February 21 and 22, 2008

Time Changes for February 22nd
Europe and Potential Nuclear Powers (remains the same)
Nuclear Asia 12:00 to 1:15, President's Room, Woolsey Hall
US/Russia 1:15 to 3:30
Wrap up 3:30-4:00

Nuclear Weapons - The Greatest Peril to Civilization
A conference to imagine our world without them
8:30am - 5:30pm
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 130 Wall Street

Keynote address: Ted Turner
Thursday, February 21, 12:00 noon, President's Room, Woolsey Hall

At the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization we are convinced that the biggest risk to global integration, and indeed to humanity, is the risk posed by nuclear weapons. All the other risks to international prosperity and security are limited and manageable, whereas the consequences from one single episode of a bellicose detonation of a nuclear weapon anywhere in the world would drive humanity at large into a dark age - if we survive at all. The Center will host a conference to explore ideas about how to move toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

Our conference will cover the scenarios for and consequences of a nuclear attack; historical perspectives on nuclear weapons abolition; whether there is a case to be made for abolition in the 21st century and, if so, what are the conditions that have to be met for humanity at large, as well as for the present and potential nuclear power countries. Participants will discuss key strategic issues such as the interplay between disarmament and proliferation; the definition of zero; how to stabilize a zero-nuclear-weapon world under multi-national or UNSC control; maintaining stability in a world free of nuclear weapons; and what kind of system would give countries assurances that no state of non-state actors could ever build a nuclear weapon. For each of the nuclear power states the question will be asked, what would be the specific circumstances that conceivably have to be met and would be in the national interest of each power for it ever to consider committing seriously to full nuclear disarmament.

All sessions are free and open to the public. For more information please call 432-1904.
Conference Agenda
Participant List
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Yale Symposium on the Stern Review
E-Publication: Debate on the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
On February 15, 2007 the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization hosted a presentation and discussion of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The Stern Review, commissioned by the U.K. government, generated immediate publicity upon publication in October of 2006, and sparked intense debate about its findings and its policy proposals. The Yale event gave voice to many of the contentious issues surrounding the global warming debate by a group comprised of some of the most knowledgeable, distinguished and eloquent scholars active today. Among the group are vocal critics as well as supporters of the Review’s major findings.
Discussions by Sir Nicholas Stern, Chris Hope, Cambridge University, Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, William Nordhaus, Yale University, William Cline, Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development, Gary Yohe, Wesleyan University, Robert Mendelsohn, Yale University, Scott Barrett, Johns Hopkins University, Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University.

Special Announcement
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Distinguished Visiting Fellow Named to Gordon Brown's Cabinet
Mark Malloch Brown, the spring 2007 Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (YCSG), has been appointed by the new Prime Minister of the UK, Gordon Brown, to be the Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations. He has also been conferred with a lifetime peerage.
Lord Malloch Brown spent the spring of 2007 at the Center writing a book tentatively titled "The Unfinished Global Revolution," which describes changing leadership in a globalized world where old models of organization no longer prevail. The book focuses on efforts to create a more effective partnership of governments and international organizations to manage world problems. The YCSG Visiting Fellowship provided him an opportunity to spend four months focusing on research and writing as well as interacting with the faculty and students of Yale University.
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