Summary Report
Michelle Marchesano
April 2008
On February 21-22, 2008, government officials from the U.S. and Pakistan and non-governmental experts gathered in Washington, D.C. for a workshop organized by the Partnership for Global Security (PGS), titled Meeting the Nuclear Security Challenge in Pakistan. The event was organized in cooperation with Brig. Gen. (ret.) Naeem Salik, South Asia Visiting Scholar at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and supported by the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The key goals for the workshop were to allow experts to freely exchange views on critical nuclear security issues, to better understand the nuclear security structure in place in Pakistan and how it is evolving, and to offer the opportunity to discuss issues of concern. Panels were convened on vital nuclear security topics including radiological source security; export and border controls; the threat to Pakistan’s nuclear assets; the role of technology controls in Pakistan’s nuclear security future; and the media’s role in shaping nuclear security perceptions.
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