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Updated: Jul 14, 2009

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About the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies seeks to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and analysis. [Overview]

Welcome from CNS Director Dr. William Potter

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Discussion
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.
 
PRESS RELEASE
Nuclear Weapons as Fetish Objects [PDF]
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.
View story [Image: Kim Jong Il posing with a Korean People's Army unit.] CNS Report: North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test [PDF]
On May 25, DPRK carried out its second nuclear test. International reaction has been swift. Initial reports point to a higher yield for this test than the first in 2006.
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.
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.
CANWFZ Treaty Enters into Force
CNS statement on the formal entry into force on March 21, 2009 of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty.
CNS Plans 20th Anniversary Celebration
CNS will hold two major events in Monterey and Washington, DC. The Monterey-based celebration will consist of an expert conference and public event devoted to "The Power of Nonproliferation Education and Training."
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.

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