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2012

Posted: December 7, 2012 Interview Preventing Syrian Chemical Threat From Becoming Reality: Leonard S. Spector was interviewed on PBS NewsHour.
Posted: December 7, 2012 Seminar Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb: Also watch: Q&A Session; Brigadier General (retired) Feroz H. Khan is a lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey.

Posted: December 4, 2012 Seminar Lessons from Fukushima and the Future of Japanese Nuclear Energy: Also watch: Q&A Session; Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor at the Graduate School of Law and the Graduate School of International Public Policy at Hitotsubashi University, and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Posted: November 15, 2012 Seminar The Nuclear Security Summit Seoul 2012: Anthony Thomas, CBRNE Terrorism Prevention Programme Manager at INTERPOL in Lyon, France
Posted: November 12, 2012 Seminar Leading By Example: U.S. Nonproliferation Policy and Global Security Engagement (Part 1): Also Watch: Part 2; Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State
Posted: October 31, 2012 Seminar The Future of the Nuclear Security Summit Process: A Danish Perspective?: Ambassador John Bernhard, Former Danish Permanent Representative to the IAEA
Posted: October 25, 2012 Seminar Indefensible Missile Defense: Dr. Yousaf Butt, CNS Scientist-in-Residence, Adjunct Professor
Posted: October 19, 2012 Seminar The Future of the CTBT Post 2012: Jean du Preez, CTBTO Preparatory Commission's Chief of External Relations and International Cooperation; Also watch: Q&A Session
Posted: October 11, 2012 Seminar How Risky is Nuclear Optimism?: Martin E. Hellman, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University; Also watch: Q&A Session
Posted: July 24, 2011 Staff Activity Miles Pomper on Middle East Security: Miles Pomper spoke on difficulties of extended deterrence in the Middle East, at event organized by Potomac Institute at the National Press Club.
Posted: July 20, 2012 Interview Fears Mount Over Assad's Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons: Leonard S. Spector, was interviewed on the PBS NewsHour
Posted: July 17, 2012 Interview Chemical Weapons in Syria: Bilal Saab, CNS Visiting Fellow, interviewed on Canada Sun News
Posted: July 2, 2012 Testimony Miles Pomper testimony before Canada's Special Senate Committee on Anti-terrorism: Canada's 41st Parliament is studying Bill S-9, the Nuclear Terrorism Act, with provisions that prohibit certain activities in relation to nuclear or radioactive material or devices. Mr. Pomper focused on two areas: How Bill S-9 compares with similar legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress and the importance of advancing treaties bolstering global nuclear security efforts.
Updated: July 2, 2012 NPR Luncheon Briefing Winners of the Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Competition: A Luncheon Briefing featured presentations by Nonproliferation Review authors John Krige and Lyndon Burford.; Includes videos, photos and links to the authors' slide presentations & articles.; June 11, 2012 • Washington, DC
Posted: June 22, 2012 Roundtable Discussion The 2012 NPT PrepCom: Calm Before the Storm?: Over 20 present and past CNS students and staff members participated in the NPT PrepCom. CNS roundtable discussion panelists (including Dr. William Potter, CNS Director, Aruni Wijewardane, IONP Director, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Research Associate, and Lovely Umayan, Graduate Research Assistant) summarize major developments at the conference.
Posted: June 22, 2012 Seminar Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11: Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., former senior-level diplomat and a world-renowned authority on nuclear nonproliferation. As a U.S. diplomat, Ambassador Graham was involved in the negotiation of every major arms control and nonproliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997, including START, SALT, the CTBT, the INF Treaty, and the ABM Treaty, among many others.
Updated: June 13, 2012 Facilitating Nuclear Disarmament: Verified Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks and Production Seminar: Alexander Glaser, assistant professor, Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University, and Nonproliferation Review author; Includes links to the author's slide presentation and report.
Posted: June 4, 2012 A Look at Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Seminar: Jon Wolfthal spoke at an Arms Control Association meeting on CSPAN 2.
Posted: May 10, 2012 Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Abolition Seminar: Philip Taubman, author of the book The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb, and former Moscow and Washington bureau chief of The New York Times
Posted: May 10, 2012 Pragmatism, Nuclear Weapons and Myth Seminar: Ward Wilson, CNS Senior Fellow and Princeton-based nuclear weapons policy analyst and award-winning writer gives a preview of his forthcoming book.
Posted: May 10, 2012 No Such Thing As A Free Lunch: A 'User Pays' Model of International Nuclear Risk Mitigation Seminar: Lyndon Burford, PhD Candidate in Political Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and joint winner of the 2011 CNS McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge.
Posted: April 12, 2012 Seminar Germ Gambits: The Bioweapons Dilemma, Iraq and Beyond: Dr. Amy Smithson, CNS Senior Fellow, highlights the contents of her book, Germ Gambits: The Bioweapons Dilemma, Iraq and Beyond. She talks about UNSCOM Iraq inspections, the hunt for proof, Iraq's cover stories and confessions and lessons learned.
Posted: April 12, 2012 Seminar A Year Into Syria's Uprising: Assessing Regional and International Security Risks: Bilal Saab, CNS Visiting Fellow, talks about the uprising in Syria and the challenges the international security community faces in trying to resolve the conflict.
Posted: March 27, 2012 Panel Discussion The Iranian Crisis: Is War Inevitable?: Avner Cohen was part of a panel discussion at the University of California, Berkeley whose speakers also included Karim Sadjadpour and Shibley Telhami.
Updated: March 14, 2012 What Role Should The OPCW Play in a Multi-Agency Response to Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons?: Speaker H.E. Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Also, his Chief of Cabinet, Bob Fairweather, on lessons learned from recent experiences working with Libya.; Video updated
Posted: March 6, 2012 Was Robert Oppenheimer a Communist Spy? Soviet Atomic Espionage on the West Coast: Professor Gregg Herken was a guest speaker in the Monterey Institute's seminar "Nuclear Weapons and Intelligence". Professor Herken is a professor emeritus of history and a member of the founding faculty of the University of California, Merced. Before his move to Merced, Gregg Herken was the Chairman of Dept. of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Posted: January 30, 2012 Deterring CBRN Terrorism: Lessons from Iraq: Fred Wehling, Associate Professor and Program Chair for Nonproliferation Studies at MIIS, analyses the reasons why attacks involving improvised explosive devices containing chlorine stopped suddenly after June 2007. Was there any indication that insurgents achieved their objectives or were stopped by coalition forces or perhaps by public opinion?
Posted: January 26, 2012 CNS in the News Bilal Saab on Rebel Advances in Syria: Bilal Saab, CNS Visiting Fellow, is interviewed by the BBC.
Posted: January 26, 2012 Deterring Terrorism: An Evaluation of Post-9/11 Research: Dr. Jeffrey Knopf, senior lecturer in national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, shares his review of recent research on deterring terrorism.
Posted: January 26, 2012 CNS in the News Nikolai Sokov on CTV National News: Russia's Fatal Past: Nikolai Sokov, VCDNP Senior Fellow, is interviewed by CTV.
Posted: January 26, 2012 UK-Norway Verification Experiments: New Developments and the Role of Education: Hakon E. Sommerset, Senior Advisor for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense and Hubert K. Foy, Visiting Fellow at the Technical Nonproliferation and Disarmament Project, University of Oslo, Norway, talk about their participation in a UK-Norway simulation exercise involving verification of nuclear weapons dismantlement.
Posted: January 26, 2012 Energy and Security in East Asia After Fukushima: Peter Hayes, Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, talks about the implications of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the rest of East Asia.
Posted: January 17, 2012 CNS in the News Bilal Saab on BBC discussing Syria: Bilal Saab, CNS Visiting Fellow, is interviewed by the BBC about events in Syria and the role of the Arab League observer mission.

