Monitoring Implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan: Disarmament
By GAUKHAR MUKHATZHANOVA, April 19,2012
"This initial study indicates that the overall progress since 2010 has been limited and implementation uneven across different states and action items ... The greatest progress was observed on Action 4 on New START: Russia and the United States have ratified the treaty and successfully began its implementation ... A particular shortcoming is the failure of most NWS to reduce, since 2010, the role of nuclear weapons in military and security doctrines, which should provide the overall context for the implementation of other concrete steps ... The report flags as problematic the ongoing modernization of arsenals in the NWS, which signal continued, long-term reliance on nuclear weapons."
2012 NPT Briefing Book
From CNS and King's College, March 28, 2012
"The Briefing Book is the most comprehensive source of background and reference material on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and its associated regime." Read More
Reports by Reaching Critical Will
Reaching Critical Will, in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the Government of Switzerland, has produced three monitoring reports on the implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan:
Report #1: "Peaceful uses of nuclear energy" (published June 2011)
Report #2: Non-proliferation (published September 2011)
Report #3: Nuclear disarmament (published January 2012)
CNS Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes
A regularly-updated public reference covering all international organizations, treaties, & agreements relevant to WMD disarmament and nonproliferation.
Deconstructing Consensus
The 2010 NPT Review Conference
By WILLIAM POTTER, PATRICIA LEWIS, GAUKHAR MUKHATZHANOVA, and MILES POMPER
The 2010 NPT RevCon took place in New York on May 3-28, 2010. In this report, CNS experts give a first-hand account and analysis of the events that unfolded in New York.
Peace Boat Horizon 2012
Sailing in the Same Boat Toward a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in the Middle East
By RANDY RYDELL, 27 March 2012
Moving Forward?
Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe
A panel discussion held between sessions of the RevCon on May 10, 2010.
At the event, held in the lunchtime break between sessions of the 2010 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Conference, CNS experts briefed NPT diplomats, governmental officials, and nongovernmental organizations on its new report.
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Dr. Patricia Lewis
Life at 40: A New Chance for the NPT?
On May 7, 2010 Dr. Patricia Lewis highlights successes and failures during the past 40 years, current challenges, and future prospects for the NPT.
Dr. Patricia Lewis, former Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence at CNS and former UNIDIR director, delivers the keynote address to high school students from Russia and the United States at the 2010 Critical Issues Forum Conference "Nuclear Nonproliferation: Global Opportunities and Regional Challenges."
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Leonard S. Spector
in the segment "Iran Draws Western Criticism at Opening of U.N. Nuclear Talks" on PBS NewsHour
"As the United Nations began its conference on nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad drew ire with accusations that the U.S. is leading the charge to intimidate non-nuclear states. Margaret Warner reports on the growing tensions between Iran and Western nations."