The Prospects for Nuclear Diplomacy: Challenges in North Korea and Iran
After years of contention over North Korea’s nuclear program, the leaders of the United States and North Korea signed a Joint Statement on June 12, 2018, committing them to working towards the ‘denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’. But what does this mean exactly? Is it a realistic goal or will we return to threats of ‘fire and fury’?
Around the same time, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—also known as the Iran nuclear deal—even though the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly certified that Iran has been implementing its commitments under the agreement. What are the prospects for the agreement and for a peaceful settlement of tensions over Iran’s nuclear activities?
This seminar will explore the cases of North-Korea and Iran and, more broadly, the current state of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
This seminar will take place in The Hague on 15 November 2018 and is organized by the Netherlands section of the Nobel Peace prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The seminar will be in English.
Venue
Agenda
- 17:00 Walk in
- 17:30 Keynote speech: “Pyongyang’s Paradoxes” (Glyn Ford, Former member of the European Parliament for the UK Labour Party and author of ‘Talking to North Korea’)
- 18:00 General discussion, moderated by Pugwash Netherlands chair (ret. amb.) Marc Vogelaar with an expert panel consisting of:
- Susi Snyder, Nuclear Disarmament Program Manager at PAX for Peace
- Marjolijn van Deelen, Director Security Policy Directorate at Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Peyman Jafari, Lecturer in Modern History & International Relations at the University of Amsterdam
- 19:00 Closing remarks and refreshments
You are most welcome to attend this seminar. PLEASE REGISTER HERE