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2011

Posted: December 15, 2011 Nuclear Fuel Banks: Are They a Reality?

Alan Hanson, visiting scholar at CISAC, Stanford University

Also watch: Q&A Session

Posted: December 15, 2011 Maoist China's Place in Global Nuclear History

Nicola Horsburgh, CNS Pre-doctoral Fellow

Posted: December 15, 2011 The Currency of Power: Nuclear Weapons and the Fetishism of Force

Dr. Anne Harrington, CNS Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Posted: December 9, 2011 A New Framework for Nuclear Negotiations

Ambassador James Goodby, research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution

Posted: December 8, 2011 CNS in the News Assad's Story is Not Believable

Bilal Saab, CNS Visiting Fellow, is interviewed by the BBC about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's recent Barbara Walters interview.

Posted: December 8, 2011 The Long-term Impact of Fukushima on Nuclear Safety and Security

Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

Posted: December 8, 2011 WMD Junction Interview with Stephen Schwartz about Financial Transparency and US Nuclear Weapons

The United States has never known exactly what it spends on nuclear weapons and related programs. Here's why that's a problem.

Posted: December 8, 2011 Staff Activities Iran's Nuclear Program: A Last Warning?

Leonard S. Spector, spoke at a Potomac Institute panel discussion on the failure of current measures to halt Iran's progress, possible steps forward, and the potential danger of powerful and repeated covert actions.

Posted: December 6, 2011 To Attack or Not To Attack: The Israeli Dilemma on Iran

For the past two weeks, something unprecedented has been occurring in Israel: an open public debate on the Israeli dilemma about Iran: to attack or not to attack. Avner Cohen, CNS Senior Fellow, presents the pros and cons, analyses the consequences of the attack itself and raises the question whether or not an attack would be effective.

Also watch: Q&A Session

Supporting sources:

See also: Israel's Iran dilemma, Avner Cohen for Haaretz.

