Wednesday, October 01, 2014

TUESDAY: Iran, the Bomb, and Nuclear Disarmament

Understanding the Call to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

When: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: MIT Stata Center - Room 32-155 • 32 Vassar St • Kendall T • Cambridge

In November 2013, the UN Disarmament Committee passed a resolution establishing the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.  This event is held in answer to that call.

Jim WalshJim Walsh is a Research Associate in MIT’s Security Studies Program.  He is an expert in international security and has been to both Iran and North Korea to discuss nuclear issues. He has testified in Congress and written many articles and books about nuclear weapons. He will talk about his recent meeting with Iran’s President Rouhani, the current situation of the nuclear weapons states, and the challenges and opportunities facing disarmament.
Elaine ScarryElaine Scarry is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. Scarry is the author of eight books, most recently Thermonuclear Monarchy. In it, she contends that nuclear weapons eliminate the citizenry and the legislature from the sphere of decision-making about war. Scarry shows how elements of the US Constitution can be used as tools to abolish nuclear weapons.


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