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Feb. 5	Date under the New START Treaty by which the United States and Russia are to comply with the treaty's central limits on strategic arms (700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles [ICBMs], deployed submarine-launched ballistic missiles [SLBMs], and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments; 1,550 nuclear warheads on deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments; and 800 deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers, SLBM launchers, and heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments).
Feb. 5	2:00-3:30 p.m., Gen. Philip Breedlove (Ret.), Adm. Mark Ferguson (Ret.), "Enhanced Deterrence in the North: A 21st Century European Engagement Strategy," Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 6	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee hearing on “The National Defense Strategy and the Nuclear Posture Review," Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 6	10:00 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy hearing on Department of Energy Modernization, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 6	12:30-2:00 p.m., John Park, Harvard Kennedy School, "The Changing Security Landscape on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Tokyo, Beijing, and Washington," Harvard Kennedy School, Center for Government and International Studies - Knafel Building, Bowie-Vernon, Room K262, Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 6	3:00-4:30 p.m., "Peaceful Resolution on the Korean Peninsula," Alliance for Peacebuilding, 1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 6	7:00-8:30 p.m., Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations, "An Evening with Scott Snyder: Book Talk and Signing," Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 7	10:00-11:30 a.m., Frank O'Donnell, Harvard Kennedy School, "Evaluating Inadvertent and Accidental Escalation Risks in Nuclear Asia: A New Comparative Model," Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building Room 324, Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 7	12:15 p.m., Mark Bell, University of Minnesota; Rebecca Hersman, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Austin Long, RAND Corporation; Sameer Lalwani, Stimson Center, "How to Interpret Nuclear Crises: From Kargil to North Korea," Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 7	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing on Defending the Homeland: Department of Defense’s Role in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, Kenneth P. Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security, Lieutenant General Joseph L. Osterman, SR-232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 7	3:30-5:00 p.m., James Cameron, Fundacao Getulio Vargas; Amb. Robert G. Joseph, National Institute for Public Policy; Bilyana Lilly, RAND Corporation, "The Rise and Fall of the ABM Treaty: Missile Defense and the U.S.-Russia Relationship," Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 7	4:30 p.m., Torrey Froscher, Central Intelligence Agency (Former), "North Korea's Nuclear Program: From an Intelligence Perspective," University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA. RSVP online.
Feb. 8	North Korean military parade (estimate)
Feb. 8	4:10-5:30 p.m., Ali Ahmad, American University of Beirut, "Does the Middle East Really Need Nuclear Power," Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Room 324, Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 8	5:15 p.m., Nuchhi Currier, candidate for Maryland House of Delegates; Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general to the Federal Communications Commission; John Yoo, Berkeley Law Faculty, "War Powers and Military Force," Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St. NW, Washington DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 9	10:00-11:30 a.m., Panel with seven speakers, "When Maximum Pressure Hurts Innocent Lives: A Comprehensive View of UN Security Council and Bilateral Sanctions Against North Koreans," Women Cross DMZ Webinar. Register online.
Feb. 9-25	Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Feb. 12	10:00-noon, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy David Trachtenberg; James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; Madelyn Creedon; Robert Einhorn, Brookings Institution; Jim Miller, Adaptive Strategies, "The Trump Administration's Nuclear Posture Review: Continuity and Change," Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 14	12:30-2:00 p.m., Rob Watts, "BMD and US Alliance Relationships," Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
Feb. 14	1:00-5:00 p.m., Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS) Winter Symposium, Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 14	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support hearing on Current Readiness of U.S. Forces, Gen. James McConville, United States Army; Adm. William Moran, U.S. Navy; Gen. Glenn Walters, United States Marine Corps; Gen. Stephen Wilson, United States Air Force, Room 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 14	4:00-5:30 p.m., Amb. Linton Brooks, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "The Implications of the Trump Nuclear Posture Review," George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
Feb. 15	3:30-5:00 p.m., "Improving Recognition of Near-Miss Events," Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA.
Feb. 15	6:30-7:30 p.m., Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, United Nations; Evans Revere, Albright Stonebridge Group; Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute of Strategic Studies, "Can 'maximum pressure' halt North Korea's nuclear-armed missile development short of war?," International Institute of Strategic Studies, One Grand Central Place, New York, NY. RSVP by email.
Feb. 16	8:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Nuclear Posture Review Policy Seminar, Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC. See full agenda. Advance registration required online.
Feb. 21	10:00-11:30 a.m., Reid Pauly, Harvard University, "The Elite Taboo Against Using Nuclear Weapons: Evidence from Wargames," Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 21	12:30-2:00 p.m., Alan Robock, Rutgers University, "Environmental and Human Impacts of Nuclear War: A New Research Program," Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Princeton NJ.
Feb. 26	6:30 p.m., David Sanger, New York Times; Helene Cooper, New York Times; Jake Sullivan, former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, "Live With a Nuclear North Korea," New York Times, Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Register online.
Feb. 28	10:00-11:30 a.m., Hassan Abbas, National Defense University, "Pakistan's Nuclear Program: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence & Deviance," Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 28	12:30-2:00 p.m., Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group, "US Plans for Expanding Nuclear Warhead Plutonium Pit Production: Issues and Costs," Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
Feb. 28	2:30 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations hearing to review the FY 2019 State Department Budget Request and Redesign Plans, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 28	6:00 p.m., Amb. Robert Gallucci, Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University; Ret. Amb. Christopher Hill, University of Denver; Mary Beth Long, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, "Nuclear North Korea: Is War the Way Ahead?," McCain Institute for International Leadership, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online.
March 1	2:00-6:30 p.m., Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood, and two panels with 6 speakers, "Assessing the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review," Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., Washington, DC. RSVP online.
March 6	U.S. sanctions against Russia currently set to expire.
March 9-18	Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
March 11	Russian presidential election.
March 19-20	Royal United Services Institute, Missile Defense Conference 2018, RUSI Whitehall, London, UK.
March 28	12:30-2:00 p.m., Campbell Craig, Cardiff University, "MAD, not Marx: Krushchev and the Nuclear Revolution," Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
April 12	8:45 a.m.-9:15 p.m., Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) 2018 Capstone Conference, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. RSVP online.
July 6	Submission deadline for the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Nonproliferation Review.
July 11-12	President Trump attends a NATO summit (estimate). Brussels.

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Monday, February 05 2018
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Wednesday, March 07 2018