Posted: December 6, 2011 CNS in the News Bilal Saab on BBC discussing Syria

Bilal Saab, CNS Visiting Fellow, is interviewed about Syria by the BBC.

Posted: December 6, 2011 Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation

Jacques E. C. Hymans explains why at least half of the nuclear weapons projects launched since 1970 have definitively failed, and even the successful projects have generally needed far more time than expected, despite the global spread of nuclear hardware and knowledge.

Posted: November 21, 2011 Arms Control Verification Technology: A View from the Trenches

Dr. John S. Luke, Senior Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides a perspective for verification in arms control from the point of view of a scientist.

Posted: November 15, 2011 Space Security and National Security

Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

Posted: November 9, 2011 Progress Towards Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Entry-Into-Force

Jean du Preez, Chief of External Relations and International Cooperation, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Posted: September 27, 2011 Tracking North Korea's Ballistic Missiles Sales: Implications for the Missile Technology Control Regime

Joshua Pollack, Senior Policy Analyst, Science Applications International Corporation; with commentary by Dennis Gormley, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

Posted: September 20, 2011 Building Budgetary Transparency and Accountability for the US Nuclear Weapons Program

Stephen Schwartz, Editor of the The Nonproliferation Review.

Posted: September 6, 2011 Using Geospatial Analysis Tools for Nonproliferation Research

Tamara Patton, Graduate Research Assistant at CNS discusses how to construct accurate digital 3D models of buildings, such as reactors, using only aerial satellite imagery and shadow measurement techniques in Google SketchUp and Google Earth.

Updated: October 28, 2011
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In 3d: Tamara Patton Models Pakistan's Khushab Plutonium Production Complex
Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller, in a speech at Stanford, praised CNS Graduate Research Assistant Tamara Patton, for her outstanding work modeling the Khushab complex. This is Tamara's honor's thesis, using images supplied by GeoEye Foundation.

Posted: August 10, 2011 Biological Warfare in the American Civil War

Dr. Seth Carus, Director, Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Posted: July 26, 2011 Testing the Swedish Nuclear Weapons Program Against IR Theories

Dr. Thomas Jonter, Professor in International Relations at Stockholm University, shares his findings on why Sweden's active nuclear weapons program abstained from building an atomic bomb.

Also watch: Q&A Session

Posted: July 14, 2011 CIF Conference American, Chinese, and Russian High School Students Discuss Solutions to Nuclear Challenges in the Middle East

The semester-long CIF program concluded with a successful students conference on April 28-29 in Monterey where students from three countries presented their findings on nuclear issues in the Middle East.

Posted: July 12, 2011 Mapping the Nonproliferation Landscape: Part 2

The nonproliferation regime is crucial, but it is only a small part of overall international nonproliferation efforts.

Leonard Spector speaks for WMD Junction.

Posted: July 6, 2011 CNS Staff Speak at the Asan Plemum

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Miles Pomper, and Leonard Spector speak on various topics at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, June 12-15, 2011.

Posted: June 20, 2011 Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

Miles Pomper spoke at the Asan Institute in Seoul, South Korea on May 11, 2011.

Posted: June 17, 2011 The Potential for Regulating Synthetic Biology as a Means to Curb Biological Weapons

Dr. Alexander Kelle, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Director of Postgraduate Taught Programs at the University of Bath Claverton Down, talks about reasons why we should be worried about synthetic biology and what regulation or governance might look like.

Posted: June 17, 2011 The Middle East: Why Safeguards May Not Be Enough

Dr. Patricia Lewis provides ideas for moving forward with the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.

Posted: May 12, 2011 Dr. William Perry: A Nuclear Weapons Free World?

Dr. William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, was the keynote speaker at a workshop entitled, "Preparing for Nuclear arms Reductions, Technical Transparency and Monitoring Challenges," held on May 5, 2011.

Posted: April 25, 2011 Middle East in Transformation: Ambassador Nabil Fahmy speaks in Monterey

On April 20, 2011, Nabil Fahmy, former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. and nonresident chair of the CNS Middle East Nonproliferation Project spoke at MIIS about the wave of change sweeping across the Middle East.

Posted: April 22, 2011 CNS in the News Enduring Partnerships: is corruption now Afghanistan's main battlefield?

Sharad Joshi was interviewed by NATO Review on corruption in Afghanistan.

Posted: March 22, 2011 CNS in the News States Demand Nuclear Waste Reform

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was interviewed on CBS News.

Posted: March 18, 2011 CNS in the News Radiation Scare in Japan

Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed on Chicago Tonight.

Posted: March 16, 2011 CNS in the News Part 1: Solutions to Japan's Nuclear Crisis Part 2: Lessons Learned From the Nuclear Crisis in Japan

Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed by Lou Dobbs on Fox Business.

