Monitoring Nuclear Agreements with North Korea (and Iran and Russia): Applying Lessons from the Past to the New Digital Age

August 2018 No Comments

Monitoring Nuclear Agreements with North Korea (and Iran and Russia): Applying Lessons from the Past to the New Digital Age

Speaker: Lauder, J. (Areté Associates)

Date: 3 August 2018

Speaker Session Preview

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Mr. John Lauder (Areté Associates) as a part of its SMA INDOPACOM Speaker Series. Mr. Lauder spoke about how lessons learned from prior agreements can help the United States engage in successful negotiations with North Korea. He discussed the key elements of a successful monitoring strategy, as well as the challenges of monitoring nuclear disarmament. Furthermore, he provided some “good news” (monitoring capabilities are more robust than they have been in the past) and “bad news” (despite these increased capabilities, there are many reasons why monitoring will still be challenging) that US decisionmakers should consider when developing a monitoring strategy. To conclude the session, Mr. Lauder spoke about some areas in which he believes US decisionmakers can improve and provided some key takeaways, the most important of which is the US’s need for leadership.

To access an audio file of the speaker session, please contact Ms. Nicole Peterson (npeterson@nsiteam.com).

Download Mr. Lauder’s biography and slides


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