Day: November 19, 2023

Private ResidenceSan Francisco, California THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hi, everyone.  Hi.  Hello.  (Applause.)  Hi, everyone.  Please have a seat.  Pease have a seat. Thank you, Dougie.  (Laughter.)  I — and — I — please forgive me being so tardy this evening.  You all know and — and Doug said, “I’m going to go over because I want to see — I want to see Quinn and Wayne anyway.”  And so, he came over earlier and I know you guys had some time with him.  But I was at the APEC convening and it was running a little late, so — so…

Today, the Secretary’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) released its study, “Report on Deterrence in a World of Nuclear Multipolarity.”  The report fulfills the request from Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins, the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, to undertake a study on how to use the mutually reinforcing tools of deterrence and arms control to address the challenges of two future nuclear-armed strategic peers – Russia and the PRC.  The recommendations, developed by a study group consisting of a subset of board members, was approved during the Board’s October 31, 2023, plenary meeting. The ISAB provides…