Die Rolle von Atomwaffen rückt wieder stärker in den Mittelpunkt der politischen Aufmerksamkeit. Die Krise um das iranische Atomprogramm und der Aufruf konservativer Politiker wie Henry Kissinger, die Bemühungen um eine atomwaffenfreie Welt zu verstärken, sind ernstzunehmende Warnsignale. Die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und die amerikanische Arms Control Association haben führende Experten dazu eingeladen, die drohende Verbreitung von Atomwaffen und deren Folgen für die nukleare Abrüstung zu diskutieren. Im Vordergrund steht die Frage nach der Verantwortung der Atomwaffenstaaten: Welche Gefahren drohen durch das von den USA und Indien angestrebte Atomabkommen? Welchen Einfluss haben nukleare Lieferländer wie Deutschland?

Die Expertentagung findet in Englisch statt. Um eine Anmeldung unter nucleartrade@boell.de wird gebeten. Das Programm sieht folgendermaßen aus:

9:00 Registration

9:15 Welcome - Barbara Unmüßig (Board of Directors, Heinrich Böll Foundation) and Daryl Kimball (Executive Director, Arms Control Association)

9:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speech - Mark Hibbs (European Editor, Nucleonics Week)

10:00 – 12:00 The proposal for nuclear trade with India: opportunities and risks for the international nonproliferation regime, Strengthening nuclear disarmament & nonproliferation

The India-US nuclear cooperation agreement: implications for the EU’s non-proliferation agenda - Andreas Strub (Coordination EU Personal Representative team, Deputiy EU Personal, Representative for non-proliferation of WMD, Council of the European Union)

Policy Options for Europe and the NSG - Daryl Kimball (Executive Director, Arms Control Association)

Bringing India closer to the global nonproliferation regime? - Rebecca Johnson (Founding Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, London)

Chair: Oliver Meier (International Representative and Correspondent, Arms Control Association)

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00 Implications of the proposal for nuclear trade with India on South Asia, The (Im)Balance of Powers

US strategy in South Asia - Stephen P. Cohen (Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution)

Pakistan’s reactions to the proposal for nuclear trade with India - Zia Mian (Research scientist with the programme on science and global security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University)

The China-India relationship in light of the proposal for nuclear trade with India - Jabin Jacob (Research Fellow, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi)

Europe’s regional role - Jürgen Trittin (Member of the Bundestag, Alliance 90/ The Greens Party)

Chair: Bastian Hermisson (Head of Department, Foreign and Security Policy, Heinrich Böll Foundation)

3:00 – 3:30 Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:00 Energy security and the proposal for nuclear trade with India Nuclear power and proliferation: Inseparable twins?

Nuclear energy in developing countries and The India nuclear deal, nuclear power, and the regulation of the nuclear fuel cycle - Felix Matthes (Institute for Applied Ecology, Berlin)

India’s view on energy security - M.V. Ramana (Fellow, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore)

Nuclear energy as the guarantor of energy independence? - Arundhati Ghose (India's former Ambassador to United Nations)

Chair: Michael Köberlein (Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation, New Delhi)

5:00 – 7:00 Break

PUBLIC EVENT/Öffentliche Veranstaltung

7:00 – 9:00 Towards a nuclear-weapons free world: Nuclear disarmament and the spread of nuclear weapons

The responsibility of the nuclear weapon states and their allies - Mark Hibbs (European Editor, Nucleonics Week)

The proposal for nuclear trade with India, and the non-proliferation regime - Arundhati Ghose (India's former Ambassador to United Nations)

Do we still need nuclear weapons in the 21st century? Zia Mian (Research scientist with the programme on science and global security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University)

Chair: Julia Scherf (Head of Division, Asia Division, Heinrich Böll Foundation)

Die öffentliche Konferenz am Abend wird simultan übersetzt. Eine Anmeldung für die öffentliche Abendveranstaltung ist nicht erforderlich.