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High School Students from Japan, US, and Russia Discuss Path toward World Free of Nuclear Weapons

The semester-long CIF program concluded with a successful student conference on April 19-20, 2013, in Monterey, where students from three countries presented their findings on nuclear disarmament.

Posted: April 30, 2013 Image: CIF spring conference participants
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Recent Features

Posted: April 3, 2013
Q&A Interview
Hecker Responds to North Korea's Intent to Expand Nuclear Arsenal
Dr. Siegfried Hecker, VCDNP Visiting Distinguished Scientist and frequent visitor to North Korean nuclear facilities, discusses with CISAC the gravity and reality of the DPRK's announcement to restart nuclear facilities.
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VIDEO: Dr. Siegfried Hecker on North Korean Nuclear Facilities
Dr. Siegfried Hecker speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
Posted: July 23, 2012
Syria Chemical Weapons Profile
CNS materials on the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Posted: May 23, 2013
Why did Star Trek Get to Film at a Secret Government Laser Facility?
Stephen Schwartz for Foreign Policy.
Posted: May 23, 2013
Reactor Race: South Korea's Nuclear Export Successes and Challenges
Chen Kane and Miles Pomper for Korea Economic Institute of America.
Also: Watch event video
Posted: May 17, 2013
Death Wears Bunny Slippers: Why America's Nuclear Missileers Are Going Soft
Jeffrey Lewis for Foreign Policy.
Posted: May 17, 2013
U.S. Delay on Anti-Nuclear Terror Measures Hinders Global Efforts
Miles Pomper for World Politics Review.
Posted: May 16, 2013
'Reset' on Iran Now
Yousaf Butt op-ed for Reuters.
Posted: May 15, 2013
Turkey's Nuclear Ambitions
Chen Kane and Aaron Stein for Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Posted: May 13, 2013
Turkey's Nuclear History Holds Lessons for the Future
After decades of trying, Turkey's nuclear power program is getting underway.
Aaron Stein for WMD Junction.
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CNS in the News

Updated: May 23, 2013
Nuclear Winter of Our Discontent
Ward Wilson cited in TIME Magazine.
Also: CNS mentioned in Parameters.
Posted: May 23, 2013
US missile defense still plagued by technical doubts
Yousaf Butt quoted by Agence France Presse.
Posted: May 23, 2013
S. Korea advised to focus on expanding nuclear exports
Chen Kane and Miles Pomper quoted by Yonhap News Agency.
Posted: May 20, 2013
Yousaf Butt on Re-setting US Diplomatic Approach Regarding Iran
Yousaf Butt quoted in ArmsControlLaw.com.
Posted: May 13, 2013
Russia Says It Will Keep Selling Missiles to Syria
Bilal Saab quoted in the Associated Press.
Posted: May 10, 2013
How Obama's 'Global Zero' Push Could Encourage Countries to Keep Their Nukes
The Nonproliferation Review cited in Foreign Policy.
Posted: May 10, 2013
North Korea Nuke Arsenal Seen as Matter of When, Not If
Jeffrey Lewis quoted in The New York Times.
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Nonproliferation Review

Triannually features WMD articles, reports, & viewpoints.
Volume 20.1 • March 2013
now available

The Inventory

A regularly-updated public reference covering all international organizations, treaties, and agreements relevant to WMD disarmament & nonproliferation.
Updated: Mar 26, 2013
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NukeTube.tv

Video & Audio recordings of notable speakers, presentations, interviews, and discussions.
Posted: May 20, 2013
Watch Video [ Image: Why Russia Matters to the United States ]
Seminar
Why Russia Matters to the United States
Dr. Dmitri Trenin, Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment, the Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, and the Chair of its Foreign and Security Policy Program.
Posted: May 9, 2013
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Interview
A History of WMDs
Amy Smithson and Yousaf Butt for HuffPost Live.

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