Program Director for Education and Training
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Monterey, CA
831.647.6575
Jean du Preez directs the CNS Education and Training program. As such he manages the CNS International Visiting Fellows Program and various other nonproliferation education and outreach activities, including regional short courses for diplomats and women in STEM, internships at international nonproliferation organizations. His research interests include the NPT, the legacy of nuclear testing and future of the CTBT, a future FMCT, the role of the Non-Aligned Movement, and the role of multilateral organizations in nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament. He is also a member of the International Panel of Fissile Material (IPFM).
Background
Jean du Preez has more than 35 years’ experience in diplomacy, international security, arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament. After a long diplomatic career in the South African Foreign Service, he joined CNS in 2002 where he led the International Organization and Nonproliferation program, and served as Nonproliferation Professor at MIIS. In 2009 he was recruited by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna where he led the external relations and international cooperation section until August 2016. Upon his return from Vienna, he worked as an independent consultant specializing in public diplomacy, and multilateral nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament before rejoining CNS in 2019.
He participated in negotiations on several nonproliferation, disarmament and arms control agreements and conferences, including in the context of the NPT, BWC, CWC, CTBT, small arms and light weapons, and the General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament.
He has specialized knowledge on counter-proliferation mechanisms and nonproliferation export controls, and served on the South African Council for the Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
He has published numerous scholarly articles, book chapters, conference papers and web-based reports related to nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament. He taught and continue to teach courses on the role of the United Nations and other international organizations in nonproliferation, the NPT, CTBT, arms control simulations, negotiation strategies, etc.
CNS Work
- CNS Brings Together Women in STEM from Latin America and the Caribbean to Discuss Nonproliferation, Nuclear Security, and DEI Initiatives
CNS invigorated discussion of gender equality, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the nonproliferation and nuclear security field in Latin America and the Caribbean. - Now accepting applications for 2024 Spring Visiting Fellows program
Applications for the Spring 2024 program will be accepted between August 1 and September 30, 2023. - CNS Congratulates Spring 2023 Visiting Fellows on Completion of Nonproliferation Training
Last month, CNS bid farewell to the latest group of visiting fellows following the successful completion of their intensive, 15-week nonproliferation training program. - Symposium “Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security for Women in STEM in Latin America and the Caribbean”
Apply today. Symposium speakers and panelists include experts in a range of nuclear security and nonproliferation issues, emphasizing the role of women in STEM. - Future Challenges for the OPCW
A conversation with Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu. Political divisions appear to be the main challenge for the organization. - Latin American and Caribbean Diplomats Trained in the Legacy of Nobel Peace Laureate García Robles
The 8th Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Summer School for Latin America and Caribbean diplomats. - CNS Visiting Fellows Give Perspectives as a Ukrainian and a Russian on the War in Ukraine
On May 12, 2022, CNS Visiting Fellows Valeriia Hesse and Kirill Iliin gave a talk to The Monterey Rotary Club. - (Final) Preparations for the Tenth NPT Review Conference
Delegates to the 10th NPT Review Conference had the opportunity to interact with each other and with representatives from civil society on a number of key issues related to the Conference and its outcome. - NPT Briefing Book 2022 Now Available
This book is a reference guide containing documents related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and its review process. - Setting the Tone for the 10th NPT Review Conference: A Working Lunch in New York
CNS organized, in consultation with the President-designate of the 10th Review Conference and the Office of Disarmament Affairs, a high-level consultative working lunch.
