Director, International Organizations & Nonproliferation Program (IONP)
[email protected]
Vienna, Austria
+43-1-236-9482-08
Areas of Research
- International nonproliferation organizations and regimes
- Iran’s nuclear program
- Politics of the Non-Aligned Movement
- Proliferation theory
Background
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova served as an expert on the delegation of Kazakhstan to the 2010 NPT Review Conference and 2009 meeting of the Preparatory Committee. She teaches a workshop on Iran’s nuclear program and previously taught a course on Nuclear Proliferation Trends and Trigger Events at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Prior to coming to Monterey, she was Media and Outreach Specialist at the UN Development Programme in Kazakhstan. She is originally from Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Education
Gaukhar received her MA in International Policy Studies, with distinction, from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (2007) and BA in Journalism/Mass Communication, Cum Laude, from the American University in Bulgaria (2001).
CNS Work
- CNS Expert Addresses UN Security Council Briefing on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
CNS expert reminds the council of their commitments to crucial treaties while noticing a more recent recommitment to nuclear weapons and an increase in the value attached to them among the council’s state parties. - Further Strengthening the NPT Review Process: Reflections and Recommendations
Thomas Markram, CNS, and the VCDNP’s Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova review which aspects of the review process are in greater need of improvement and where changes are most feasible. - (Still) Preparing for the Tenth NPT Review Conference
Senior diplomats and officials discuss the upcoming NPT Review Conference during the CNS virtual workshop. - Celebrating Women in Nonproliferation
Women colleagues lead initiatives, publish innovative nonproliferation research, serve as mentors, and speak at conferences (or webinars, in the era of COVID-19). - The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: What’s Next
WEBINAR: Speakers address the treaty’s impact on nuclear disarmament and the international nonproliferation regime. - The Tenth NPT Review Conference: Challenges and Opportunities
WEBINAR: Challenges and opportunities surrounding the postponed NPT RevCon. - Postponement of the 2020 NPT Review Conference: Possible Implications
Examining the implications of the postponement of the Tenth NPT Review Conference - What the COVID-19 Postponement Could Mean for the 10th NPT Review Conference
The delay gives time to reach a positive and compelling vision for the treaty. - NPT PrepCom 2019: Live CNS Updates
A group of students, young professionals, and CNS staff attend each NPT PrepCom and RevCon as part of the CNS delegation. - An NPT Hallmark in Annecy
The diplomatic workshop continues to demonstrate its value as part of the NPT review process.
Bibliography
2015 NPT Action Plan Monitoring Report – Disarmament, CNS, April 2015
Coalitions to Watch at the 2015 NPT Review Conference, Nuclear Threat Initiative, February 2015 (co-authored with William Potter)
Rough Seas Ahead: Issues for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, Arms Control Today, April 2014
2014 NPT Action Plan Monitoring Report – Disarmament, CNS, April 2014
2013 NPT Action Plan Monitoring Report – Disarmament, CNS, April 2013
Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement: Principles vs Pragmatism, Routledge, 2012 (co-authored with William Potter)
2012 NPT Action Plan Monitoring Report – Disarmament, CNS, April 2012
Forecasting Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century (2 volumes), Stanford University Press, 2010 (co-edited with William Potter)
The 2010 NPT Review Conference: Deconstructing Consensus, CNS, June 2010 (co-authored with William Potter, Patricia Lewis, and Miles Pomper)
Cleaning up Serbia’s Nuclear Legacy, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 2008
Russian Nuclear Industry Reforms: Consolidation and Expansion, CNS, May 2007
UN Disarmament Committee Forecasts Troubled Nonproliferation Future, Nuclear Threat Initiative (co-authored), March 2007
An Alleged “Nuclear Device” in Western Kazakhstan is a Non-nuclear Installation, CNS, February 2007
U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, Nuclear Threat Initiative, July 2006
