24
July 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Ford on U.S. Policy and the Missile Technology Control Regime

Video Event | Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Ford on U.S. Policy and the Missile Technology Control Regime

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
July 24, 2020
24
July 2020
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20004

Speakers:
Dr. Christopher Ford

Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State

heinrichs
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

**This event will be livestreamed on this page at 3:45 p.m. EDT, Friday, July 24.**

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Christopher Ford and Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah L. Heinrichs on U.S. efforts to reform the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in light of advances in unmanned aerial systems technology and how U.S. policy will meet this complex and evolving challenge.

Dr. Ford last spoke at Hudson in February 2019 to lay the foundation for how the U.S. might consider strategic changes to the MTCR. Since that discussion, the need for reform has only grown more important.

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