Monterey Expert to Discuss Challenges of Syria Chemical Weapons Plan
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Chemical and biological weapons expert , a senior fellow at the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, will speak at Middlebury on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 4:30 p.m.
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Her talk, “Chemical Weapons in Syria: A Bumpy Road to Elimination,” is presented by Middlebury’s , and will take place at the Robert A. Jones ’59 House conference room.
Smithson, who chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Affairs Council on Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons, is a highly-regarded expert who has appeared frequently before Congress and the national media. She has been in particularly high demand for news interviews since September when the international community struck a deal with Syria to avert U.S. missile attacks in exchange for destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons.
Following the lecture, Smithson will participate in a career conversation and dinner with students at the Brainerd Commons house.
For more information, contact Charlotte Tate at the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs.