Events

2016-17 Critical Issues Forum Focuses on CTBT

This year’s participants will study nuclear weapon-testing history, the CTBT negotiations, the treaty’s current status, challenges, and prospects.

Keeping Up the Momentum on Nuclear Security Improvements

DECEMBER 7, 2016: A multicultural panel of experts provided different perspectives, analysis, and recommendations.

42nd Parliament, House of Commons Chamber in session

CNS Expert Melissa Hanham Testifies in Canadian Parliament on DPRK Sanctions

NOVEMBER 30, 2016: Sanctions are not a panacea, Hanham asserts, but they have slowed Pyongyang’s development of WMD.

Nuclear Security Summit 2016fi

Summits Made Some Headway on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2016: Nuclear Security Summits are improving the security of vulnerable nuclear material.

Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and CNS Director William Potter

High-level Russian Official Leads Discussion on Bilateral Relations

NOVEMBER 12, 2016: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak shared ideas on areas for progress in deteriorated US-Russia relations.

MENACS delegation at the BWC RevCon

Launch of New Biological Weapons Convention Website

NOVEMBER 7-25, 2016: A CNS project’s new website aims to enhance knowledge and awareness of the biological weapons regime.

Upcoming Event: Monterey, California

Using Network Analysis to Understand Russian Oil and Gas Policy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016: Seminar with speaker Adam N. Stulberg of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.

US Navy in Full Chemical Protective Gear

Keeping the Biological Weapons Convention Relevant

NOVEMBER 1, 2016: Officials have the opportunity to revise the way in which discussions are planned and held to better protect against biological weapons.

Upcoming Event: Monterey, California

From Silence to ‘Showmanship’

NOVEMBER 8, 2016: Seminar with speaker Daniel Salisbury, Postdoctoral Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Upcoming Event: Monterey, California

Doomed to Cooperate

NOVEMBER 3, 2016: Seminar with speaker Siegfried S. Hecker, research professor and senior fellow at Stanford University.