Since 1966 – International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts – Italian Pugwash Group

Detailed Program

Monday 16 June 2003

Participants Arrival

Tuesday 17 June 2003

09:00 – 09:15   Opening
Francesco Calogero and Giancarlo Tenaglia
Opening Remarks

09:15 – 10:45   Session 1  Chair: Giancarlo Tenaglia
Diverging Approaches to Nuclear Proliferation
Sverre Lodgaard

10:45 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Francesco Calogero
Designing Denuclearization: Learning from the 1940s and from Recent Experience
Bruce D. Larkin

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 3  Chair: Carin Wedar
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: The General Idea
Jan Prawitz

16:30 – 17:00   Break

17:00 – 18:30   Session 4  Chair: Saiful Islam
A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East: is it Feasible? Is it Desirable?
Amnon Pazy

19:00   Dinner

Wednesday 18 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Marco De Andreis
Obstacles To Nuclear Disarmament From Hiroshima To The Present
David Carlton

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Antonio Castelli
Overview of the Latin-American Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone and of the Risks that it Breaks Down
Fernando De Souza Barros

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 3  Chair: Ulrike Wunderle
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central and Eastern Europe
Jan Prawitz

16:30 – 17:00   Break

17:00 – 18:30   Session 4  Chair: Rian Leith
A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Has It Become Nearer at the Beginning of 21 St Century?
Yuri A. Yudin

19:00   Dinner

Thursday 19 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Bruce D. Larkin
Background, Status, and Implementation Review of the NPT
Tariq Rauf 

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Bruce D. Larkin
The IAEAs Safeguards System
Tariq Rauf

13:00   Lunch

Afternoon Free

19:00   Dinner

Friday 20 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Gert Harigel
Can Pakistan’s Bomb Grow A Beard? The Islamic Bomb
Pervez Hoodbhoy

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Sean Mitchell
The Indian Nuclear Deterrent
Rajain Arpit

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 3  Chair: Francesco Calogero
Round Table
Non-NPT Nuclear States
Rajain Arpit, Marco De Andreis, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Amnon Pazy, Jan Prawitz

16:30 – 17:00   Break

17:00 – 18:30   Session 4
Round Table (Continuation)

19:00   Dinner

20:30 – 22:00   Film By Pervez Hoodbhoy

Saturday 21 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Amnon Pazy
The American Empire
Mike Moore

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Amnon Pazy
Space Nukes: A Meditation on the Future
Mike Moore

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 3  Chair: Yuri A. Yudin
Nuclear Risk In South Asia And Reduction Initiatives
Ravinder Pal Singh

17:00   The Bus Leaves to the Verona Opera Performance
(The Opera is Turandot by Puccini. The Performance Begins at 21:15 in the Open Air Roman Amphitheater and the Bus is Expected to Arrive to Candriai at Approximately 03:00 A.M.)

19:00   Dinner (For Those Who Remain at Candriai)

Sunday 22 June 2003

Half Morning Free

10:30 – 12:30   Session 1  Chair: Giancarlo Tenaglia
Outline Of A Verification System In A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
Vitaly P. Dubinin

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 2  Chair: Ravinder Pal Singh
An Overview Of The Nuclear Issue In The Korean Peninsula
Mark Suh

16:30 – 17:00   Break

17:00 – 18:30   Session 3  Chair: Maria Lorenzo Sobrado
Curbing Nuclear Proliferation Now
Paolo Cotta Ramusino

19:00   Dinner

Monday 23 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Paolo Cotta Ramusino
Preventing Terrorist Acquisition Of Nuclear Explosives
Frank Von Hippel

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Harsh V. Pant
Pugwash: Past, Present, Future
Paolo Cotta Ramusino

13:00   Lunch

Afternoon Free

19:00   Dinner

Tuesday 24 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Frank Von Hippel
Nuclear Weapons And Arms Control In The Bush Administration
Steve Miller

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Fiona Simpson
Missile Defense And Nuclear Deterrence In Post-Cold War Regional Conflicts
Masako Ikegami-Anderson

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 3  Chair: Giancarlo Tenaglia
Round Table
The Future of Nuclear Weapons
Bruce Larkin, Steve Miller, Fernando De Souza Barros, Mark Suh, Frank Von Hippel

16:30 – 17:00   Break

17:00 – 18:30   Session 4
Round Table (Continuation)

19:00   Dinner

Wednesday 25 June 2003

09:00 – 10:30   Session 1  Chair: Steve Miller
Will The Nuclear Testing Moratorium Hold?
Frank Von Hippel

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 12:30   Session 2  Chair: Francesco Calogero
International Order After Iraq
Steve Miller

13:00   Lunch

15:00 – 16:30   Session 3  Chair: Lorenzo Gabutti
Post-NPT Regime: And Ways To Control Proliferation From De Facto Nuclear States
Masako Ikegami-Anderson and Ravinder Pal Singh


16:30 – 17:00   Break

17:00 – 18:30   Session 4  Chair: Giancarlo Tenaglia
Nuclear Terrorism
Francesco Calogero

19:00   Dinner

Thursday 26 June 2003

Participants Departure