August 3, 2015
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), in collaboration with the Mexican Foreign Ministry and with the support of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, conducted the second annual Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation in Mexico City from July 13-17, 2015. Summer school participants were predominantly young diplomats from 25 Latin American countries, along with university students and representatives from international organizations.
CNS Director William Potter and International Organizations Program Director Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova were the lead instructors at the school, which also featured lectures by US Special Representative for Nonproliferation Ambassador Adam Scheinman and Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares. Additional CNS speakers included Senior Research Associate Melissa Hanham, Senior Research Associate Miles Pomper, VCDNP Executive Director Laura Rockwood, and Senior Fellow Nikolai Sokov.