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
- Seeking Peace in a Pandemic
A remedy for despair in a time of pandemic. - 2020 Critical Issues Forum Announcement
The conference will go fully online for all participants in US, Japan, and Russia. - Learning from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
To reach peace and security, we need to overcome maintaining the status quo. - Next-Gen Nonproliferation Experts Shine at CNS Major Supporters’ Event
17 summer undergraduate nonproliferation fellows give their research presentations. - CNS Continues to Enhance Nonproliferation Education through Undergraduate Internship Program
CNS selected 17 outstanding undergraduate students from around the country out of approximately 130 applicants. - High School Students from Japan, Russia, and the US Tackle Nuclear Dangers
This year, local students of Monterey County joined the CIF forum on nuclear risk reduction and crisis prevention. - Critical Issues Forum 2019 in Monterey
US, Japanese, Russian high school students confront nuclear risk and crisis prevention. - The CNS Undergrad Experience
Hear from CNS summer interns what they appreciate most about the program. - CNS Summer Undergraduate Interns Share Research
Research was on media in nonproliferation, analyzing capabilities using open-source data, geospatial and countermeasure intelligence, and how nuclear governments think. - After the Trump-Kim summit: Where does Japan go from here?
The “biggest loser” of the Singapore summit faces tough decisions ahead. Some answers may lie in its recent past.
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.
