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Updated: May 4, 2009

Vestnik Newsletter

Introduction

To facilitate communication among its core group members and their associated NGOs, NISNP's Almaty office initiated an informational newsletter, Vestnik, in June 1999. The newsletter provides a forum for discussion of current research, planned conferences and activities in the region, and opportunities for joint research. Vestnik is distributed in Russian via e-mail.

For more information, please contact Vestnik Editor Margarita Sevcik (margarita.sevcik@miis.edu).

Past Issues

• No. 27, Spring 2008
• No. 26, Fall 2008
• No. 25, Summer 2008
• No. 24, Spring 2008
• No. 23, Fall 2007
• No. 22, Summer 2007
  This issue has two articles in English:
  • "Security Culture Mosaic: Teaching Security Culture Concepts in Content Courses" by Irina Koupriyanova
    This article deals with the concept of security culture and ways to integrate this topic into training courses on materials protection, control and accounting (MPC&A).
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      Irina Koupriyanova, relying on her many years of experience in teaching security culture, defines the security culture and its components, which she compares to a complex and multi-leveled mosaic. The author also focuses on the role of the human factor in the security of nuclear sites. A portion of her article identifies and analyzes the problems associated with teaching a security culture. She proposes a model of integrating the topic in content courses and describes various approaches to such integration. In the conclusion, the author discusses the need to approach training of nuclear site personnel in a more conceptual fashion by looking at components that have previously been outside the scope of the attention of the designers of training courses.
  • "Critical Issues Forum in Russia" by Lyubov Schekaleva
    This article is devoted to nonproliferation education at the high-school level in the Russian closed cities within the framework of the CNS Critical Issues Forum program.
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      Lyubov Schekaleva begins her article by referring to the UN Study on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education (2002), which emphasizes the need to expand and improve upon disarmament and nonproliferation education and training. She argues that such education should be included in school curricula to promote critical thinking and understanding of nonproliferation and arms control issues among the younger generation. The author describes one such program, the Critical Issues Forum, which is conducted by CNS jointly with her Center and involves teachers and high-school students from United States and Russian closed cities. After reviewing the goals and objectives of this program, she provides specific examples of how CIF is implemented in Russian schools. The author concludes by explaining the importance of such program for students from Russian closed cities and the overall intercultural exchange between Russian and American teachers and youth.
• No. 21, Spring 2007
• No. 20, Fall 2006
• No. 19, Summer 2006
• No. 18, Spring 2006
• No. 17, Fall 2005
• No. 16, Summer 2005
• No. 15, Spring 2005
• No. 14, Fall 2004
• No. 13, Summer 2004
• No. 12, Spring 2004
• No. 11, Fall 2003
• No. 10, Summer 2003
• No. 9, December 2002
• No. 8, May 2002
• No. 7, November 2001
• No. 6, March 2001
• No. 5, November 2000
• No. 4, May 2000
• No. 3, January 2000
• No. 2, November 1999
• No. 1, June 1999