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control association annual meeting is arms control and nonproliferation restraint at risk and they are, we are facing serious and unprecedented challenge this is year in the ongoing cast to reduce the nuclear danger. the bedrock of all nonproliferation efforts, the nuclear nonproliferation treaty faces implementation challenges. we have key key commitments and nonproliferation obligations that are unfulfilled and that s led many of the world nonnuclear states to begin negotiations on a treaty to prevent nuclear weapons. we will talk about that later today. with the deterioration with the u.s.-russia relations, key arms control treaty is including the new strategic arms treaty are at risk as well as the nuclear forces treaty and worst still all of the world s major nuclear arms state are either replacing, upgrading or in some cases, up and downing nuclear arsenals and last but not least unless we can work with allies to engage north korea in talks to halt and reverse nuc ....
. . . . . thank you very much. my name is randy riedel with the organization mayors for peace. susan, i would like to ask you wait a minute. i m the moderator. i would like to draw upon your vast professional experience, and comment on the lack of any infrastructure in the government for disarmament. there are no disarmament agencies in any of the states that possess nuclear weapons. when the arms control and disarmament agency was abolished in the mid-1990s, the disarmament term even disappeared from business cards and the organization charts in the state department. there s very little sign of institutional support for disarmament in the government. is this a problem? is this a barrier? is this an obstacle from the policy perspective and to tom, i would like to ask him, during the 1960s, the lyndon johnson administration was faced with the problem of whether nonproliferation should be a goal of u.s. policy ....
half. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. good morning and welcome to the 2017 arms control association annual meeting. i m the executive director of the arms control association and as most of you know we re an independent nonpartisan membership organization established in 1971 and dedicated to reducing and eliminating the threats post by the world s most dangerous weapons which could, of course, be nuclear, biological as well as conventional weapon that is that pose particular waharm and risk to civilians. you can find out more about the arms control association, its history, ongoing work and to get more information about these issues through our website, armscontrol.org and you can follow us on twitter on arms control now. the latest issue of our arms control today just went online, so you can check that out there and you can check out resources on our arms control app which is simply arms control on all of the app stores. we are very pleased to see so many of you ....
2017 arms control association annual meeting. i m the executive director of the arms control association and as most of you know we re an independent nonpartisan membership organization established in 1971 and dedicated to reducing and eliminating the threats post by the world s most dangerous weapons which could, of course, be nuclear, biological as well as conventional weapon that is that pose particular waharm and risk to civilians. you can find out more about the arms control association, its history, ongoing work and to get more information about these issues through our website, armscontrol.org and you can follow us on twitter on arms control now. the latest issue of our arms control today just went online, so you can check that out there and you can check out resources on our arms control app which is simply arms control on all of the app stores. we are very pleased to see so many of you here today, members, friends, colleagues from the diplomatic community and w ....
to, you have a mandate working with the congress. as lyndon johnson said when he get oneresident, you year before they stop thinking about you and start thinking about themselves and their own reelection. in about january of your second year after you have done your year all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. cautious about taking any risk. tothe president was so eager get things done because this is the moment they will never have again. are alsoare on they still not as experienced as they will be in for five years. this is why the first year is so .mportant in setting the agenda i underestimate that. coded jimmy carter, who is an outsider to that is why jimmy carter was elected. say i am not of washington, i am um georgia, i am the governor of georgia. i m a born again christian so he was able to separate himself out of watergate. much as he presented himself to the american people. he thought he would be fine. he had been in atla ....