The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation hosts private events for Members of Congress and their staffs. The events listed below are open only to Members of Congress or Congressional staffers, as indicated.
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- September 24: Are We Destined for a Cold War in the 21st Century? REGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON | REGISTER TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY
October 10: Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East: Iran Update
WHEN: 12-12:45 p.m. ET
WHERE: Virtual/Zoom
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Iran’s new reformist president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has indicated openness to resuming negotiating with the U.S. and the west over its nuclear program. At the same time, there are concerns over Russia potentially assisting Iran’s nuclear ambitions. These developments have reopened questions over how close Iran is to developing a functional nuclear weapon and how Iranian nuclear weapons would impact the greater stability of the Middle East and world. Join the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation for a virtual congressional staff briefing to explore the evolution of Iran’s nuclear program and its implications for potential negotiation and non-proliferation efforts between the US and Iran.
- Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist, political analyst, and leading expert on Iran and US-Iran relations. Mortazavi has over a decade of experience in journalism and has been featured internationally on CNN, NBC, NPR, BBC, Aljazeera as well as written for outlets such as Foreign Policy, Politico, and The Independent. She is also the host of the Iran Podcast which discusses issue facing US-Iranian politics as well as Iranian society and culture. Mortazavi was recognized as one of 30 inspirational women breaking boundaries in her work by Forbes in 2021, as a MENA-American young leader in foreign policy by New America in 2020, and as a MENA Young Leader by Friends of Europe in 2017.
- Valerie Lincy has served as the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control since 2012. She leads the organization’s research on weapons of mass destruction supply networks which is used by governments to support sanction and counterproliferation actions. Lincey is the principal investigator of Iran Watch, a website she created in 2003 dedicated to tracking and analyzing Iran’s nuclear and missile program and international efforts to counter these programs. Additionally, she is the Executive Editor of The Risk Report at Wisconsin, a database of some 6,000 open-source profiles on companies, government organizations, and individuals around the world linked to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well as the evasion of related sanctions. Lincy started her career working on nonproliferation and arms control at the Wilson Center as well as in journalism with The New York Times and Newsweek in France.
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization funded by foundations and contributions from individuals. There is no taxpayer, corporate, political, or lobbyist funding for this project.
