Event Reports

Nuclear missiles locked in ice photo illustration

Options for a Verifiable Freeze on North Korea’s Missile Program

EVENT: Panel Discussion with CNS experts to discuss verification requirements and security benefits associated with each option.

Bruno Tertrais

The Finger on the Button

Video: Seminar with Bruno Tertrais, deputy director at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

Group photo of students and instructors

High School Students from Japan, Russia, and the US Tackle Nuclear Dangers

This year, local students of Monterey County joined the CIF forum on nuclear risk reduction and crisis prevention.

Chair of the 2019 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting, Ambassador Syed Hasrin

An NPT Hallmark in Annecy

The diplomatic workshop continues to demonstrate its value as part of the NPT review process.

The Impact of Synthetic Biology and Genome Editing on Biosecurity

Video: Seminar with Dr. Gregory Koblentz

CIF Spring 2018

Critical Issues Forum 2019 in Monterey

US, Japanese, Russian high school students confront nuclear risk and crisis prevention.

The Sound of Conference

“The Sound of Conference”

Closing the Annecy NPT retreat with a Simon & Garfunkel parody.

Probable solid propellant missile plant Al Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia. Annotations by Jeffrey Lewis and Dave Schmerler. (Source: Planet Labs)

Saudi Arabia’s Suspect Missile Site and the Saudi Nuclear Program

This Washington, DC event was held on March 4, 2019 at 9:30am-11:30am.

MSSR 2018 fellows with visiting experts Stephan De Spiegeleire and Adam Stulberg

The Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia

An exceptional program for twelve distinguished US and European Master’s and PhD students.

Participant of the CNS side event (left to right): Nodar Nadirashviliv (ANRS, Georgia), Bill Potter, Laura Rockwood (VCDNP), Ionel Balan (NARNA, Moldova), Margarita Kalinina-Pohl

CNS and Partners Report at IAEA on Innovative Ways to Locate Orphan Radioactive Sources

New technologies can help locate and secure dangerous material.