Education

2024 Summer Undergraduate Fellows with Dr. William Potter, CNS Director, and Masako Toki, Sr. Project Manager

CNS commits to educating the next generation of nonproliferation experts through the Summer Undergraduate Program

This summer again, a cohort of twelve highly qualified students has been selected as Undergraduate Fellows through a competitive and rigorous selection process.

Hideo Asano holding a microphone

MIIS/MANPTS Alumnus Hideo Asano Strives to Join Forces for Nuclear Abolition

This new group is aiming to persuade the Japanese government to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by the year 2030.

Participants group photo outside on the steps in the sunshine.

2024 CIF Spring Conference Report

High school students and teachers from Japan and the United States discuss ways to advance nuclear disarmament through youth education.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Tuition-Free Nuclear Safeguards Course and Paid Summer Internships in International Nuclear Safeguards Policy

Applicants must either be a currently enrolled graduate student or a young professional in the nuclear nonproliferation field.

Young woman looking at a sign

Respect for Hibakusha, and Hope in Younger Generations

Voices of people who suffered the most under the mushroom cloud have often been marginalized.

Group of participants and leaders standing outside around the CNS sign, smiling for the camera.

Raising Next Generation Nonproliferation Experts through the Summer Undergraduate Program

Fellows receive invaluable job training, work closely with CNS experts, and participate in an engaging lecture series.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

CNS Nonproliferation Short Course Video Resource Library

A subset of CNS videos intended to supplement CNS organized short courses with the aim of allowing course participants to obtain detailed knowledge on the topics listed.

Visiting Fellows Program

Call for CNS Visiting Fellows Program Applications Apply for the Spring and Fall 2026 Visiting Fellows program. The CNS Visiting Fellows Program is one of the world’s only professional training programs devoted exclusively to WMD nonproliferation, arms control, and related security issues. Established in 1991 with a primary focus on practitioners, researchers, and journalists from […]

Seeing first-hand how the U.S. State Department carries out U.S. nonproliferation policy.

CNS Congratulates Spring 2023 Visiting Fellows on Completion of Nonproliferation Training

Last month, CNS bid farewell to the latest group of visiting fellows following the successful completion of their intensive, 15-week nonproliferation training program.

Shizuka Kuramitsu

MIIS MANPTS student Shizuka Kuramitsu featured in NHK’s Science & Culture Journal

Originally from Hiroshima, she is about to complete her Master’s degree on Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.