Perspectives on the Iranian Nuclear Challenge

July 2011

Past Event

Perspectives on the Iranian Nuclear Challenge

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

July 13, 2011

July 2011

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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Speakers:

Katherine Gockel,

Deputy Director, Partnership for a Secure America

Olli Heinonen,

Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Christopher Ford,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology and Global Security and and Former United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation

Peter Jones,

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Richard Weitz,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Since the severing of diplomatic relations following the 1979 Iranian revolution, U.S.-Iran relations continue to be strained. Iran's nuclear ambitions, support for terrorist groups, and its poor human rights record continue to pose ever complex challenges for U.S. policymakers.

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Join Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, the director of Hudson’s Keystone Defense Initiative, and Congressman Jeff Crank (R-CO), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, for a conversation about the threats to American satellites and the policies and programs necessary to defend US interests in space.