The virtual seminar will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. (E.T.)
The election of President Biden has opened up possibilities for U.S. nuclear policy reform to reduce nuclear threats and budgets and contribute to the disarmament process. This talk will offer an overview of key opportunities to make progress in 2021 and the political challenges ahead, given the perspectives on nuclear policy of President Biden and his Administration and of arms control supporters and opponents in the Congress. It will outline policy goals, arguments, and specific steps arms control advocates can usefully propose in 2021 and beyond, and explain the Back from the Brink Campaign and its goals.
About the speaker: Daryl Kimball is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association, based in Washington DC, a position he has held since 2001. From 1997 to 2001, he was the executive director of the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, a consortium of 17 of the largest U.S. non-governmental organizations working together to strengthen national and international security by reducing the threats posed by nuclear weapons. From 1989-1997, Kimball worked as the Associate Director for Policy and later, the Director of Security Programs for Physicians for Social Responsibility and spearheaded non-governmental efforts to win Congressional approval for the 1992 nuclear test moratorium legislation, to extend the test moratorium in 1993, to win U.S. support for a "zero-yield" test ban treaty, and for the U.N.'s 1996 endorsement of the CTBT.