COUNTER-PROLIFERATION

A Political-Economic Conflict Seminar

May 6-8, 2008

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has been designated by the United States as one of the principal threats to American national security. The focus has historically been on policies concerning nonproliferation, including efforts to prevent the acquisition of WMD, related materials, and delivery systems by "rogue states" or terrorist groups.

In addition to nonproliferation policies, however, there is now increasing attention to counter-proliferation, encompassing efforts to deter, detect, defend against, and defeat WMD use. More than 500 million small arms exist and millions more are being produced every year and finding their way into the hands of a range of combatants and terrorists around the world.

Various other destructive devises and instructions on their manufacture and use are now in the hands of would-be insurgents and terrorists. If the clash of great armies may be less likely, the ability to maintain protracted guerrilla, insurgent, and terrorist attacks has been magnified and may be the single most important on-going threat to international public order.

This seminar will address both the geopolitical and social context and the mechanics of proliferation across the range of U.S. global interests, including the fundamental concern for homeland security.

 

SEMINAR TOPICS

• The United States and Its Allies: An Overview of the Range of Proliferation Threats
• The Problem of Proliferation: The New Domestic and International Initiatives to Address the Issue
• Managing Counter-Proliferation Policies: Coping with the Political Realities
• Proliferation: The Political and Social Foundations
• International Alliances: Conflict or Cooperation?
• Nuclear Transfers from Pakistan
• U.S. National Interests: Political Repercussions from Global Non-Proliferation Efforts
• Diplomacy and Arms Sales in the Middle East
• The U.S. and India: Nuclear Partners?
• The Future of Non-Proliferation Efforts
• North Korea and Iran: WMD and the Nuclear Standoff
• Engaging Iran: Is It in the U.S. National Interest?
• Libya: Progress on the Non-Proliferation Frontline

 

ALAN L. FREED ASSOCIATES

Alan L. Freed Associates specializes in the design and development of non-partisan Public Policy Seminars for senior managers and executives from the Defense and Intelligence communities.

In 1976, Alan L. Freed Associates founded and developed the original Capitol Hill Workshop and White House Workshop. Since then more than 800 executive-level policy seminars have been conducted in Washington, D.C., and more than 100 programs presented at various military bases around the United States.

Each year Alan L. Freed Associates also conducts a series of Foreign Policy Seminars focusing on specific areas of the world. These Political-Economic Conflict seminars are designed to provide an insider's view of regional issues of interest to attendees.