Newswise — CNN and NPR regulars Joseph Cirincione and Rose Gottemoeller will join William Potter and Dan Rather for a "Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Global Politics" on Friday, April 11, at 4:30 p.m., at Rowan University, in Pfleeger Concert Hall, Wilson Hall, off Rt. 322 on the Glassboro, N.J., campus.
The symposium panel will explore the growing threat of nuclear proliferation worldwide—particularly in Iran—and how that will impact the U.S. and its international policies.
Panelists: Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund In 2004, the "National Journal" listed Cirincione as one of the 100 people whose ideas will shape the policies of the next administration. He has authored "Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons" and "Contain and Engage: A New Strategy for Resolving the Iran Nuclear Crisis." He formerly served as senior vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress and director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Rose Gottemoeller, Moscow Center Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Gottemoeller formerly served as deputy undersecretary for defense nuclear nonproliferation in the U.S. Department of Energy. As a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, she held a joint appointment with the Russian and Eurasian Program and the Global Policy Program. A specialist on defense and nuclear issues in Russia and other former Soviet states, she has researched nuclear security and stability, nonproliferation and arms control.
William Potter, Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies The co-author of "The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism," Potter serves on the Nonproliferation Panel of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control for the National Academy of Sciences. For five years, he served on the United Nations' Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and was a board member of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.
Dan Rather, former CBS anchor, will moderate.
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