christopher ford is assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation. he spoke at the james martin center for nonproliferation studies. >> thank you, sandy. the delighted to introduce secretary -- assistant secretary of state for international security and proliferation, christopher ford. first put forth by iran and egypt in 1974 as a u.n. resolution to be expanded to weapons of mass destruction in egypt, thefrom proposal has been discussed for many years. cns has worked many years and we have publication on the zone issue. most recently in november, 2018, the u.n. general assembly adopted a resolution asking the u.n. secretary-general to convene a conference about weapons of mass destruction free zone starting from 2019 and continuing until there is a legal binding treaty. the first conference will be -- right now is being planned for november 2019 in new york, but the initiative has been received in the region with mixed results. we are very delighted that dr. ford agreed to speak about it today. let me introduce dr. ford. chris served as special assi

forill hear from assistant international security, christopher ford. that is live here on c-span at 1:00 p.m. eastern. is chris bremmer, he is with georgetown university. he is the faculty director at internationalof law at the university. good morning. guest: good morning. host: what is facebook trying to do and why? guest: the simple answer is that they are trying to create a digital currency that people can use across borders and a digital currency means not necessarily a theirment currency, but own private currency that people can use and ship to one another in different parts of the world. the reason why they are doing this is a little bit complex --ause no one knows exactly they have explicitly said that they want to, and i am reading this because i think it is useful for the listeners to hear, to enable a simple, global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. there are some financial motives as well. host: as far as the current system, what would facebook's plan do that others do not? is planning to create this lo

the middle east, with her marks from assistant for international security and nonproliferation christopher ford. that is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. later, the u.s.-japanese alliance. former leaders of the u.s. and japanese militaries talk about some of the global security challenges the countries face. live coverage of the center for strategic and international studies at 2:30 p.m. eastern. you can follow our coverage online at c-span.org, and with the free c-span radio app. president trump held a campaign rally in cincinnati last night. we will show you a portion of this event until health -- house comes in for a short pro forma session. we will then return to the rally after the session.

live to hear from assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, christopher ford. talking about the >> we are very delighted to be here to have an in-depth discussion about the prospects for progress on a weapon of mass destruction free zone in the middle east with stink list -- with speaker assistant secretary for nationaltal customer. ford.istopher organizationrgest dedicated to nonproliferation issues. we have headquarters in monterey california as part of the mill berry institute of national affairs, which is a graduate school of -- middle barry affairs, of national which is a graduate school of middle barry institute. the --ges it is normally understood that it is very difficult to make ingress on security issues the middle east because there are so many moving parts. in the middle east, there hasn't been a moving part for quite a few years. .hat may be about to change the gridlock may be coming under pressure because of recent developments we will be hearing about shortly. podium over to the director of the james martin center nonproliferation program and sh

friday, remarks from assistant secretary of state, christopher ford, on potential ways the u.s. can work towards eliminating weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. he'll speak live, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. right after that, former leaders of the u.s. and japanese military discuss the u.s.-japanese alliance and its strategy to respond to regional and security challenges. hosted by the center for regional and strike international studies, starts live at 2:30 eastern on c-span. friday night, campaign 2020 coverage, with remarks from acting white house chief of staff, milk mulvaney. he will speak at the annual silver elephant gala hosted by south carolina's republican party. that starts live at 8:15 eastern also on c-span. this weekend on book tv, saturday at 7:45 eastern, in his latest book "the public option," the former policy director for senator elizabeth warren talks about effectiveness of government and opportunity. >> broadband would go a long way for challenge of access while introducing competition in some concentrated markets. this isn't pie the

