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National Security Forum on Biological and Chemical Weapons

November 16, 1998 - November 18, 1998
Stauffer Auditorium Hoover Institution, Stanford University Stanford, California


Throughout the cold war the world's national security leadership was preoccupied with the threat of a nuclear holocaust and worked to reduce nuclear danger.At the same time, largely unnoticed, more and more nations were acquiring the ability to produce biological and chemical weapons (BCWs), and many proceeded to do so.


Agenda

Monday, November 16, 1998
1:30 pm WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
  John Raisian & George P. Shultz, Hoover Institution
1:45 pm Session 1 - DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM
  CHAIR: Sidney D. Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

A. CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Michael L. Moodie, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute

B. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Steven M. Block, Princeton University

C. INTELLIGENCE: WARNING & DETECTION
Gordon C. Oehler, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

D. ATTACK SCENARIOS, PAST AND FUTURE
Dean A. Wilkening, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University

3:30 pm BREAK
3:45 pm Session 2 - DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM (cont'd)
  *Special Presentation: Rolf Ekéus, Embassy of Sweden (former Executive Chairman of UNSCOM)
  DISCUSSION: Session 1 participants and
John A. Lauder, Non-Proliferation Center, U.S. CIA
Lucy Shapiro, Stanford Medical Center
5:00 pm BREAK
6:30 pm Reception and dinner, Stanford Faculty Club
  Introduction: George P. Schultz, Hoover Institution
Speaker: John C. Gannon, Chairman, U.S. National Intelligence Council: "The Role of Intelligence in Protecting Against BCW"
 
Tuesday, November 17, 1998
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Session 3 - REGULATION OF BCW
  CHAIR: Abraham D. Sofaer, Hoover Institution and Stanford Law School
  A. CURRENT STATUS OF BCW TREATIES & RELATED REGIMES
Jonathan B. Tucker, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  DISCUSSION:
John C. Yoo, University of California, Boalt Hall
Michael P. Scharf, New England School of Law
Robin Jo Frank, Legal Adviser's Office, U.S. Department of State
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am Session 4 - REGULATION OF BCW (cont'd)
  CHAIR: Paul A. Brest, Stanford Law School
  B. LEGAL AUTHORITY CONCERNING INTELLIGENCE, INSPECTION & PREVENTION
I. Lewis Libby, Dechert, Price & Rhoads (DoD Role)
John C. Yoo, University of California, Boalt Hall (Constitutional Issues)
  DISCUSSION:
Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School
Ronald D. Lee, U.S. Department of Justice
Amy E. Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:45 pm Session 5 -PREPARING FOR BCW ATTACKS
  CHAIR: Thomas P. Monath, OraVax, Inc.
  PROTECTION, MEDICAL RESPONSE & CLEANUP
Robert F. Knouss, U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness
Ariel Levite, Ministry of Defense of Israel
  DISCUSSION:
Donald Prosnitz, Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory
Lucy S. Tompkins, Stanford Medical Center
Frances E. Winslow, Director, Emergency Services, San Jose, CA
3:30 pm BREAK
3:45 pm Session 6 - PREVENTING THE USE OF BCW
  CHAIR: Condoleezza Rice, Provost, Stanford University
  A. STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED DETERRENCE & DEFENSE
Richard N. Haass, Brookings Institution
Scott D. Sagan, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford
  DISCUSSION:
Ariel Levite, Ministry of Defense of Israel
5:15 pm BREAK
6:30 pm Reception and dinner, Stanford Barn
  Introduction: John R. Raisian, Hoover Institution
Speaker: Richard J. Danzig, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Department of Defense: "Two Incidents and the New Containment"
 
Wednesday November 18, 1998
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Session 7 - PREVENTING THE USE OF BCW (cont'd)
  CHAIR: Charles Hill, Hoover Institution and Yale University
  B. INTERNATIONAL INSPECTIONS & REMEDIES
Tibor Tóth, Ad Hoc Group, Biological Weapons Convention Protocol
  DISCUSSION:
Jonathan B. Tucker, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Alan P. Zelicoff, Sandia National Laboratories
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Session 8 - PREVENTING THE USE OF BCW (cont'd)
  CHAIR: Abraham D. Sofaer, Hoover Institution and Stanford Law School
  C. SANCTIONS & SELF-DEFENSE
Michael P. Scharf, New England School of Law
  DISCUSSION:
Sidney D. Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Gidon Gottlieb, Hoover Institution and University of Chicago School of Law
12:00 pm CONFERENCE CLOSES
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH

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