Activities & Events
Recent and upcoming CNS nonproliferation activities, events, and announcements.
UPCOMING EVENT(S)
NOVEMBER 2009 - Recent Activities/Events
Posted: November 18, 2009
NPR Breakfast Briefing
Presentations by the Winners of the 2009 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Competition- Featured a keynote address by Jon B. Wolfsthal, Special Adviser to the Vice President for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security and Director for Nonproliferation, National Security Council.
[Includes presentations and essays by the authors.]
OCTOBER 2009
Posted: November 4, 2009
Panel Discussion
The Proliferation Consequences of Laser Enrichment Technology (audio file)- Discussion of the pending Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license application for a proposed laser enrichment facility in Wilmington, North Carolina and its impact on U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
View the Power Point presentation or the transcript.
Posted: October 21, 2009
Announcement
New Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Degree For Fall 2010- Expanding the scope of two unique and highly regarded programs, the Monterey Institute announced a new master's degree program in nonproliferation and terrorism studies for the fall 2010 semester.
Posted: October 19, 2009
CNS In the News
![View article [Image: Dr. William Potter]](images/091017_isss_isac_potter.jpg "View article [Image: Dr. William Potter]")
Nuclear Agreement Missing: Expert Warns About Difficulties- A Monterey Herald article on the ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference 2009 "Challenges to the State in an Age of Anxiety" held on October 15-17.
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ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference 2009
Insecurity and Durable Disorder: Challenges to the State in an Age of Anxiety
- Global insecurity may flow from system drivers that constitute friction points in the international system. How is the state to respond?
Posted: October 15, 2009
CNS in the News
Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: Challenges and Priorities for Future International Co-operation- A PIR Center article on an event co-sponsored by CNS.
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CNS in the News
The Status of START Negotiations [Russian]
- Nikolai Sokov was interviewed by Voice of America.
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Seminar
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
- Speaker David Hoffman, Assistant Managing Editor for Foreign News The Washington Post.
Posted: October 12, 2009
Announcement
Call for Applications | Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE)- CNS and the Center for International Strategy, Technology & Policy at Georgia Tech invite applications to participate in the new Project on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE). This initiative seeks to promote international scholarship on issues of strategic stability under deeply reduced or eliminated nuclear arsenals.
Posted: October 2, 2009
Seminar
The Changing Nature of Missile Proliferation- Speaker James Plotts
Posted: October 1, 2009
CNS in the News - Audio Interview
![Listen to Interview [Image: Dennis M. Gormley]](../staff/images/gormley_dennis_avatar_50x60.gif "Listen to Interview [Image: Dennis M. Gormley]")
AUDIO | Iranian Guards Will Carry Out Missile Test [mp3 audio]- Dennis M. Gormley was interviewed on WTOP.com on September 26, 2009.
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CNS in the News
![View article [Image: Leonard S. Spector, Deputy Director]](../staff/images/spector_leonard_avatar_50x60.gif "View article [Image: Leonard S. Spector, Deputy Director]")
Disclosure of Iran Site Raises Nuclear, Diplomatic Tensions
- Leonard S. Spector was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on September 26, 2009.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Updated: September 30, 2009
Video Panel Discussion
VIDEO | International Law and the Proliferation of WMD- On September 16, 2009, CNS and the Georgetown University Institute for International Law and Politics, as part of their joint Project on Nonproliferation Policy and Law, hosted a book launch event for "International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction" by author Dr. Daniel H. Joyner Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Law. (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Posted: September 29, 2009
Seminar
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy- Speaker Charles Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations Adjunct Professor in the security studies program at Georgetown University.
Posted: September 28, 2009
Video Interview
Video Interview with the CTBTO's Tibor Tóth- Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in an interview by Kaegan McGrath, conducted at the United Nation Headquarters in New York, 25 September 2009.
Posted: September 25, 2009
Audio Interview
![View article [Image: Miles Pomper, Senior Research Associate, Washington, DC office]](../staff/images/pomper_miles_avatar_50x60.gif "View article [Image: Miles Pomper, Senior Research Associate, Washington, DC office]")
UNSC Meeting on Nonproliferation [mp3 audio]- Miles Pomper was interviewed on the "Today" program on China Radio International.
Updated: September 24, 2009
Panel Discussion
VIDEO | H1N1 Panel: Where are we with Pandemic Influenza?
