The 2009 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, "The Nuclear Order—Build or Break," attracted over 840 government officials, policy and technical experts, academics, and journalists from 46 countries.
Highlights included keynote speakers Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg, Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of AREVA, and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, as well as a panel discussion with Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim regrets that he was unable to participate, but has provided his prepared remarks on the subject of nuclear weapons, nuclear disarmament and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Session materials are available below.
Absent a good education environment, there is little room for the Arab world’s youth to turn into responsible citizens who can consolidate and stimulate social transformation to bring about more prosperous and free societies.
China’s traditional diplomacy is at a crossroads as it adjusts to the new global order. The financial crises, climate change, and regional instability have propelled China into a new global role and in turn, a new era of diplomacy.
The obvious and often painful mismatch between aspiration and reality in European foreign policy has plagued discourse on European integration during the last decade.
While the project of “grand Eurasian alliance” between Russia and China currently appears unworkable, the Sino-Russian strategic partnership is a major boon for both countries and acts as one of the pillars of peace and stability in Asia.
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