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.
The new Military Doctrine appears to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in Russia’s national security policy.
Contrary to expectations, the new doctrine reduces reliance on nuclear weapons.
CNS and the Royal Embassy of Norway hosted a panel discussion on nuclear security at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.
Prospects for a new strategic arms control agreement may be hampered by domestic politics in both countries.
Since the late 1990s, a fresh interest in nuclear weapons has emerged, an interest many thought would diminish or disappear after the Cold War.
