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Hoosiers are proud that our Senator Lugar has done more than anyone else to prevent nuclear terrorism by securing weapons and dangerous materials in the ex-USSR. Brian Finlay of the Stimson Institute says “good job … we should be safe in 25 years!” Find out what we should do right now, and why we probably won’t do it.

When: Wednesday January 16, Social hour 5:30-6:30; dinner 6:30-7:15; talk 7:15-8:45
Where: The Marten House 1801 West 86th Street Indianapolis 46260

Brian Finlay is Senior Associate at the Stimson Institute, a nonpartisan DC-based think tank. He is director of the Cooperative Nonproliferation Program is a multifaceted program designed to accelerate existing efforts and design innovative new initiatives aimed at more rapidly and sustainably securing dangerous nuclear and biological weapons, materials, and expertise. It seeks to bridge the gap between traditional “hard” security (proliferation) and “soft” security objectives (capacity-building, global development and public health). The program partners with the public and private sector—an under-exploited resource–to achieve mutual security and development objectives. The program also addresses other issues of global concern, such as international public health and global economic development.

Prior to joining the Stimson Center in January 2005, Brian Finlay served as Director of the Nuclear Threat Reduction Initiative and as a Senior Researcher at the Brookings Institution. Before emigrating from Canada, he was a Project Manager for the Laboratory Center for Disease Control in Ottawa. He has also served as a consultant to Foreign Affairs Canada, where he worked on the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. He holds an MA from Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, a Graduate Diploma from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and an Honors BA from the University of Western Ontario.

Reservations for this talk and dinner should be made by calling 317-566-2036, or e-mailing cmatthewfox@gmail.com. E-mail reservations must have the subject heading “ICWA Dinner Reservations” and must contain all contact information, including name, address, telephone, and number of reservations being made. All reservations must be received by the end of the day Thursday Jan. 10. This is also the date by which any cancelations must be received.

Dinner for ICWA members is $22 per person, $24 for non-members. If you would like to attend only the talk, the cost for ICWA members is $3; for nonmembers, the talk alone is $4.

Know before you go … Check out Finlay’s excellent report, “25 Steps to Preventing Nuclear Terror: A Guide to Policymakers.” He and his associate Libby Turpen develop the arguments in this report at greater length in Cooperative Nonproliferation: Getting Further, Faster.

If this event soiunds interesting, check out … Former US ambassador to Pakistan is coming to town in late January.

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