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
- Respect for Hibakusha, and Hope in Younger Generations
Voices of people who suffered the most under the mushroom cloud have often been marginalized. - High School Students from Japan and the United States Discuss the Way Forward for Nuclear Disarmament in Monterey
Young people are creating hope through their creativity, enthusiasm and global mindedness. - Raising Next Generation Nonproliferation Experts through the Summer Undergraduate Program
Fellows receive invaluable job training, work closely with CNS experts, and participate in an engaging lecture series. - MIIS MANPTS student Shizuka Kuramitsu featured in NHK’s Science & Culture Journal
Originally from Hiroshima, she is about to complete her Master’s degree on Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. - High School Students Discuss Nuclear Disarmament from Intersectional Approaches
On April 15, 2023, over 120 high school students and teachers gathered online for the Critical Issues Forum Spring Conference. - 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.
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.
