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
- US, Russian, and Japanese High School Students Meet in Nagasaki to Discuss CTBT
Dr. Lassina Zerbo, the executive secretary of the CTBTO, is scheduled to deliver the conference’s keynote address. - US and Russian Critical Issues Forum Students Shine in the Youth Forum in Nagasaki
DECEMBER 11, 2016: Four CIF students were invited by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the “Forum of Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons.” - 2016-17 Critical Issues Forum Focuses on CTBT
This year’s participants will study nuclear weapon-testing history, the CTBT negotiations, the treaty’s current status, challenges, and prospects. - Major Supporters and Friends Meet with CNS Summer Interns
JULY 27, 2016: Students share their research and engage in lively discussions with important funders. - CTBTO Executive Secretary Meets with Future Leaders
The CTBT’s future depends on engaged youth and effective nonproliferation education. - Summer Nonproliferation Training for Top-Level Undergraduates
The competitive program furthers the CNS mission: to combat the spread of WMD by educating the next generation of nonproliferation experts. - Hiroshima and Obama’s nuclear disarmament legacy for future generations
Barack Obama’s nuclear policy and its effectiveness over the course of his administration, through the scope of Hiroshima. - 2015-16 CIF Online Teachers Workshop
The 2015-16 Critical Issues Forum Project started with an online teachers’ workshop. - Can Japan Become a Bridge-Builder for Nuclear Disarmament?
Japan is uniquely positioned to build bridges in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. But will it have the courage to lead? - Student Conference Held in Hiroshima for 70th Anniversary
American and Russian High School Students Joined Japanese Students in Hiroshima for Nuclear Disarmament Conference
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.
