CIAO DATE: 6/99

Arms Control and the Revolution in Military Affairs

1. Preface
   

2. Overview: Arms Control and the Revolution in Military Affairs
   

3. Keynote Address
   By General John M. Shalikashvili, USA (Ret), Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
   

4. Plenary Session 1: Arms Control and the Revolution in Military Affairs: Implications for Defense Planning
   By Vice Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN, Director, Joint Staff
   

5. Luncheon Speech
   By Senator Sam Nunn, Senior Partner, King & Spalding
   

6. Panel Session 1: Technological Proliferation and Arms Control
   By Dr. Paula Scalingi, Director, Decision and Information Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory
   

7. Panel Session 2: Threat Reduction Programs: Beyond CTR
   By Dr. Richard E. Combs, Jr. Monterey Insitute of International Studies
   

8. Plenary Session 2: Arms Control in Light of Evolving Defense Requirements
   By Dr. Janne E. Nolan, Faculty Member, National Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
   

9. Panel Session 3: Nuclear Force Reductions: Where Are the Knees in the Curve?
   By Admiral Henry G. Chiles, Jr. USN (Ret), Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command
   

10. Panel Session 4: Chemical and Biological Weapons: Issues and Solutions
    By Dr. Theodore S. Gold, Director, Joint Advanced Warfighting Program, Institue for Defense Analyses
    

11. Dinner Speech
    By The Honorable John D. Holum, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs and Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    

12. Panel Session 5: Arms Races and Regional Tensions
    By Admiral Richard C. Macke, USN (Ret), Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, and Senior Vice President, Wheat International Communications Corporation
    

13. Panel Session 6: Emerging Arms Control Implementation Strategies: Institutional Perspectives
    By Dr. Joerg H. Menzel, Principal Deputy Director, U.S. On-Site Inspection Agency
    

14. Luncheon Speech
    By The Honorable John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense
    

15. Plenary Session 3: Arms Control in the Revolutionary Era
    By Ambassador Robert L. Gallucci, Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
    

16. Speakers, Chairs, and Presenters
    

17. Conference Attendees
    

18. Abbreviations
    

The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA), under the authority, direction, and control of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (NCB)), supports the DoD and other Federal Agencies on matters concerning nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons system acquisitions, nuclear weapons effects on weapons systems and forces, and nuclear weapons safety and security. During wartime and international crisis, in accordance with national priorities and, as directed by the ATSD (NCB), the DSWA shall redirect its resources to support the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands in analyzing nuclear weapons planning and action options, and reconstituting nuclear forces.

DSWA has been merged into the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, whose web site can be found at http://www.dtra.mil