Masako Toki

Senior Education Project Manager
Research Associate
Nonproliferation Education Program

[email protected]
Monterey, CA
831.647.3580

Activities

Masako Toki is a Senior Project Manager and Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute in Monterey, CA. She is passionate about disarmament and nonproliferation education for young generations.  She coordinates the Critical Issues Forum (CIF) to promote disarmament and nonproliferation education to high school students and teachers in the US, Japan, Russia and other countries, and the Summer Undergraduate Nonproliferation Fellowship Program. Her research interests include Japan’s nuclear disarmament policy, nonproliferation and disarmament education, humanitarian initiative, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

She is also a member of the Japan Association of Disarmament Studies and the US-Japan Leadership Program (US-Japan Foundation).

Areas of Research

• Nonproliferation and Disarmament Education
• Japan’s nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, and nuclear energy policy
• Japan’s missile defense policy
• Nuclear disarmament and the NPT

Background

Ms. Toki was selected as an intern for the Office of External Relations and Policy Coordination at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna (January through June 2001.) She was a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, DC where she conducted her research on National Missile Defense. She taught the Japanese section of the Monterey Model Course “Current Issues in Nonproliferation” as a content expert.

Education

• M.A. in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies with a Certificate in Nonproliferation Studies, 2000.

CNS Work

• Intersection of Racial Justice and Nuclear Disarmament
  CNS and MIIS student council DEI committee cohost the BIPOC speaker series event featuring Dr. Vincent Intondi.
• Paid Summer Undergraduate Nonproliferation Internships
  The deadline for summer internships has been extended to February 28, 2023.
• Critical Issues Forum Teachers and Bread Loaf Teacher Network Meeting on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education
  The goal of the Teachers Retreat was to expand and solidify the disarmament and nonproliferation educator network in the United States.
• The Power of VR and Storytelling: Building Empathy for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
  Critical Issues Forum 7th Speaker Series: The risk of nuclear weapons is as great as it has been since the end of the Cold War, making this Speaker Series topic extremely timely.
• MANPTS Student Kokoro Nishiyama Receives Grand Prize in Nuclear Disarmament Essay Contest
  Kokoro Nishiyama is currently a first-year student pursuing her master’s degree in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at MIIS.
• Summer Undergraduate Nonproliferation Program Convenes in a Hybrid Format
  Despite the still lingering COVID-19 pandemic, and necessary restrictions, CNS continues to enhance youth education and training for a more secure and peaceful world.
• Engaging High School Students in Addressing Nuclear Challenges
  Over 100 high school students gathered to discuss nuclear disarmament, education, and youth empowerment at the CIF Spring Student Conference.
• Encouraging Gender Balance in the Nuclear Field Through Mentorship, Education, and Networking
  Explores challenges women in the nonproliferation field still face and how mentorship and educational opportunities can break some barriers.
• Nelly Porseva, Long-term CIF Teacher, Wins Prestigious FutureLearn Scholarship
  Nelly Porseva was one of only four winners from over 10,000 applicants who proposed solutions in the fields of technology, mental health, teaching, and sustainability.
• A Pit Stop on Natasha Bajema’s Radioactive Road Trip
  Dr. Bajema visits historic and current US nuclear weapon complex sites to engage the public in nuclear risk reduction, nonproliferation and disarmament.

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Bibliography

• “Leaving its Comfort Zone: Japan’s Special Role in Creating a World Free of Nuclear Weapons” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, August 17, 2011.
• “Japan’s Defense Guidelines: New Conventional Strategy, Same Old Nuclear Dilemma,” Nuclear Threat Initiative, March 2011.
• “Japan’s nuclear dilemma, Nuclear trade vs nuclear disarmament advocacy,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, November 3, 2010.
• “Taking control: Stopping North Korean WMD-related procurement” (coauthor), Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September/October 2010 vol. 66 no. 5.
• “U.S.-Japan Missile Defense Cooperation: Allies to Move in New Direction?” WMD Insights, January 2010
• “Japan’s Evolving Security Policy: Along Came North Korea’s Threats” Nuclear Threat Initiative.
• “The North Korean nuclear test: The Japanese reaction” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Online edition, May 27, 2009.
• “Japan’s response to the North Korean satellite launch,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Online edition, April 3, 2009.
• “Missile Defense in Japan,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Online edition, January 2009.
• “Japan and the Future of Nuclear Disarmament,” Foreign Policy in Focus, July 2008.
• “Japan’s new Prime Minister faces India Dilemma,” Asia Times Online, September 2007.