Conference Reports

Highly Enriched Uranium

Ending the Civilian Use of Highly Enriched Uranium

Recommendations to achieve the goal, a legacy of the Nuclear Security Summit process begun by President Obama.

2014 NPT Action Plan Monitoring Report

Four years after the adoption of the NPT Action Plan, progress on nuclear disarmament is disappointing.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addresses the 2010 NPT Review Conference in New York

Rough Seas Ahead: Issues for the 2015 NPT Review Conference

Next year’s Conference promises to be contentious, with the changing debate on nuclear disarmament taking center stage.

Barack Obama speaking at the Nuclear Security Summit, Wikimedia Commons

The 2014 Nuclear Security Summit: Are We Safe Yet?

53 national leaders met in The Hague for the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit. Are we safer?

CNS Convenes NPT Delegations at Annecy Workshop in Advance of Prepcom

Annual Annecy Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Meeting Convenes, Major Nuclear Challenges Ahead

MARCH 14-15, 2014: CNS hosted a 2-day diplomatic workshop in Annecy, France.

The Pentagon, source: Wikipedia.org

The Myth of American Nuclear Obsolescence

Conventional wisdom in Washington DC suggests the US is the only nuclear weapon state not modernizing its nuclear forces, but it is dead wrong.

International High School Conference on a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

APR. 19: The Critical Issues Forum concluded with students from three countries presenting their findings on nuclear disarmament.

Full Steam Ahead: Day 8 of the NPT PrepCom

Statements on Cluster 3 issues continued, the plenary session was quiet as regional groups met with Chair in closed meetings discussing the Chair’s summary.

Soldiering On: Day 7 of the NPT PrepCom

The Conference continued at its usual pace with no real surprises, suggesting Egypt’s walkout may not have as great an effect as its delegation may have hoped.

The Walkout: Day 6 of the NPT PrepCom

Egypt announced that its delegation was withdrawing from the remainder of the PrepCom due to the perceived lack of seriousness in establishing a WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East.