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Flom Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. | | Nov. 16-18 | South Korean-U.N. Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Issues. Jeju Island, South Korea. | | Nov. 17 | 6:30-9:00 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Rd., Oak Ridge, TN. | | Nov. 17 | 11:55 p.m., Vandenberg Witness, protest against Minuteman III ICBM launch. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. | | Nov. 18 | 9:00-11:00 a.m., Jon Wolfsthal, Office of Vice President Joe Biden, keynote address; Anne Harrington de Santana, University of Chicago, "Nuclear Weapons as the Currency of Power: Deconstructing the Fetishism of Force"; and Joshua Masters, New York University, ""Nuclear Proliferation: The Role and Regulation of Corporations." Sponsored by the Nonproliferation Review. At George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP to Nonproliferation Review by email. | | Nov. 18 | 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., National Nuclear Security Administration, public hearing on the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex. New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Rd., Oak Ridge, TN. | | Nov. 18 | Time TBA, U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. | | Nov. 21-29 | House and Senate Thanksgiving recess (tentative). | | Nov. 24 | Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with President Obama. Washington. | | Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving (holiday). | | Nov. 26-27 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. | | Nov. 27 | President reports to Congress on whether North Korea meets the criteria as a state sponsor of terrorism (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1255). |
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