As part of its Path to the Summit series, the Carnegie Endowment and the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign hosted a high-level discussion of one of the most pressing topics facing Presidents Bush and Putin at their upcoming summit negotiations—preventing nuclear terror. Two panels featured members of Congress and top experts.

8:30 to 9:30 am: "Can the U.S.-Russia Summit Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism?" with Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) and Representative Curt Weldon (R-PA): Talked about recent congressional actions and debates on these issues; their expectations for the summit; and the new U.S.-Russian strategic relationship.

9:30 to 10:30 am: "Agreements and Impact" with former assistant secretary of state Karl F. Inderfurth of the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign and Rose Gottemoeller and Joseph Cirincione, senior associates from the Carnegie Endowment: Discussed the agreements possible at the summit and their impact on international security.

For more information, visit Path to the Summit. For more on the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign, visit .

Additional Resouces:

  • "U.S.-Russia Partnership, A New Time A New Beginning," Report by Rep.Curt Weldon (R-PA) 2001 (pdf)
  • "Russian Test Flap," by Jon Wolfsthal, Carnegie Analysis, 13 May 2002
  • "Nuclear Terrorism and Warhead Control in Russia," by Jon Wolfsthal and Tom Collina, Arms Control Today, April 2002
  • "Arms Control in a New Era," by Rose Gottemoeller, Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002
  • "Russia's Nuclear Risk," Carnegie Proliferation Brief, Vol 5, No. 2, 27 February 2002
  • "What if the New Strategic Framework Goes Bad?" by Joseph Cirincione and Jon Wolfsthal, Arms Control Today, November 2002
  • Russia Country Resouce Page

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