- Multiple videos of panelists discussing recommendations for dealing with the 2009-10 influenza season.
- For physicians, nurses and health professionals. Presented by the Monterey County Health Education Consortium.
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Twitter
![View Twitter Page [Image: Kaegan McGrath]](../staff/images/mcgrath_kaegan_avatar_50x60.gif "View article [Image: Kaegan McGrath]")
Real-Time CTBTO updates on Twitter
- Kaegan McGrath will be writing Twitter updates (CNS_Updates) from the CTBT Conference over next 2 days.
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Seminar
Countering Nuclear Smuggling Through Deterrence
- The International Technical Working Group (ITWG) and Other Tools
- Speaker David Smith, Global Security Principal Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Posted: September 21, 2009
Book Review Event
International Law and the Proliferation of WMD [PDF]- By author Dr. Daniel H. Joyner Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Law. (Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Read More...
Posted: September 11, 2009
Video Seminar
VIDEO | About U.S. - Russian Relations: A Conversation with Sergei Kislyak [1:16]
- Dr. William Potter, director of CNS talks with the ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States, Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, about U.S.-Russian relations, including prospects for nuclear arms control, NATO expansion, and the Iranian nuclear program.
Posted: September 4, 2009
Annoucement
Dr. Chen Kane Joins CNS [PDF]- CNS is pleased to announce that Dr. Chen Kane has joined the Washington, DC, office as a senior research associate.
Posted: September 1, 2009
Seminar
A Conversation About U.S. - Russian Relations- A Monterey County Herald article about a CNS seminar on August 26 with speaker Ambassador Sergei Kislyak of the Russian Federation to the U.S., and served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation from 2003-2008.
AUGUST 2009
Updated: August 31, 2009
Video Seminar
Prospects for Reducing U.S. and Russian Non Strategic Nuclear Weapons- Speaker Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate
- August 25, 2009, Monterey, CA
Posted: August 24, 2009
Announcement
CNS Washington, DC Office now on Twitter.com- The CNS Washington, DC office will regularly tweet about staff publications, events, media appearances and other related DC-area nonproliferation news.
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Seminar
Saddam's WMD Strategy from Iraqi State Documents
- "The Iraq Perspectives Project: An Introduction to the Revelations of Saddam's WMD Strategy from Iraqi State Documents"
Speaker Dr. Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Associate Dean of International Relations IE University, Spain
Updated: Aug 21, 2009
Course
![View story [Photo: Several safeguards course participants]](../stories/images/090526ss_safeguards_course.jpg "View story [Photo: Several safeguards course participants]")
CNS Conducts Intensive International Safeguards Course- Report on a one-week course conducted in Monterey aimed at graduate students and professionals interested in pursuing careers in nonproliferation and nuclear safeguards.
Updated: August 20, 2009
NPR Breakfast Briefing
![View article [Image: Lewis A. Dunn]](090716_briefing_assessing_npt/media/lewis_dunn.jpg "View article [Image: Lewis A. Dunn]")
AUDIO | The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Assessing the Past, Building the Future- Featuring a presentation by Lewis A. Dunn, Science Applications International Corporation, based on his July 2009 NPR article. With commentary by Miles Pomper, CNS.
July 16, Washington, DC
Posted: August 18, 2009
CNS in the News
S. Korean Launch Raises Questions- Dennis M. Gormley was quoted in an article from the Washington Post.
Updated: August 12, 2009
Video | Seminar
![View article [Image: Gernot Erler, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State]](090717_german_leadership/media/gernot_erler.jpg "View article [Image: Gernot Erler, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State]")
German Minister of State: Nuclear Policy, CNS Study
- German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State, Gernot Erler reviewed Germany's disarmament and nonproliferation policies and introduced a major study by CNS.
Posted: August 10, 2009
Job Opportunity
Professor - Nonproliferation Studies- The Graduate School of International Policy and Management at the Monterey Institute of International Studies invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Nonproliferation Studies.
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Seminar
Does Proliferation Beget Proliferation?
- Assessing "Reactive Proliferation" Potential in the Middle East and Asia
Speaker Philipp C. Bleek, PhD Candidate at Georgetown University
Posted: Aug 4, 2009
Outside Publication
Obama's Challenging NPT Agenda
- The Obama administration is positioning
the U.S. to gain concessions at the upcoming NPT review conference.
