Invitation: Join Second virtual lecture on Nuclear Disarmament by Prof Alexander Harang

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May 30, 2025, 2:58:13 AM5/30/25

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Greetings!

Aaghaz-e-Dosti Lecture Series begins with its second lecture on

"Can Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy build Trust between India and Pakistan?"

By Prof. Alexander Harang

About the Speaker:

Professor Alexander Harang currently serves as Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Soka University of America and Senior Research Fellow for Nuclear Disarmament at Soka Institute for Global Solutions in California. He is also Senior Peace Researcher at the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning and Dialogue in Boston. Professor Harang serves as national board member of No to Nuclear Weapons in his country of origin, Norway. He is the former leader of the Norwegian Peace Association, and has served as director of the Norwegian Peace Council, and the national representative of Norway to the International Peace Bureau over the last two decades.

Prof Harang has also been political advisor to the standing committees on foreign affairs and defense, at the Norwegian Parliament, from 2005 to 2009. Among Harang´s scholarly works are: Small but lethal, small arms munitions and the small arms treaty (Peace Research Institute Oslo, 2011) and Conscientious objection as war resistance and struggle for peace (Sandnes, 2022).

This lecture is open for peace activists, practitioners, journalists, political analysts and students. You can share this in your network.

To join, register using the QR code or email at aaghaz...@gmail.com. We will send you the zoom link.

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About Aaghaz-e-Dosti's Lecture Series Program:

The lecture series is oriented to educate peace practitioners, policy makers and interested individuals about issues pertinent for conflict transformation and peacebuilding. The chosen topics delve with key and contemporary concepts and approaches in the field. To invite meaningful engagement in the series, we have decided to give certificates to participants who will attend more than 60% of total lectures (10 lectures). To map the participation, it will be essential for interested participants to: 1. Attend the zoom session with your name. 2. Fill the feedback form circulated during the zoom session or after it (through email).

Thanks,

Team Aaghaz-e-Dosti