Events

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.

Upcoming Event: Monterey, California

What Edward Snowden Revealed

FEBRUARY 18, 2016: Seminar with Allison Stanger, founding director of the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs at Middlebury College.

UN High Representative Kim Won-soo with CNS Director William Potter

UN High Representative Kim Won-soo on Global Threats and Challenges

From North Korea to the Middle East, the senior UN official gave an overarching view of the contemporary security environment.

2015-16 CIF Online Teachers Workshop

The 2015-16 Critical Issues Forum Project started with an online teachers’ workshop.

New Dual-Degree Program with Russian University

New Dual-Degree Program with Russian University

Joint studies in nonproliferation, terrorism, and international affairs, undertaken in Monterey and Moscow, to begin in 2016.