Event Reports

TRT World Interview with Miles Pomper at the Nuclear Security Summit 2016

The Nuclear Security Summit is a biennial, global-scale meeting to prevent threats of nuclear terrorism.

Former Secretary of Defense William Perry to Address High School Students

The Critical Issues Forum will bring Japanese, Russian, and US high school students for a nonproliferation conference in Monterey.

Lassina Zerbo (centre), Executive Secretary of the CTBTO, addresses the audience.

The CTBT at 20: Re-Energizing the Global Debate

On March 24, 2016, CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo addressed the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP).

Working at the Nexus of Nuclear Policy and Science

MARCH 31, 2016: Dr. Lorraine Sadler of Sandia National Laboratories to present on the complex relations between scientific progress and political policy.

Upcoming Event Washington DC

New Course for USG Practitioners

Course will cover urgent current issues such as Iran, North Korea, and the Nuclear Security Summit.

Brad Roberts US Nuclear Weapons

The Case for US Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

Seminar with Dr. Brad Roberts, Director of the Center for Global Security Research at LLNL on the future of nuclear weapons in international politics.

Upcoming Monterey CA

North Korea’s WMD Programs: An Open Source View

MARCH 10, 2016: Seminar with Melissa Hanham and Catherine Dill, research associates of CNS.

Nukes in (Cyber)space: The Hazards of Cross-Domain Deterrence

MARCH 2, 2016: Seminar with Erik Gartzke, associate professor of Political Science at the University of California at San Diego.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano Speaks at VCDNP

IAEA chief lauds VCDNP’s event on Amendment to the CPPNM for helping to address “the most important area of unfinished business in nuclear security.”

Upcoming Event: Monterey, California

Bioweapons… for Dummies? Evaluating the Threat of Rogue Biohacking

FEBRUARY 25, 2016: Seminar with Zian Liu, fourth-year bioengineering undergraduate at UC Berkeley.