The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) hereby has the pleasure of inviting you to the DIIS conference on
Nuclear Terrorism – Assessment and Prevention
16 December 2004, 09.00-17.00
Danish Institute for International Studies
Main Auditorium, Pakhuset, ground floor
Strandgade 71, 1401 Copenhagen K
Background
In preparation for the Danish membership of the UN Security Council in 2005, the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) is organising a conference to assess the potential threat of nuclear terrorism and discuss how to enhance non-proliferation initiatives in a global setting.
Since Denmark aspires to chair the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has initiated a wide range of studies concerning weak states and terrorism, hereby focusing on preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorists.
A substantial range of these studies are carried out by DIIS, and as a supplement to these studies, the conference gathers a number of distinguished international experts to discuss how imminent the threat from nuclear terrorism is and how to prevent it from happening.
The discussion will evolve around the following questions:
- Is nuclear terrorism a real threat?
- What is the security level at Russian nuclear sites?
- What is the assessed threat from weak states and strong networks?
- How can we strengthen the global partnership on non-proliferation?
Practical Information
The conference language will be English.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required by e-mail to no later than 14 December 2004 at 12.00 noon. Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.
Please include name, title and organisation (all in English) in your registration.
For further information, please contact Researcher Jørgen Staun at or +45-3269-8767.
Conference Programme (as of 15 December 2004)
Registration and Welcome
8.45 Registration and coffee
9.00 Welcome
Per Carlsen, Director, DIIS
9.05 Introduction
Jørgen Staun, Researcher, DIIS
Session I: Nuclear Terrorism – A Threat Assessment
9.30 Nuclear Terror – A Real Threat?
Amitai Etzioni, Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies
10.15 Coffee break
10.30 Crude Nukes on the Loose?
Morten Bremer Mærli, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Dept. for International Politics
11.15 Questions and discussion
12.00 Lunch break
Session II: Proliferation Risks
13.15 Russia’s Nuclear Sites – How Secure Are They?
Lars van Dassen, Director, Swedish Nuclear Inspectorate, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assistance Programme
14.00 Iran's Nuclear Temptation
Ali Alfoneh, Research Assistant, Danish Defence College
14.45 Questions and discussion
15.10 Coffee break
Session III: Effective Multilateralism – Strengthening Non-Proliferation through the UN
15.30 Making Multilateralism Work
Alex Schmid, Senior Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, United Nations Terrorism Prevention Branch (UNODC)
16.00 Strengthening the Global Partnership on Non-Proliferation
Ian Anthony, Project Leader, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
16.30 Questions and discussion
17.00 End of the conference
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