Promoting Regional Nuclear Cooperation in Southeast Asia

Name: Promoting Regional Nuclear Cooperation in Southeast Asia
Start: 2012-05-08T10:00:00-0400
End: 2012-05-08T11:30:00-0400

Open to the Public

MTA/ISP Fellow Yvonne Yew will discuss the prospects for regional cooperation on nuclear issues within southeast Asia.

Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Promoting Regional Nuclear Cooperation in Southeast Asia

MTA/ISP Fellow Yvonne Yew will discuss the prospects for regional cooperation on nuclear issues within southeast Asia.

Yvonne Yew is a research fellow with the International Security Program and Project on Managing the Atom. A former Singapore diplomat, she has worked on regional and multilateral issues in Asia and in Europe. She was last posted in Austria, where she was responsible for establishing an office in Vienna and served as the Alternate Representative and Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency during Singapore's term on the IAEA Board of Governors from 2004–2006. She was also consultant to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization's International Scientific Studies Project.