Countdown to Zero Movie Screening and Panel Discussion
VIEW EVENT DETAILSCountdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by Lucy Walker (The Devil's Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf, and Tony Blair. It makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today. The film was produced by Academy Award?? winner Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute.
The panelists:
James M. Acton is an associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. He received a Ph.D in theoretical physics from Cambridge University and specializes in nonproliferation, deterrence, and disarmament. Acton is co-author of the Adelphi paper Abolishing Nuclear Weapons, and co-editor of the follow-up volume, Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate. He is currently the joint UK member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and was a consultant to the Nowegian government on disarmament issues.
M. Scott Davis is the Deputy Director at the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs, U.S. Department of State. His area of responsibility is nuclear nonproliferation, including the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and International Atomic Energy Agency issues. Davis has also worked as an expert on nuclear safeguards issues at the International Atomic Energy Agency, an action officer on a range of nonproliferation issues at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He has been an analyst on a variety of international security issues at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies.
Jeffrey Lewis is the Director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. Lewis is the author of Minimum Means of Reprisal: China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age (MIT Press, 2007). Lewis is a research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and a contributor to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Lewis also founded and maintains the leading blog on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, ArmsControlWonk.com. Dr. Lewis received his Ph.D. in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland.
The panelists:
James M. Acton is an associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. He received a Ph.D in theoretical physics from Cambridge University and specializes in nonproliferation, deterrence, and disarmament. Acton is co-author of the Adelphi paper Abolishing Nuclear Weapons, and co-editor of the follow-up volume, Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate. He is currently the joint UK member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and was a consultant to the Nowegian government on disarmament issues.
M. Scott Davis is the Deputy Director at the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs, U.S. Department of State. His area of responsibility is nuclear nonproliferation, including the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and International Atomic Energy Agency issues. Davis has also worked as an expert on nuclear safeguards issues at the International Atomic Energy Agency, an action officer on a range of nonproliferation issues at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He has been an analyst on a variety of international security issues at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies.
Jeffrey Lewis is the Director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. Lewis is the author of Minimum Means of Reprisal: China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age (MIT Press, 2007). Lewis is a research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and a contributor to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Lewis also founded and maintains the leading blog on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, ArmsControlWonk.com. Dr. Lewis received his Ph.D. in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland.
Event Details
Tue 27 Jul 2010
1526 New Hampshire Ave Washington, DC
Movie is free. $15 for lunch and lecture, $10 lecture only. Click on the link below to register.