Grandview Institution Accompanies U.S. Expert Delegation on Visits to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Front Work Department

On the afternoon of October 13, through the coordination of the Grandview Institution (GVI), the U.S. expert delegation participating in the Second China–U.S. Nuclear Failsafe Dialogue, jointly organized by GVI and the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN), visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Front Work Department. The delegation met with Mr. Sun Xiaobo, Director of the Department of Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Tang Zhiwen, Deputy Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Ma Hui, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department.

The U.S. expert delegation included:

1. Sam Nunn, former Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Co-Founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

2. James O. Ellis, Jr., former Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command

3. Madelyn R. Creedon, former Principal Deputy Administrator of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and former Chair of the U.S. Congressional Strategic Posture Commission

4. Paul Dean, Vice President of NTI’s Global Nuclear Policy Program and former Acting Assistant Secretary of State

5. Steve Andreasen, former Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control at the U.S. National Security Council (1993–2000) and NTI National Security Adviser

6. Mark Melamed, Vice President of NTI’s Global Nuclear Policy Program and former Deputy Director of the Office of Multilateral and Nuclear Affairs, U.S. Department of State

7. Toya Jackson, Program Officer, NTI Global Nuclear Policy Program

8. Frank O’Donnell, Senior Research Adviser, APLN, and Nonresident Fellow at the Stimson Center South Asia Program

9. Liu Fang, Policy Fellow, APLN

The delegation was accompanied by Mr. Ren Libo, President of GVI, and Mr. Zhang Yi, Senior Research Fellow.