Posted: March 16, 2011 Arms, Disarmament, and Influence: International Responses to the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review

Scott D. Sagan, The Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science

Posted: March 16, 2011 Verifying Nuclear Disarmament: What Can Science Contribute and Where Are The Limitations

Malte Göttsche, Research Assistant, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Centre for Science and Peace Research at the University of Hamburg

Also watch: Q&A Session

Posted: March 15, 2011 CNS in the News The Future of Nuclear Power

Stephen I. Schwartz was interviewed on Fox Business.

Posted: February 18, 2011 Examining Turkey's Role in U.S. Nonproliferation Priorities

Panelists Jessica C. Varnum, Leon Fuerth, Dr. Stephen Larrabee, and moderator Dr. Jeffrey Lewis examine how Turkey's domestic politics shape its nonproliferation issues, and how competing strategic interests constrain U.S. policy responses.

Posted: February 15, 2011 International Law and the Threat of Force

Leonard Spector speaks on nonproliferation cases involving threats to use force, as member of Washington Program on Nonproliferation Policy and Law panel.

Posted: February 10, 2011 Three Dimensionality in Chinese Views on India and Space

Dr. Lora Saalman, Monterey Institute alumna and Associate at Carnegie-Tsinghua for Global Policy, shares with students the findings of her research on how China's views towards India and space have changed over time.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: February 7, 2011 Conversations with History - Avner Cohen

Avner Cohen speaks wih Harry Kreisler about his new book The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb.

Also view the UC Berkely page for this event

Posted: February 4, 2011 Nuclear Security Culture: Concept, Implementation, and Evaluation

Dr. Igor Khripunov, Senior Research Associate and Adjunct Professor Center for International Trade and Security School of Public and International Affairs University of Georgia.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: January 26, 2011 The Future of Sino-U.S. Nuclear Relations

Ambassador Linton Brooks discusses the future of U.S. and China nuclear relations from a practitioner point of view.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: January 20, 2011 Running the World: How Presidents have Used (or Misused!) the National Security Council

Dr. Ty Cobb, Former NSC Member and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: January 12, 2011 Nuclear Islands: International Leasing of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Sites To Provide Enduring Assurance of Peaceful Use

Presentations by Nonproliferation Review authors Christopher E. Paine and Thomas B. Cochran, with commentary by Lawrence Scheinman and Sharon Squassoni.

Also watch the Commentary, watch the Q&A session, and view the event page

Posted: January 12, 2011 Stable at Zero: Why a World Without Nuclear Weapons Would Be Safer Than Most People Think

Ward Wilson, CNS Senior Fellow, casts doubts on the belief that nuclear weapons are important for national security.

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2010

Posted: December 15, 2010 Smuggling in Radiological and Nuclear Materials via Georgia: Alexandre Kukhianidze, CNS Visiting Fellow.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: December 15, 2010 Goldilocks' Quest: Understanding the Rationality of Terrorist Violence: Dr. Michael Freeman, Assistant Professor, Defense Analysis Department, Naval Postgraduate School.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: November 19, 2010 Fifty Years of Arms Control Negotiating Experience: Ambassador James Goodby looks back at some of his experience as negotiator and talks about the lessons he learned during his distinguished career.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: November 10, 2010 The Future of U.S.-Russia Arms Control: Ambassador Linton Brooks discusses the future of U.S.-Russia arms control.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: November 10, 2010 U.S. Export Controls: Gene Christiansen Senior Aerospace Engineer Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: October 28, 2010 CNS in the News President Chavez's Deal to Acquire Russian Nuclear Reactors [In Spanish]: Miles Pomper was interviewed on "Foro Interamericano" on VOA-TV.
Posted: October 20, 2010 The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb: Avner Cohen discussed his latest book, with commentary by: Morton Halperin, Samuel W. Lewis, and Bruce Riedel.; See also: Event Photos
Posted: September 28, 2010 Turkey's Nuclear Future: A View from Ankara: Dr. Mustafa Kibaroglu, Professor, International Relations Department Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: September 17, 2010 30 Years after Iran-Iraq War: Counterproliferation Lessons: Dr. Ibrahim Al-Marashi talks about factors of the Iran-Iraq war that are relevant to policy makers concerned with WMDs today.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: September 3, 2010 Corruption: A Central Enabling Factor in Nuclear Proliferation: Dr. Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and author of "Securing the Bomb" on August 25, 2010.; Also watch the Q&A session
Posted: July 8, 2010 The 2010 NPT Review Conference - Insider Observations: The 2010 NPT RevCon took place in New York on May 3-28, 2010. CNS experts give a first-hand account and analysis of the events that unfolded in New York, in a panel discussion held on June 15, 2010, in Monterey, CA. Speakers: William Potter, Patricia Lewis, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, and Sean Dunlop.
Posted: July 8, 2010 The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy: David Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize winner, shares his research for his book at a CNS Washington D.C. office seminar on May 11, 2010. The event was moderated by Amy E. Smithson.
Posted: July 8, 2010 Assessing Current Nuclear Security Challenges: Presentations by Nonproliferation Review authors Maria Rost Rublee and Jacques E.C. Hymans, with commentary by James Acton, at an NPR Breakfast Briefing held on February 22, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

