Event Reports

Winners of the 2009 Doreen and Jim McElvany Challenge

Winners of the 2009 Doreen and Jim McElvany Challenge Competition

Keynote Speaker Jon B. Wolfsthal Special Adviser to the Vice President for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security and Director for Nonproliferation, National Security Council Please note that Mr. Wolfsthal’s remarks were off-the-record and cannot be quoted or published.   Anne Harrington de Santana University of Chicago “Nuclear Weapons as the Currency of Power: Deconstructing the Fetishism […]

Spent Nuclear Fuel: Nuclear Fuel Cycle

A Regional Approach for Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Case for Asia Pacific

Seminar with Jor-Shan Choi & Yusuke Kuno, from the University of Tokyo.

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons for the Next Generation

US and Russian high school students presented research on nuclear disarmament at the 2009 Critical Issues Forum (CIF) Conference.

Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Challenge

Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Challenge Competition

Keynote Speaker Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) Chair, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee   Ward Wilson (Grand Prize) “The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence“ Nuclear deterrence is sometimes treated as a known quantity—a definite thing that keeps us safe and ensures our security. It has also often been used as a justification for possessing nuclear […]

Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest

Videos of the Keynote Speaker, Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), and the 2008 winners.

Bioterrorism: Clear and Present Danger or Self Fulfilling Prophecy?

A breakfast briefing held by The Nonproliferation Review on March 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.

CNS Conducts Seminar on Radiological Source Security in Georgia

Government representatives address problems of securing radiological sources and radioactive waste management in Georgia.

Cuba’s Accession to the NPT

Looking to fulfill its international responsibilities Cuba accedes to the NPT and Treaty of Tlatelolco.

Pilot Course on International Nuclear Safeguards Policy in Monterey

Focuses on the following topics:

Promoting Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education

Seminar promoting disarmament and nonproliferation education held for the first time as a side event to the NPT PrepCom.