Belarus plans to rid its highly enriched uranium (HEU) stocks prior to the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, Korea.
NATO and NATO-Russia Summits bring modest opportunities for progress in the coming years.
North Korea’s leadership succession and nuclear activities have garnered attention, including the parading of new missiles systems.
Students participated in a semester-long simulation of the NPT Review Conference
MAY 10, 2010: A panel discussion held between sessions of the RevCon.
Masako Toki May 7, 2010 Critical Issues Forum (CIF) Program: 2009-2010 Students and teachers from 12 US high schools and 10 schools in Russia’s “closed nuclear cities” met together at the 2010 conference of the Critical Issues Forum (CIF) held April 22-23 in Monterey. This year’s conference, the largest since the program began at CNS in […]
William Potter, Leonard Spector, Lawrence Scheinman, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Nikolai Sokov April 28, 2010 Introduction Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones (NWFZs) are recognized as important tools of international nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. In 2009, both the Central Asian NWFZ Treaty and the African NWFZ Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba) entered into force. NWFZs now cover 116 countries including the entire territory of the southern hemisphere. […]
The Summit was the latest step that Obama has taken to advance his administration’s nonproliferation agenda.
The conclusion of the Treaty of Prague is a success. Now Obama and Medvedev need to outline the next treaty.
DECEMBER 16-17, 2009: CNS co-hosts US-China meeting: Enhancing Strategic Stability and Cooperation between Beijing and Washington.