John Carlson Activities

Publications

• “The Legality of Nuclear Weapons,” Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, 16 March 2022.
• “Verification of Nuclear Material in Non-Proscribed Military Use by a State with a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement: Legal and Related Aspects,” VCDNP, 15 February 2022.
• “Legal Issues Relating to Risk and Systems Driven Verification”, chapter in “Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control Verification: Innovative Systems Concepts”, I. Niemeyer, M. Dreicer, G. Stein (Eds.), Springer March 2020.
• “The 2020 NPT Review Conference and the TPNW”, International Luxembourg Forum, 2019.
• “The Other Fissile Material: Strengthening National and International Plutonium Management Approaches”, J Carlson, L Spector, M Pomper, CNS, December 2018.
• “Future Directions in IAEA Safeguards”, Harvard Belfer Center, November 2018.
• “Verifying the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and Providing Assurance against Breakout”, Asia Pacific Leadership Network, February 2018.
• “Nuclear War Must Never Be Fought: The Need for a New Global Consensus”, International Luxembourg Forum, October 2017.
• “The Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty: Aim, Scope and Limitations”, Asia Pacific Leadership Network, July 2017.
• “Iran and a New International Framework for Nuclear Energy”, Harvard Belfer Center, November 2016.
• “The Case for a Pause in Reprocessing in East Asia: Economic Aspects”, NTI August 2016.
• “‘Peaceful’ Nuclear Programs and the Problem of Nuclear Latency”, NTI, November 2015.
• “Is the Additional Protocol ‘Optional’?”, Trust and Verify, VERTIC, January-March 2011.
• “Key Nuclear Verification Priorities – Safeguards and Beyond”, IAEA Safeguards Symposium, 2010.
• “Defining the Safeguards Mission”, IAEA Safeguards Symposium 2006.