CNS 20th Anniversary Videos: Power and Promise of Nonproliferation Education and Training

For more, Visit the CNS 20th Anniversary Page

Updated: May 26, 2010 Speakers Reception for MIIS/CNS Alumni: Dr. William Potter, CNS Director and Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) President Sunder Ramaswamy welcome current students and alumni to the CNS 20th Anniversary Alumni Reception. [15:17]; Related pages: CNS 20th Anniversary, CNS Events
Updated: May 20, 2010 Panel Discussion The Role of Foundations, NGOs, and the Media (Full Session): Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, the Honorable Charles Curtis, and Leonard Spector, discuss the role of foundations, NGOs, and the media in public education. [1:22:32]; Related pages: CNS 20th Anniversary, CNS Events

Watch Jeffrey Lewis excerpt [11:26]: Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative.
Watch Charles Curtis excerpt [15:15]: Honorable Charles Curtis, President and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
Watch Leonard Spector excerpt [15:13]: Leonard Spector, Director of the CNS Washington, D.C. office.

For many more videos from this event, Visit the CNS 20th Anniversary Page

Posted: May 27, 2010 Seminar Russian-Iranian Relations: The Energy Factor: Dr. Brenda Shaffer, School of Political Science and Department of Asian Studies University of Haifa, explains Russian position in dealing with Iran from an energy perspective. Russia, as the largest producer of natural gas in the world, wants to maintain its dominance in the European gas market and keep Iran in a box to avoid competition.; Related pages: Russia topics, Iran topics, Middle East topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 27, 2010 Seminar BioPortal and Its Value for International and Local Disease Surveillance [Also: Watch the Q&A Session]: Michael Ascher, MD, Senior Medical Advisor to the California Emergency Management Agency; Professor at University of California, Davis.; Related pages: CBW topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 26, 2010 Presentations 2010 CIF: Nuclear Nonproliferation: Global Opportunities and Regional Challenges: Students and teachers from 12 U.S. high schools and 10 schools in Russia's "closed nuclear cities" met together at the 2010 conference of the Critical Issues Forum (CIF) held April 22-23 in Monterey. Watch their presentations.; Related pages: Educational topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 21, 2010 Interview Dual Use Research: A Dialogue: Jonathan B. Tucker was one of several experts interviewed for a new educational video on dual-use research in the life sciences prepared by the National Institutes of Health.; Related pages: CBW topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 20, 2010 Interview | CNS in the News Iran Sanctions and the Brazil-Turkey Deal [SPANISH]: Miles A. Pomper interviewed on Russia Today TV (in Spanish) regarding the draft Iran sanctions resolution in Security Council and the Brazil-Iran-Turkey deal. Originally aired on May 18, 2010.; Related pages: Iran topics, Middle East topics, Nuclear topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 7, 2010 Seminar Life at 40: A New Chance for the NPT?: Dr. Patricia Lewis highlights successes and failures during the past 40 years, current challenges, and future prospects for the NPT.; Related pages: NPT Resources, Treaty/Regime topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 4, 2010 Interview | CNS in the News Leonard S. Spector comments on NPT Meeting for PBS NewsHour: Leonard S. Spector, in the segment "Iran Draws Western Criticism at Opening of U.N. Nuclear Talks" on PBS NewsHour.; Related pages: NPT Resources, Treaty/Regime topics, CNS Events
Posted: April 16, 2010 Seminar On the Relationship Between Disarmament and Nonproliferation: Dr. Sverre Lodgaard, Senior Scholar in Residence at CNS and former director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), presents his analysis on the relationship between disarmament and nonproliferation at a luncheon seminar on March 18, 2010.; Related pages: CNS Events
Posted: April 7, 2010 Special Movie Presentation A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Joe Cirincione invites you to join us in the fight to end the nuclear weapons threat. Watch this video and then, says Joe, "Start something powerful!"
Posted: March 11, 2010 Seminar China and Arms Control: New Ideas or More of the Same? [Also: Watch the Q&A Session]: Dr. Bates Gill shares his insights and analysis on key issue areas where China and Norway have common interests, in particular, their approach to the global arms control and nonproliferation agenda. February 19, 2010.; Related pages: East Asia, CNS Events
Posted: March 11, 2010 Seminar Lost in Implementation? China, the US, and the Politics of WMD Nonproliferation [Also: Watch the Q&A Session]: Dr. Jing-Dong Yuan, Director of the CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program. February 16, 2010.; Related pages: East Asia, CNS Events, Dr. Jing-Dong Yuan
Posted: March 11, 2010 Seminar Getting Bomb-Grade Uranium Out of Civilian Hands: Toward the Nuclear Security Summit: On February 1, 2010, CNS and the Royal Embassy of Norway hosted a panel discussion on nuclear security at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.; Related pages: Nuclear, CNS Events
Posted: January 22, 2010 Interview Dr. Patricia Lewis on the Dangerous Nuclear Legacy of the Cold War: Dr. Patricia Lewis interviewed in TalkWorks Films 2010: Prominent experts and policy makers talk about President Obama's global nuclear disarmament initiative.; Related pages: United States topics, Nuclear topics, Dr. Patricia Lewis, CNS Events

