It’s tackling the most important national security problems we face.
This article was first published in The Daily Bruin.
By Julia Erlandson for The Daily Bruin
Experts including retired Gen. Wesley Clark are set to convene today on campus for a two-day conference aimed at discussing the future of nuclear weapons and proliferation.
The conference, hosted by UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations, features scholars, government officials and journalists with knowledge of nuclear weapons issues, including four UCLA professors and former Chancellor Albert Carnesale.
“There’s the eternal question of how do we deal with weapons of mass destruction,” said Kal Raustiala, director of UCLA’s International Institute and a host of the conference. “We wanted to get a wide array of perspectives.”
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry is scheduled to give the keynote address this afternoon, with Wednesday featuring panels and breakout sessions on more specific subjects.
Clark, in his third appearance on campus since joining the Burkle Center as a senior fellow in September 2006, is set to speak today and moderate a discussion the second day. Raustiala said Clark was also a key conference organizer.