JULY 2009
Posted: July 30, 2009
Outside Publication
Disarmament Movement Needs Youth Involvement to Counter Cynicism
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CNS in the News
A Midsummer Tale of Two Chinese Spies
- Stephanie Lieggi was quoted in an article from the Asia Times Online.
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CNS in the News
Clinton's Expansive Iran Policy, Redux
- Miles Pomper was quoted in an article from the World Politics Review.
Posted: July 24, 2009
CNS in the News
Continued Commitment Needed on U.S. Chemical Disarmament, OPCW Chief Says- Jonathan B. Tucker was quoted in an article from the Global Security Newswire.
Posted: July 22, 2009
CNS in the News
Experts Warn NPT Conference Will Test Obama's Nonproliferation Goals- Comments by Lewis Dunn at a CNS sponsored breakfast briefing is featured in an article by the Global Security Newswire; the article also includes quotes by Miles Pomper.
Posted: July 21, 2009
CNS in the News
Is Myanmar going nuclear with North Korea's help?Posted: July 16, 2009
Announcement
CNS Congratulates Ambassador Amano as New IAEA Director General- Ambassador Yukiya Amano will succeed Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei as Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Announcement
![View article [Image: Nikita Perfilyev]](images/pr090716_nikita_perfilyev_3.jpg "View article [Image: Nikita Perfilyev]")
CNS Student Awarded PIR Center Prize
- Monterey Institute student Nikita Perfilyev was awarded the special prize "New Talent in Nonproliferation" by the Russian Center for Policy Studies (PIR Center) on July 3, 2009.
Posted: July 14, 2009
Discussion
![View article [Image: NATO Session]](images/pr090714_nato_visit_1.jpg "View article [Image: NATO Session]")
NATO Parliamentarians Visit CNS- On July 10, the Science and Technology Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) visited CNS.
Posted: July 13, 2009
CNS in the News
Canada's Nuclear Relations with Russia- Miles Pomper was interviewed by the Press Center of Nuclear Energy and Industry, Regnum.ru [Russian] and Polit.ru [Russian].
Posted: July 10, 2009
CNS in the News
In N. Korea, Missiles Herald A Defiant 4th- Seven Are Launched on U.S. Holiday
Posted: July 8, 2009
NPR Nonproliferation Challenge
Nuclear Weapons as Fetish Objects- Innovative topic takes $10,000 prize in the 2009 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge.
$1,000 Student Prize goes to unique analysis of the role that corporations play in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
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Feature Story
![View story [Image:Several nonproliferation session attendees]](../stories/images/090706ss_snezhinsk_report.jpg "View story [Image: Several nonproliferation session attendees]")
Building a Community of Young Nonproliferation Specialists in Russia
- CNS sponsors a new nonproliferation session at the Snezhinsk International Scientific Conference.
Posted: July 6, 2009
Interview
VIDEO | Only Presidents Can Push START Through
- The absolute key to a successful negotiation is presidential intervention.
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Interview
VIDEO | Obama is Serious About Disarmament
- Obama's upcoming visit to Moscow could likely result in an agreement between Moscow and Washington.
JUNE 2009
Posted: June 18, 2009
CNS in the News
Nuclear terror would strain day-after bomb sleuths- If terrorists used a nuclear bomb to destroy the heart of a great city, how would we know who did it, with what?
Posted: June 11, 2009
Seminar
Nuclear Learning Revisited- Amandeep S. Gill, Visiting Fellow at CISAC, Stanford University Member of the Indian Foreign Service Served in the Indian Mission to the UN in Geneva, the Indian Embassy in Tehran and the High Commission of India in Colombo
- June 11, Monterey, CA
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Tauscher in Hot Seat For Key State Department Post
- She is likely to face not only questions about her background, but also the Obama administration's emerging arms-control strategy - and its vision of a future free of nuclear weapons.
Posted: June 10, 2009
Job Opportunity
Senior CNS Research Associate, CNS Washington DC- This position will entail research, analysis, and writing on nonproliferation and related security issues involving both state and non-state actors. This is a full-time, exempt staff position.
Posted: June 9, 2009
Seminar
A Regional Approach for Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Asia Pacific- Professor Jor-Shan Choi, Global COE Program University of Tokyo (Todai)
- June 9, Monterey, CA
Posted: June 8, 2009
Luncheon Briefing
VIDEO | Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament- What are the potential roadblocks to success and how do nuclear weapons fit into China and Russia's national grand strategies?
[See Voice of America extensive coverage (in Russian) of this seminar]
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Panel Discussion
VIDEO | Legal and Policy Implications of Ambiguous Rocket Launches
- Learning from the North Korean case, panelists explore the rights and responsibilities of launching and overflown states.
[View Ben Baseley-Walker's Powerpoint presentation]
May 18, Washington, DC
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Seminar
Role of Infrasound Signal Detection in Verifying the CTBT
- Bharath Gopalaswamy, Postdoctoral Associate, Peace Studies Program Cornell University
- June 5, Monterey, CA
Posted: June 4, 2009
Feature Story
![View story [Image: Several seminar panelists]](../stories/images/090604ss_disarmament_edu.jpg "View story [Image: Several seminar panelists]")
Seminar on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education- CNS co-hosted a seminar held as a side event of the 2009 NPT PrepCom at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Posted: June 3, 2009
Seminar
Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education: An Essential Tool for a World Without Nuclear Weapons- A seminar entitled "Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education: Yes, We Can!" was held as a side event of the 2009 NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom).
May 8, United Nations Headquarters in New York
MAY 2009
Updated: May 27, 2009
Seminar
VIDEO | Better Safe than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb- Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, talks about his most recent book: Better Safe than Sorry: the Ironies of Living with the Bomb and why there has not been another mushroom cloud since 1945.
May 7, 2009, Monterey, CA
Posted: May 21, 2009
Panel Discussion
VIDEO | Attribution: Post-Nuclear Event- What are the ramifications of a nuclear attack, such as a detonation by terrorists in an urban center? How can first responders and local authorities best react? How can the "nuclear signature" of such an attack be identified and traced?
- Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
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Job Opportunity
CNS Research Associate, Washington DC
- Assist in the operations and implementation of activities tasked to and performed at CNS, as described in the link above. This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week), non-exempt staff position.
Posted: May 15, 2009
US-Russia Arms Control Deal First Step Towards Global Disarmament - Officials will soon begin to negotiate a nuclear weapons reduction that, if successful, could convince other nuclear powers to follow suit.
Posted: May 13, 2009
Malawi Ratifies the Pelindaba Treaty- The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty is one ratification away from entering into force.
Posted: May 12, 2009
![View event details [Image: Spring 2009 CIF conference participants]](../stories/images/090512ss_cif_conference.jpg "View event details [Image: Spring 2009 CIF conference participants]")
U.S., Russian High School Students Present Research On Nuclear Disarmament- This year's spring conference, held April 23-24, 2009 in Monterey, witnessed remarkably successful results and the largest number of participants in the history of the program.
Posted: May 11, 2009
Global Spread of 'Loose Nukes' Reignites Disarmament Efforts- The most grave challenge to the NPT is its failure to deal with nuclear terrorism.
Posted: May 8, 2009
Conference
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Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education [PDF]- Practical Ways and Tools to Raise Public Awareness through Education and its Role in Strengthening the NPT
May 8, United Nations Headquarters
Posted: May 6, 2009
Job Opportunity
Director, International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program- Develop the Center's projects and initiatives on international organizations and nonproliferation regimes, including policy research and publications, diplomatic initiatives, outreach, teaching, fund-raising, and project management. This is a full-time exempt staff position requiring extensive specialized knowledge, experience, and professional stature.
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Job Opportunity
CNS Research Associate
- Assist in the operations and implementation of activities tasked to and performed at CNS, as described in the link above. This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week), non-exempt staff position.
Posted: May 4, 2009
Commission Meeting
Final Declaration of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission- Dr Hans Blix chaired the final meeting of the WMDC, held in Washington DC on 30 April 2009 to refocus attention on its recommendations.
APRIL 2009
Posted: April 30, 2009
Film Screening & Discussion
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33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age- A screening of the Heritage Foundation's controversial new film about the need for U.S. missile defense development and deployment.
Seminar
Responsible Reporting in the Age of Bioterrorism- Speaker Joby Warrick, National Intelligence Reporter, The Washington Post.
1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for meritorious public service by a newspaper reporter.
April 30, 2009 (Thursday)
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Monterey, CA
Posted: April 27, 2009
Conference
U.S., Russian Students Talk Treaties at Monterey Conference- More than 70 students and teachers from 11 U.S. high schools and 10 schools in Russia's
closed nuclear cities gathered to present research at a conference sponsored by CNS.
Updated: April 24, 2009
Luncheon Briefing
Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament
[See Voice of America extensive coverage (in Russian) of this seminar]
- Speakers Jing-Dong Yuan, Director, CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program; and
Nikolai Sokov, CNS Senior Research Associate.
April 21, 2009 (Tuesday)
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Washington, D.C.
Updated: April 17, 2009
Seminar
VIDEO | The Future of US-Russian Arms Control- Speaker Dr. Alexander Pikayev, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russia.
April 10, 2009 (Friday)
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Monterey, CA
Updated: April 17, 2009
Seminar
VIDEO | Verifying the CTBT
[View Scientific American article]- Using seismological methods to study nuclear weapons test explosions and their implications for the scientific and arms control worlds.
Updated: April 6, 2009
Seminar
VIDEO | A Political History of Nuclear Weapons, 1938-2008- Thomas C. Reed, co-author of The Nuclear Express, Former Secretary of the Air Force, recently spoke at CNS.
March 31, 2009 (Tuesday)
12:15 - 2:00 pm
Monterey, CA
Posted: April 6, 2009
N. Korean Rocket Launch to Prompt Toughened Missile Defense- Jing-dong Yuan was quoted in an article on Yonhap News Agency.
Updated: April 3, 2009
Seminar
VIDEO | Nonproliferation Review Special Luncheon Briefing - Includes videos, photos, remarks, essays, and presentations.
Updated: April 2, 2009
Seminar
International Security Developments in Central Asia- Speaker Ambassador Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States (and former Kazakh Foreign Minister).
April 2, 2009 (Thursday)
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Monterey, CA
Posted: April 1, 2009
Miles Pomper Joins CNS [PDF]- Miles A. Pomper joins the Center's Washington DC office as a senior research associate, after serving as Editor-in-Chief of Arms Control Today since March 2003.
MARCH 2009
Posted: March 26, 2009
Seminar
Bombs Away? New Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament- Speakers Dr Patricia Lewis, CNS Deputy Director and Dr William Potter, CNS Director.
March 25, 2009 (Wednesday)
7:00 pm
Irvine Auditorium of the Monterey Institute of International Studies
499 Pierce at Jefferson Streets in downtown Monterey
For more information about this event: www.unamontereybay.org
Posted: March 24, 2009
The 2009 NPT Briefing Book- The most comprehensive source of background and reference material on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and its associated regime is now available online.
Updated: March 23, 2009
Panel Discussion
Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Clearing the Legal Hurdles- VIDEO: Includes video presentations and speaker remarks, and presentation PDFs.
Seminar
Stewarding a Reduced Stockpile- Speaker Bruce Goodwin, Associate Director of Defense and Nuclear Technologies at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
March 23, 2009 (Monday)
12:15 - 2:00 pm
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Posted: March 20, 2009
China Voices Concern Over Korean Peninsula- China voiced its concern with close ally North Korea pushing ahead with plans for a rocket launch.
Posted: March 18, 2009
Breakfast Briefing
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Bioterrorism: Clear and Present Danger or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?- AUDIO: Includes audio of the event, speaker presentations, and photos.
Posted: March 17, 2009
Panel Discussion
Biorisk Management to Address the Insider Threat-
The FBI's August 2008 announcement that Dr. Bruce Ivins was the perpetrator of the 2001 Amerithrax attacks and subsequent release of documentation to support that charge has intensified concerns about what is commonly known as the "insider threat." Are current policies and practices sufficient to prevent a repeat Ivins scenario? If not, what biorisk management measures should be considered to reduce the possibility of future misbehavior at America’s biological laboratories? Please join us for a discussion of these issues.
Featuring dueling presentations on the topic by Benjamin Garrett and Amy E. Smithson.
Held March 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
Posted: March 5, 2009
The Smallpox Destruction Debate: Could a Grand Bargain Settle the Issue?- Creative diplomacy is needed to end debate over the last known stocks of smallpox, preserved in repositories in Russia and the U.S.
