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.
Virtual Staff Briefings
- Coming soon!
In-Person Staff Briefings
- July 24: The ROK: A Year After the Washington Declaration
- September 11: AUKUS: What does it mean for nuclear proliferation? — Information to come!
- Mid-September: The Strategic Implications of Nuclear Weapons in Space — Information to come!
- Late-September: Annual Conference: Are we destined for a Cold War in the 21st Century? — Information to come!
Members-Only Dinners
- July 23: The Future of NATO with Rose Gottemoeller
July 24: The ROK: A Year After the Washington Declaration
WHEN: 12-1 p.m.
WHERE: S-115 (Capitol Building)
RSVP: To Emma Sandifer
Lunch will be provided.
The 2023 Washington Declaration marked a deepening of the strategic alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States against the backdrop of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and global power shifts with China. The agreement reaffirmed South Korea’s commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty in return for strengthened U.S. security assurances. One year later, the effectiveness and reception of the Washington Declaration continue to shape U.S.-South Korean relations in ways that are not fully understood. Join the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation for a congressional staff briefing to discuss how the Washington Declaration has and will continue to shape the strategic environment of East Asia.
Speakers:
- Clint Work is a Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs at the Korean Institute of America. Previously, he was a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center’s 38 North Program. Prior to joining Stimson, Dr. Work was an assistant professor at the University of Utah’s Asia Campus in South Korea and the regular foreign policy writer for The Diplomat Magazine’s Koreas page. He holds a Doctorate in International Studies from the University of Washington and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and his work focuses on the Korean Peninsula, U.S.-Korean relations, East Asia, and U.S. foreign policy. He has also worked with a broad range of universities and state and local organizations throughout the country to foster public engagement on U.S.-Korea relations. In addition to his academic publications, he has written extensively for popular media, including the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat Magazine, The National Interest, 38 North, and Sino-NK, and regularly provides commentary to U.S. and foreign media outlets.
- Kayla T. Orta is the Senior Associate at the Wilson Center for Korean History and Public Policy. Former U.S. Department of Defense NSEP Boren Scholar to South Korea, her expertise lies in U.S.-Indo-Pacific and U.S.-Korean foreign relations, especially at the intersection of security and technology policy (i.e. nonproliferation, nuclear diplomacy, and civil nuclear energy markets). Her first book, titled, Avoiding Meltdowns & Blackouts: Confidence-building in Inter-Korean Engagement on Nuclear Safety and Energy Development (Wilson Center, 2023), features insights from U.S. and South Korean nuclear policy experts. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of fellowships in the United States and South Korea, including the Kathryn Davis Peace Fellowship (2018), ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020), Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center at KAIST (2021), and East-West Center’s Consortium on ROK-US and Indo-Pacific region (2023). Her commentary has been featured in major media outlets including BBC, France24, Radio Free Asia (RFA), and The Diplomat. She holds a B.A. in International Affairs and Foreign Languages and an M.A. in International Studies from Seoul National University. Her M.A. thesis (in Korean) centered on analysis of U.S. and South Korean archival documents from the 1994 North Korean Nuclear Crisis.
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.