friday, remarks from assistant secretary of state christopher ford on potential ways the u.s. can work toward eliminating weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. he'll speak live starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, and right after that, former leaders of the u.s. and japanese militaries discuss the u.s. japanese alliance and its strategy to respond to regional and global security challenges. the events hosted by the center for strategic and international studies, and it starts live at 2:30 eastern on c-span, and friday night campaign 2020 coverage with remarks from acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, he'll speak at the annual silver elephant gala hosted by south carolina's republican party. that starts live at 8:15 p.m. eastern, also on c-span. >> watch our exclusive interview with prosecute donald trump as he reflects on his first two and a half years in office, including the raising of the debt ceiling. >> you take a look at the european union that's doing poorly. you take a look at china, it's doing really poorly. you take a look at other countries

christopher ford is assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation.e spoke at the james martin center for nonproliferation studies. >> thank you, sandy. i

forill hear from assistant international security, christopher ford.t is live here on c-span at 1:00 p.m. eastern. is chris bremmer, he is with georgetown university. he is the faculty director at internationalof law at the university. good morning.

. >>> friday remarks from assistant secretary of state christopher ford on potential ways the u.s. can work toward eliminating weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. he will speak live starting at 1 pm eastern on c-span. and right after that former leaders of the u.s. and japanese militaries discuss the u.s. japanese alliance and its strategy to respond to regional and global security challenges. the event is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and it starts live at 2:30 eastern on c-span. >>> friday night campaign 2020 coverage with remarks from acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. he will speak at the silver elephant gala hosted by south carolina's republican party. that starts live at 8:15 pm eastern also on c-span. >>> american history tv continues friday night with a look at u.s. foreign policy. we will start with a look at american democracy and post- world war ii japan. then a discussion on containment policy in southeast asia followed by a behind the scenes look at the cuban revolution. american history tv airs friday at 8 pm ea

. >>> friday remarks from assistant secretary of state christopher ford, on potential ways that the u.s. could work toward eliminating weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. he will speak live starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> right after that, leaders of the u.s. and japanese military discuss the u.s.- japanese alliance and their strategy to respond to regional and global security challenges. the events hosted by the center for strategic and international studies, it starts live at 2:30 eastern on c-span. >>> and friday night, campaign 2020 coverage with remarks from acting white house chief of staff nick mulvaney. he will speak at the annual silver elephant gala hosted by south carolina's republican party. that starts live at 8:15 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> american history tv continues friday night, with a look at u.s. foreign policy. we will start with a look at american democracy and post- world war ii japan. then, a discussion on containment policy in southeast asia. followed by a behind-the-scenes look at the cuban revolution. american history tv airs fr

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friday, remarks from assistant secretary of state christopher ford on potential ways the u.s. can work toward eliminating weapons of mass druestruction. in the middle east. starting live on that starts life at a 15 p.m. eastern also c-span . >>> watch our exclusive interview with president donald trump as he reflects on his first 2 1/2 years in office, including the raising of the debt ceiling . >> take a look at the european union that's doing poorly, china's really poorly, take a look at other countries that are not doing well, with the hottest country in the world were doing great economically and otherwise we have a lot stronger military, a lot stronger than this budget and at some point we will cut back, we had to rebuild our military, we didn't have a choice expect an interview with trump saturday on c-span, watch anytime any time and listen wherever you are . >>> this weekend on american history tv saturday at 8 pm eastern and lectures in history, comparison between abraham lincoln and andrew johnson on the constitution . >> take a look at the whole cartoon it's a diffe

for having me here today. [ applause ] >>> friday, remarks from assistant secretary of state christopher ford on potential ways the u.s. can work toward eliminating weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. he will speak live starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. right after that, former leaders of the u.s. and japanese militaries discuss the u.s./j u.s./japanese alliance and its strategy to respond to global security challenges. the event is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it's live at 2:30 eastern. friday night, campaign 2020 coverage with remarks from acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. he will speak at the gala hosted by south carolina's republican party. that starts live at 8:15 p.m. eastern, also on c-span. >>> i live in a country where there are no public transportation, where there are no place i can walk. a woman to leave the house to do anything in her life, she needs a car. to function or to drive this car, she needs a man. >> sunday night on q & a, an activist talks about her book, "daring to drive." a saudi woman's awakening abo