Nuclear Calendar -- Nov. 14, 2016 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- November 14, 2016
Oct. 4-Dec. 13 | William Perry, former Defense Secretary. "Living at the Nuclear Brink: Yesterday and Today." Course registration online. |
Nov. 11-15 | Biological Weapons Convention quinquennial review conference. Geneva. |
Nov. 14 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Lisbeth Gronlund, Union of Concerned Scientists, "Use It or Lose It: U.S. Plans for Maintaining Nuclear Weapons Expertise Into the Future." Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Second Floor, Princeton, NJ. |
Nov. 14 | House and Senate reconvene. |
Nov. 14 | 6:00-9:00 p.m., Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs; and Richard Somerville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, "Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Annual Dinner." Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago. |
Nov. 14-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Week of Nov. 14 | Russia and the United States hold a joint meeting of the Special Verification Commission of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Geneva (date and city are estimates). |
Nov. 15 | Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will; and John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, "The Historic U.N. Vote on Banning Nuclear Weapons." Church Center for the United Nations, 777 U.N. Plaza, Hardin Room, 11th Floor, New York. |
Nov. 15 | Republican House members vote on the Republican nominee for the Speaker of the House. |
Nov. 15 | 6:00 p.m., Screening of Command and Control. University of New Mexico, Main Campus, Mitchell Hall, Room 100, Albuquerque, NM. |
Nov. 16 | 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH) and eight other speakers, "2017 Index of U.S. Military Strength." Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage Foundation website. |
Nov. 16 | 9:45-11:15 a.m., National Iranian American Council, "Maximizing the Opening with Iran: How the Next President Can Secure American Interests in the Middle East." At the Stimson Center, Joint Conference Room A/B, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Eighth Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
Nov. 16 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Ray Acheson, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, "The Humanitarian Initiative and the Ban Treaty: Why it is Time to Stop Being Pessimistic and Get Excited about the Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament." Princeton University, 221 Nassau St. Second Floor, Princeton, NJ. |
Nov. 16 | 12:45 p.m. EDT, Ploughshares Fund, "10 Big Nuclear Ideas for the Next President report launch," with seven speakers. Webcast on the . |
Nov. 17 | 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), "," with eight speakers. CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP . Webcast on the . |
Nov. 17 | 8:30 a.m. EDT, Rep. Adam Smith (WA), "Outlook on Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next Administration." Council on Foreign Relations, Washington. Webcast on the CFR website. |
Nov. 17 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Nasir Hafeez, Pakistan’s National Defense University, "Strategic Stability in South Asia: An Emerging Nuclear Order." Johns Hopkins, SAIS, Rome Building, Room 806, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP by |
Nov. 17 | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President-elect Trump. New York. |
Nov. 17-18 | President Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Berlin. |
Nov. 18 | President Obama meets with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Berlin. |
Nov. 18-28 | House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. (Senate recess begins Nov. 19. and ends Nov. 27.) |
Nov. 19-20 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Lima, Peru. |
Nov. 23 | 6:30 p.m., Des Browne, former British Secretary of State for Defence; and Justin Bronk, Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies (RUSI), "." RUSI, Whitehall, London. RSVP . |
Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 26 | 25th anniversary of the last British nuclear test, Julin Bristol. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Nov. 28 | 6:30 p.m., Screening of Command and Control. Guild 45th Theatre, 2115 N. 45th St., Seattle. RSVP online |
Nov. 29 | 6:00-9:00 p.m., Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control; and Joe Cirincione, President, Plowshares Fund, "The Future of the Command and Control of Our Nuclear Weapons." Four Seasons Hotel Seattle, 99 Union St., Seattle. Register online. |
Nov. 29 | Screening of Command and Control. Smith College, Helen Hills Chapel, 123 Elm St., Northampton, MA. |
Nov. 30 | 1:00-6:15 p.m., State and Energy Departments, "Nuclear Explosion Monitoring: 60 Years of Science and Innovation." 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
Nov. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, NM. |
Nov. or Dec. | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves to be Commander, Missile Defense Agency. Location TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Nov. or Dec. | House and Senate floor action on the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act. |
Dec. 1 | 9:30-10:45 a.m. Irina Kosterina, Heinrich Boell Foundation; and Olga Oliker, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), "Russia Today and Tomorrow: Implications for the U.S." Part of the CSIS Global Security Forum. CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Dec. 1 | 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Victor Cha, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Robert Gallucci, Georgetown University; retired Gen. Walter Sharp, former Commander, United States Forces Korea; and Christine Wormuth, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "Challenges from North Korea." Part of the CSIS Global Security Forum. CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Dec. 1 | 6:00-8:30 p.m., Han Sung Joo, Korea University; and Evans Revere, Albright Stonebridge Group, "The North Korean Nuclear Challenge." Sponsored by National Committee on American Foreign Policy. At Union Club, 101 E. 69 St., New York. RSVP by |
Dec. 1-2 | Czech Foreign Ministry, "6th Prague Agenda Conference." Czernin Palace, Loretánské náměstí 5, Prague. |
Dec. 4-7 | National Symposium on Nuclear Weapons. Santa Fe, NM. |
Dec. 5-9 | International Atomic Energy Agency, International Conference on Nuclear Security. Vienna. |
Dec. 6-7 | Secretary of State John attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting. Brussels. |
Dec. 10 | Louisiana Senate runoff between Foster Campbell (D) and John Kennedy (R). |
Dec. 16 | Congress adjourns (tentative). |
Dec. 17-Jan. 2 | House and Senate Christmas recess. |
Dec. 24 | Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Jan. 1. |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
Dec. 26 | Christmas observed (federal holiday). |
Dec. 26 | 25th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. |
Dec. 31 | Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 expires. |
2016 | |
Jan. 1 | António Guterres takes office as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. |
Jan. 1 | Pope Francis delivers a world day of peace message titled "Non-Violence: A Style of Politics for Peace." |
Jan.-March | Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based-Interceptor missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
Jan. 3 | Congress convenes. |
Jan. 16 | First anniversary of "Implementation Day," which lifted sanctions on Iran. |
Jan. 20 | Noon, Inauguration of President Trump. Capitol Building, Washington. |
Feb. 25-28 | J Street Conference, Washington. |
March 20-21 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
March 27-31 | United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. New York. |
April 23 | First round of the French presidential election. |
June 15-July 7 | United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. New York. |
Aug. 9-10 | U.S. Strategic Command, Deterrence Symposium, La Vista, NE. |
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