THE THIRD
BOMB
AND HOW WE PREVENT IT
ABOUT
No one believes there should ever be a nuclear war.
Deactivating all nuclear-powered arms is the surest route to no use.
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We are delighted to invite you to join Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy and Esalen Institute for the Track Two Nuclear Arms Threat Conference, March 16, 17, and 18, 2021, at 9:30 AM PDT. The Conference will be held on Zoom and each day's session will last 90 minutes. A brief description of the Conference follows.
The urgency of nuclear threats are palpable and perhaps more urgent than in the past. These threats have been overshadowed by the pandemic and by the critical threat posed by Climate Change. And yet vulnerabilities of cyber systems, erratic leaders and growing investment in the business of nuclear arms offer new dimension to the threats. Can nongovernmental and citizen diplomacy be deployed to help advance threat reduction and how might we support the best and/or new approaches in 2021?
SCHEDULE
DAY ONE
MARCH 16
9:30 - 11:00am PDT
We will dive into the current state of affairs with Professor William Potter in conversation with former governor of California Jerry Brown, Academician Alexey Arbatov, and Professor Siegfried Hecker (bios below). A panel of experts from the Track Two network will lead a Q&A session: Jonathan Alter, Antonina Bouis, Lizbeth Hasse, Sarah Kutchesfahani, Evelyn Messinger, Tamar Miller, and Kim Spencer.
DAY TWO
MARCH 17
9:30 - 11:00am PDT
We have invited a group of experts representing the North Pacific Rim, the Middle East and Europe to share recent developments in these regions and identify the areas of greatest risk. Adlan Margoev, Hanna Notte, Elena Chernenko, and Rose Tenyotkin will begin the discussion. Along with other experts, they will be joined by Dave Morin, Marian Goodell and Cassandra Vieten to explore avenues for non-governmental diplomacy to address the most pressing areas of threat. Bringing non-nuclear expertise is vital to thinking creatively about solutions.
DAY THREE
MARCH 18
9:30 - 11:00am PDT
We are planning an ideation session around solutions in those areas of opportunity unearthed on Day Two, lead by Dave Morin. This session will evolve from the prior days' discussions.
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