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2009

Posted: December 17, 2009 Interview President Obama's Peace Prize: Johan Bergenäs interviewed by Al Jazeera English on President Obama's peace prize.; Related pages: United States topics, Johan Bergenäs, CNS Events
Posted: November 13, 2009 Seminar Prospects for a START Replacement Treaty: Ambassador Linton Brooks: Ambassador Linton Brooks talks about the prospects for a START replacement treaty, on October 15, 2009.; Related pages: START information, Treaty topics, CNS Events
Posted: October 21, 2009 Seminar The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy: David Hoffman, Assistant Managing Editor for Foreign News at The Washington Post, on October 13, 2009.; Related pages: Russian topics, U.S. topics, CNS Events
Posted: October 9, 2009 Seminar Part 1: James Goodby U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Negotiations · Also watch Part 2: On September 24, 2009, Ambassador James Goodby, Hoover Institution, Stanford University is a guest lecturer at the "U.S.-Russian START Plus Arms Control Simulation" at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Ambassador Goodby talks about his involvement with various U.S.-Russian nuclear negotiations, including the Start I treaty between 1981 and 1983, and the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program. The class, taught by Dr. William Potter, CNS Director, is a simulation of U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction talks. Students assume the role of U.S. and Russian arms control officials in charge of negotiating a follow-up accord to the current START Treaty which will expire in December 2009.; Related pages: Russian topics, U.S. topics, CNS Events,
Seminar Independent Task Force Report on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: On September 29, 2009, Dr. Charles Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations, presents findings and recommendations of an independent study sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations on U.S. nuclear weapons policy.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, U.S. topics, CNS Events,
Posted: September 30, 2009 Panel Discussion Book Launch: International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction · Watch the Panelists: 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." (Oxford University Press, 2009); Related pages: CNS Events
Posted: September 28, 2009 Interview Interview with the CTBTO's Tibor Tóth · Watch the Interview: 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.; Related pages: CTBT Resources, more CTBT topics, CNS Events
Posted: September 24, 2009 Panel Discussion H1N1 Panel: Where are we with Pandemic Influenza? · Watch the Panelists: Videos of panelists discussing recommendations for dealing with the 2009-10 influenza season.; Related pages: Flu Watch website (swine flu & bird flu resources), CBW topics, CNS Events
Posted: September 9, 2009 Seminar About U.S. - Russian Relations: A Conversation with Sergei Kislyak · Watch the Seminar [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.; Related pages: Monterey Herald article, U.S. topics, Russia topics, Nuclear topics, Iran topics, William Potter, CNS Events
Posted: August 31, 2009 Seminar Prospects for Reducing U.S. and Russian Non Strategic Nuclear Weapons · Watch the Seminar [23 min] · Watch the Q&A Session [22 min]: Miles Pomper, Senior Research Associate.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, U.S. topics, Russia topics, Miles Pomper, CNS Events
Posted: August 12, 2009 Seminar Gernot Erler on Nuclear Policy, CNS Study · Watch the Presentation [40 min] · Watch the Q&A Session [40 min]: At a CNS seminar, German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State, Gernot Erler reviewed Germany's disarmament and nonproliferation policies and introduced a major study by CNS entitled Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership.; Related pages:
Read the study: Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership,
Posted: July 10, 2009 Interview President Obama is in Front of His Advisors · Watch the Interview [4 min, nhk.or.jp]: William Potter, CNS Director, was interviewed on the website "No More Hibakusha" by NHK.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, William Potter
Posted: July 6, 2009 Interview Only Presidents Can Push START Through · Watch the Interview [12 min, RussiaToday.com]: William Potter, CNS Director, was interviewed on Russia Today.; The absolute key to a successful negotiation is presidential intervention.; Related pages: Russia topics, Nuclear topics, Treaties/Regimes topics, William Potter
Interview Obama is Serious About Disarmament · Watch the Interview [5 min]: William Potter, CNS Director, was interviewed on Russia Today.; Obama's upcoming visit to Moscow could likely result in an agreement between Moscow and Washington.; Related pages: Russia topics, Nuclear topics, Treaties/Regimes topics, William Potter
Posted: June 22, 2009 Seminar Asia Pacific Regional Nuclear Fuel Cycle Approach · Watch the Seminar [1:10]: University of Tokyo Professors Jor-Shan Choi and Yusuke Kuno talk about an Asia Pacific regional approach for a future nuclear fuel cycle for civilian use.; Related pages: East Asia topics, Nuclear topics, CNS Events
Posted: June 18, 2009 Seminar Role of Infrasound Detection in CTBT Verification · Watch the Seminar [1 hour]: Bharath Gopalaswamy, Postdoctoral Associate, Peace Studies Program Cornell University.; Related pages: CTBT topics, Treaty/Regime topics, CNS Events, Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes
Updated: June 8, 2009 Luncheon Briefing Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament · Watch the Seminar [1 hour, 17 min]: Potential roadblocks to success and how nuclear weapons fit into their national grand strategies.; Nikolai Sokov and Jing-dong Yuan speak based on their Occasional Paper #15.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, Russia topics, China topics, CNS Events
