The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' International Center for Terrorism Studies presented a lunchtime panel discussion, Iran's Nuclear Program: A Final Warning?, on Tuesday, December 6, from 12 noon-2pm.  The program examined ways in which the Iranian challenge to the international community is expanding daily.  Panelists explored explore whether Tehran, under new diplomatic and economic pressures, will finally relinquish its nuclear ambitions before a doomsday scenario occurs, as well as the short- and long-term outlook including WMD ambiguities, sanctions’ impact, “covert war” against Iran, and regional and global “unintended consequences.”  Click below to watch video of the event in full.

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Date:    Tuesday, December 6th 2011    
12:00 Noon – 2:00PM

Place     The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22203
(Ballston Metro Station, Orange Line)

Co-Sponsors:     Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies;  International Center for Terrorism Studies, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies;    Inter-University Center for Legal Studies of the International Law Institute

Opening Remarks:

Michael S. Swetnam
CEO and Chairman, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Moderator:

Prof. Yonah Alexander
Director, International Center for Terrorism Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Panelists:

Dr. Leonard S. Spector
Executive Director, Washington, DC, Office, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterrey Institute of International Studies

Dr. Christopher A. Ford
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology and Global Security, Hudson Institute

Michael Eisenstadt
Director, Military and Security Studies Program, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Hon. Guy Roberts
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for WMD Policy and Director, Nuclear Policy, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO