Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction l February 28-March 1, 2015 at The New York Academy of Medicine

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Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction l February 28-March 1, 2015 at The New York Academy of Medicine

A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading experts in disarmament, political science, existential risk, anthropology, medicine, nuclear weapons and other nuclear issues will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on Feb 28- March 1, 2015. The public is welcome.

A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation

  

Watch this space for information on how to register in advance. Registering in advance will include complimentary lunch.

  

The Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction. 

Russia and the U.S. possess 94% of the 16,400 nuclear weapons in the global nuclear arsenal. The U.S. maintains its first strike winnable nuclear war policy, and both countries have raised their nuclear arsenals to a higher state of alert because of the situation in the Ukraine. Furthermore it has just been announced that the administration has plans to replace every nuclear warhead and their delivery systems via ship, submarine, missile and plane, at a cost of one trillion dollars over the next thirty years.

This symposium to be held by The Helen Caldicott Foundation will address the following issues: 

1. What are the human and technological factors that could precipitate a nuclear war between Russia and the U.S., how many times have we come close to nuclear war and how long will our luck hold?
2.  What are the ongoing technological and financial developments relevant to the nuclear weapons arsenals of the US and Russia?
3. What problems are associated with lateral proliferation of nuclear weapons via strenuous corporate marketing of nuclear technology?
4. What are the medical and environmental consequences of either a small or large scale nuclear war?
5. What are the underlying philosophical, political, and ideological dynamics that have brought life on earth to the brink of extinction?
6. How can we assess this situation from an anthropological perspective?
7. What is the pathology within the present political situation that could lead us to extinction?
8. How can this nuclear pathology be cured? 

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