Panel Discussion Legal and Policy Implications of Ambiguous Rocket Launches · Watch the Seminar [1 hour] · Watch the Q&A Session [35 min]: Learning from the North Korean case, panelists explore the rights and responsibilities of launching and overflown states.; Related pages: Missile topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 27, 2009 Seminar Better Safe than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb · Watch the Seminar [1 hour]: 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.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 21, 2009 Panel Discussion Attribution: Post-Nuclear Event · Watch multiple videos: 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?; A panel discussion of the realities of a domestic nuclear attack and the nuclear attribution process.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, CNS Events
Posted: May 18, 2009 INTERVIEW Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe · Watch the Interview [8 min, npt-tv.net]: An overview of NATO's nuclear sharing agreements, historical overview, a look at their role today and if that could change.; Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, Europe/NIS topics
INTERVIEW US Congress & CTBT Ratification · Watch the Interview [10 min, npt-tv.net]: Overview of the present situation in the US Congress and how it affects the chances and approaches to ratifying the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty.; Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate.; Related pages: America topics, Treaty/Regime topics
Posted: April 17, 2009 SEMINAR The Future of US-Russian Arms Control · Watch the Seminar [45 min] · Watch the Q&A Session [1 hour]: Speaker Dr. Alexander Pikayev Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russia.; Related pages: NIS topics, CNS Events
SEMINAR Verifying the CTBT · Watch the Seminar [1 hour] · Watch the Q&A Session [20 min] · View Scientific American article [PDF]: Using seismological methods to study nuclear weapons test explosions and their implications for the scientific and arms control worlds.; Speaker Paul G. Richards, Ph.D. Mellon Professor of Natural Sciences Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.; Related pages: CTBT topics, Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes, CNS Events
Posted: April 10, 2009 SEMINAR International Security Developments in Central Asia · Watch the Seminar [1 hour] · Watch the Q&A Session [45 min]: Speaker Ambassador Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States (and former Kazakh Foreign Minister).; Related pages: NIS topics, CNS Events
Posted: April 6, 2009 SEMINAR A Political History of Nuclear Weapons, 1938-2008 · Watch the Seminar [1 hour] · Watch the Q&A Session [30 min]: Thomas C. Reed, co-author of recently published The Nuclear Express, Former Secretary of the Air Force, spoke at the CNS Center on March 31, 2009.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, CNS Events
Updated: April 3, 2009 Seminar Nonproliferation Review Special Luncheon Briefing · Watch the Introduction [44 min] · Watch Ward Wilson [22 min] · Watch Nathan Pyles [14 min] · Watch Grégoire Mallard [12 min] · Watch Russell Leslie [11 min] · Watch the Q&A Session [28 min]: Event page includes videos, photos, remarks, essays, and presentations.; On November 12, in Washington, DC, NPR presented the winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest, featuring presentations by the authors and a keynote speech by Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA).
Posted: March 23, 2009 PANEL DISCUSSION Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Clearing the Legal Hurdles · View the Introduction [11 min] · View Sharon Squassoni [15 min] · View Patricia Metz [11 min] · View Omer Brown [12 min] · View Henry Sokolski [23 min] · View the Q&A Session [22 min]: Event page includes videos, remarks, and presentations.; As Middle Eastern nations from North Africa to the Persian Gulf look increasingly to nuclear power to meet their energy needs, nuclear reactor suppliers will be seeking to ensure that purchasing states have developed effective safety, environmental, and security regulatory frameworks to manage nuclear power projects, including measures to protect vendors from liability in the event of a nuclear accident.; CNS and the Georgetown Institute for International Law and Politics sponsored a panel discussion on setting the legal stage for the expansion of nuclear energy programs in the Middle East at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2009.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, Middle East topics, CNS Events
Posted: March 9, 2009 SEMINAR Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities View the Seminar [1 hour] View the Q&A Session [35 min]: Held: March 6, 2009; Stephen Schwartz, Editor of The Nonproliferation Review presents a Carnegie Endowment report on how much money the U.S. spends on everything related to nuclear weapons.; Related pages: Nuclear topics, U.S. topics, CNS Events
Posted: February 18, 2009 SEMINAR Consolidation of Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex [Additional Video: Q&A session]: Feb 10, 2009 [48 min; Q&A 38 min]; Pavel Podvig's presentation is based on work done for the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) [fissilematerials.org].; Related pages: Nuclear topics, Russia topics, CNS Events
The Design of the NPT [Additional Video: Q&A session]: Jan 27, 2009 [52 min; Q&A 46 min]; Dane Swango, Predoctoral Fellow at CISAC Stanford, PhD Candidate at UCLA, discusses the goals, design, implementation, and limitations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).; Related pages: NPT Resource Page, NPT topic, Treaties/Regimes topic, CNS Events

