Thursday Peace Talk @ Grebel

[Kelly Brown]

All are welcome to attend a talk by Cesar Jarmillo, Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, on Thursday, October 1st at 12:10pm (noon) in Room 4224 at Conrad Grebel University College, discussing the Iran nuclear agreement.

Details are as follows,

Talk Title: On Iran, a welcome-and necessary-nuclear deal

Brief description: Despite inevitable uncertainties and knee-jerk skepticism, the deal struck between Iran and the P5+1 constitutes a welcome diplomatic development. While implementation of the JCPOA is fraught with risk and uncertainty, most initial analyses concur that the agreement is solid. Not only will it serve to gradually defuse the stalemate over the Iranian nuclear program, it will lay a strong foundation for normalized relations between the Islamic Republic and the West. The negotiation process itself represented a rare example of rapprochement between serious adversaries, which may yield ancillary benefits as the P5+1 and Iran work to overcome a history of mutual transgressions and utter mistrust.

Speakers Bio: Cesar Jaramillo is executive director of Project Ploughshares. His areas of expertise include nuclear disarmament, outer space security and conventional weapons control. As an international civil society representative, Cesar has addressed, among others, the UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), the UN Conference on Disarmament, the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), and states parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He has also given guest lectures and presentations at academic institutions such as the National Law University in New Delhi, the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, and the University of Toronto. An occasional columnist on matters of disarmament and international security, Cesar graduated from the University of Waterloo with an MA in global governance and has bachelor's degrees in honours political science and in journalism. Prior to joining Project Ploughshares, Cesar held a fellowship at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).

Hope to see you there!

Kelly
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Kelly Brown
Administrative & Graduate Studies Coordinator
Peace and Conflict Studies
Conrad Grebel University College
519-885-0220 x24216
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