FEBRUARY 2009
Posted: February 27, 2009
Workshop
![View story [Photo: Uzbekistan UNSC Resolution 1540 Workshop attendees.]](../stories/images/090226ss_1540_workshop.jpg "View story [Photo: Uzbekistan UNSC Resolution 1540 Workshop attendees.]")
CNS Conducts Workshop on Implementing UNSC Resolution 1540 in Uzbekistan- On February 10-11, CNS, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, held a workshop on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540.
A Feature Story by
Margarita Sevcik,
Kenley Butler,
Dauren Aben
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Panel Discussion
Preventive War: Do Weapons of Mass Destruction Change the Rules?
- AUDIO: Page includes audio recording of the full event and photos
- Does the destructive power of WMDs permit states to act in self-defense against WMD programs even when threats are not immediate or clearly-defined? A panel discussion held on January 27, 2009 at Georgetown University.
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Seminar
Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities
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Speaker Stephen Schwartz, Editor, The Nonproliferation Review.
February 27, 2009 (Friday)
12:15 - 2:00 pm
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Posted: February 24, 2009
Seminar
India's Emergence as a 'Responsible' Nuclear Power-
Speaker Karthika Sasikumar, Associate, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
February 24, 2009 (Tuesday)
12:15 - 2:00 pm
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Posted: February 23, 2009
Give Iran a Break- Liviu Horovitz and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova wrote a letters to the editor of the International Herald Tribune.
Posted: February 20, 2009
MEETING
![View meeting details [Photo: Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, Senator Sam Nunn (Ret.), Dr. William Potter, Senator Richard Lugar]](../cns/images/iab_0902_01.jpg "View meeting details [Photo: Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, Senator Sam Nunn (Ret.), Dr. William Potter, Senator Richard Lugar]")
International Advisory Board Meeting- Senator Sam Nunn (Ret.) hosted the CNS International Advisory Board meeting on Thursday, February 5, 2009, in Washington, DC.
[Video added: Feb 18, 2009]
Posted: February 10, 2009
SEMINAR: Consolidation of Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex- VIDEO: The Seminar (48 min)
VIDEO: Q&A Session (38 min)
- Speaker Pavel Podvig, Research Associate and Acting Associate Director for Research, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University.
Pavel Podvig's presentation is based on work done for the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) [fissilematerials.org].
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
12:15-2:00 P.M.
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Posted: February 13, 2009
SEMINAR: Intelligence Support to Nonproliferation Policymaking Future Challenges- Speaker Dennis Gormley, CNS Senior Fellow.
February 13, 2009
12:15 - 2:00 pm
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
[Video added: February 4, 2009]
Posted: January 27, 2009
SEMINAR: The Design of the NPT - VIDEO: The Seminar (52 min)
VIDEO: Q&A Session (46 min)
- Speaker Mr. Dane Swango, Predoctoral Fellow at CISAC Stanford, PhD Candidate at UCLA.
Dane Swango discusses the goals, design, implementation, and limitations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
12:15-2:00 P.M.
Monterey, CA
CNS Seminar Room (D-100)
400 Pacific Street (Corner of Pacific & Franklin)
Posted: February 4, 2009
Iran Reports Launching Its Own Satellite- Leonard Spector was quoted in an article in the Washington Post.
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Beijing Wants It Both Ways in Space
- Jing-dong Yuan was quoted in an article in the Asia Times Online.
JANUARY 2009
Posted: January 28, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT: CNS Announces New Middle East Project- CNS is embarking on an ambitious program of work in the Middle East focused on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, regional security dialogue, and the NPT Treaty, with Ambassador Nabil Fahmy as nonresident Chair.
Posted: January 8, 2009
Panetta Picked To Head CIA- William Potter was quoted in an article in the Monterey County Herald.
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U.S. Should Produce Own Isotopes: Expert
- William Potter and Cristina Hansell were quoted in an article on Montreal Gazette.
Posted: January 6, 2009
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U.S. and Russian High School Teachers Discuss Nuclear Disarmament at Workshop- Twenty U.S. and Russian high school teachers attended a Critical Issues Forum Teacher Development Workshop on December 4-6, 2008 in Monterey.
A CNS Feature Story by
Masako Toki.
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