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2008

Taiwan's Nuclear Option? Security Imperative and Normative Transformation? [Additional Video: Q&A session]: Dec 23, 2008 [1 hr 11 min; Q&A 15 min]; Dr. Vincent Wei-cheng Wang discusses scenarios under which Taiwan would decide to develop nuclear weapons.; Related pages: Nuclear, East Asia, CNS Events
Destruction of Smallpox Virus Stocks? [Additional Video: Q&A session]: Dec 5, 2008 [1 hr; Q&A 25 min]; Dr. Jonathan B. Tucker on the ongoing debate over the destruction of laboratory stocks of the smallpox virus after the disease was eradicated over 30 years ago.; Related pages: Chem/Bio, Jonathan B. Tucker, Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox, CNS Events
At Peace With Nuclear Expansion: Nonproliferation Imperative [Additional Video: Q&A session]: November 26, 2008 [1 hr; Q&A 35 min; YouTube.com]; Dr. Raymond Juzaitis, head of the Nuclear Engineering Department at Texas A&M University talks about the world nuclear "renaissance" and the nonproliferation challenges of countries' growing infrastructure for nuclear fuel cycle at a luncheon seminar at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He highlights the need for proliferation resistant fuel cycle, nuclear materials awareness, and strengthening the scope and effectiveness of safeguards.; Related pages: Nuclear, CNS Events
Four Myths About Nuclear Weapons: Hiroshima, H-bomb, Deterrence and Usefulness: November 7, 2008 [49 minutes; YouTube.com]; Ward Wilson, grand prize winner of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest talks about a new security paradigm at a CNS luncheon seminar. He argues that since nuclear deterrence relies on the threat of city destruction and city destruction is an ineffective way to wage war, he calls the efficacy of nuclear deterrence into question.; Related pages: Contest Winners Luncheon Briefing, 2009 Upcoming NPR Essay Contest, Nuclear, Treaties, CNS Events
Evidence from Imagery: The Iran and Syrian Nuclear Programs [Additional Video: Q&A session]: November 6, 2008 [1 hr; Q&A 30 min; YouTube.com]; Speaker: Dr. Frank Pabian
In this age of increasing "Global Transparency", commercial satellite imagery has now made it possible for anyone to remote peer over the fence and view what heretofore had been otherwise impossible...clandestine nuclear facilities (most significantly, those capable of producing fissile suitable for use in nuclear weapons). The synergistic combination of readily available tools: personal computers, the internet, three-dimensional virtual globe visualization applications such as Google Earth, and high resolution commercial satellite imagery has gone beyond what anyone could have imaged just a few years ago. The down-side of all this is that those who want to keep their clandestine nuclear facilities and associated activities from being either detected, identified, and/or monitored, are becoming more adept in their use of camouflage, concealment, and deception.; Related pages: Nuclear, Iran, Mideast, CNS Events
The Global Nuclear Future, Realities and Opportunities: October 24, 2008 [44 minutes; YouTube.com]; Thomas L. Sanders, Vice President/President Elect of the American Nuclear Society discusses energy future from an American perspective at a CNS lunchtime seminar. According to him, energy availability is directly tied to national economic health and the U.S. must change its energy posture to sustain and grow its prosperity.; Related pages: Nuclear, Americas, CNS Events
Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: Reaching Global Consensus: September 15, 2008 [1 hour; YouTube.com]; Ambassador Richard Butler, former head of UNSCOM and Australian Ambassador to the UN.; Related pages: Nuclear, CNS Events
Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation, featuring Dan Rather: April 16, 2008 [81 minutes; www.rowan.edu]; The full video of a panel discussion, which included William Potter, is now available through the Rowan University website.; Related pages: William Potter, Nuclear, CNS Events
Academic Spotlight: IP531 Arms Control Simulation: April 11, 2008 [10 minutes; YouTube.com]; A film made by CNS/IONP about Jean Du Preez' Arms Control Simulation course taught in the autumn of 2007 at the Monterey Institute in California.; Related pages: IP531 course description, Jean Du Preez, IONP
CNS Lectures: Cruise Missile Proliferation, Dennis Gormley: April 10, 2008 [1 hr; YouTube.com]; Missile Contagion: Cruise Missile Proliferation and the Threat to International Security. Seminar featuring Dennis Gormley, Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Washington, D.C. Office.; Related pages: Missile Contagion, Dennis M. Gormley, Missile CNS Events