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Second U.S.-Japan Track II Meeting on on Arms Control, Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Verification

March 27-28, 2002
Washington, D.C.

SCHEDULE and AGENDA

March 27, Wednesday
Venue: Root Room, the Carnegie Peace Endowment Building (2nd Fl.)
1779 Mass. Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
8:30-9:00am BREAKFAST
9:00-9:15am OPENING REMARKS
9:15am-12:15pm SESSION I: Evolving Issues of Ballistic Missile Threats and Their Remedies

Chair: Michael A. McDevitt, CNA Corporation

Presentation: Brad Roberts, Institute for Defense Analyses, "Challenge of Ballistic Missile Threats in Northeast Asia" (PDF)

Presentation: Tetsuya Umemoto, Shizuoka-Kenritsu University, "U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Ballistic Missile Defense" (PDF)

* Reference Material: Umemoto Tetsuya, "Ballistic Missile Defense and the Japan-U.S. Alliance" (PDF)

Comment: Bates Gill, Brookings Institution

(Coffee Break: 10:45-10:50am)

12:30- WORKING LUNCH
2:00-4:00pm SESSION II: Implications of the Nuclear Posture Review for Extended Nuclear Deterrence

Chair: Benjamin Self, Henry L. Stimson Center

Presentation: Herbert Baker Spring, the Heritage Foundation, "The Implications of the Nuclear Posture Review for Extended Deterrence" (PDF)

Comment: Shuichiro Iwata, Japan National Defense Academy

5:45pm- RECEPTION
Somers Room, Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20036
6:15pm- DINNER
Zilkha Lounge, Brookings Institution

Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael J. Green, Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council

March 28, Thursday
Venue: Stein Room, Brookings Institution (2nd Fl.)
1779 Mass. Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
9:00-10:15am SPECIAL BRIEFING SESSION: Nuclear Testing Issues in the United States

Briefing: Nancy Gallagher, University of Maryland

10:30am-12:15pm SESSION III: Strategy for U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Challenges to the NPT and Nuclear Nonproliferation

Chair: Lawrence Scheinman, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Presentation: Mitsuru Kurosawa, Osaka University, "Strategy for U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Challenges to the NPT and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime" (PDF)

Comment: Lewis Dunn, Science Application International Corporation

12:30- LUNCH
Zilkha Lounge, Brookings Institution

Guest Speaker: The Honorable John R. Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State

2:20-4:50pm SESSION IV: Strategies for Dealing with the Threats of Biological Weapons

Chair: John Parachini, RAND Corporation

Presentation: Michael L. Moodie, the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, Strategies for Dealing with the Threats of the Biological Weapons (PDF)

Comment: Tsutomu Arai, Japan Institute of International Affairs, "Strategies for Dealing with the Threats of the Biological Weapons" (PDF)

(Coffee Break: 3:40-3:50pm)

5:00-5:30pm FINAL SESSION: Issues for the next Track II meeting
5:30-5:45pm CLOSING REMARKS

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