Activities by VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane

9 November 2018 • 
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Publications and Speeches Endorsed a statement by the Deep Cuts Commission on "The United Kingdom’s damaging decision to build up its nuclear force and how to respond," 31 March 2021. Co-authored a brief on the TPNW and the NPT, published by the Deep Cuts Commission, 20 January 2021. Co-authored a brief on "The Transformative Impact […]
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Angela Kane, VCDNP Senior Fellow

Publications and Speeches

Endorsed a statement by the Deep Cuts Commission on "The United Kingdom’s damaging decision to build up its nuclear force and how to respond," 31 March 2021.

Co-authored a brief on the TPNW and the NPT, published by the Deep Cuts Commission, 20 January 2021.

Co-authored a brief on "The Transformative Impact of COVID-19 on the Korean Peninsula," published by the World Economic Forum, 8 January 2021.

Spoke to a conference organised by Model United Nations Regensburg, 8 January 2021.

Delivered a keynote speech on "nuclear order in flux" at the British International Studies Group Global Nuclear Order Working Group Annual Conference, 15 December 2020.

"Maintain the promise: The Women, Peace and Security Agenda at twenty," published by the European Leadership Network, 6 November 2020.

"Friends with Enemies: Neutrality and Non-Alignment Then and Now," published by the Centre for Middle East Studies (CEMES) at the British University in Egypt, 4 November 2020.

Spoke during a webinar organised by Mounir Satouri on the role of the EU in mitigating the effects of nuclear testing, 29 September 2020.

Spoke during the "Couch Lessons" organized by the Goethe Institute on AI and Peace, 16 September 2020.

Contributed to CTBTO Spectrum on the relationship between the NPT and the TPNW, July 2020.

Biological and chemical warfare,” in the “Global Catastrophic Risks 2020,” Global Challenges Foundation (pg. 12-14), 13 July 2020.

"The Future of Nuclear Arms Control: Time for an Update", published by Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden, 22 June 2020.

Spoke at a VCDNP webinar on "Does Arms Control Have a Future?", 18 June 2020.

Spoke at a virtual panel discussion on "The UN We Need" under the auspices of the UN75 People’s Forum, 14 May 2020.

Spoke during an IIP conference entitled “Friends with Enemies: Neutrality and Non-Alignment Then and Now,” 2 March 2020.

Spoke at a panel discussion on "Arms Control and Disarmament: Challenges and Opportunities for the European Union" at the International Institute for Peace, 26 February 2020.

Spoke during Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's Winter Academy on "70 Years of NATO."

Gave testimony to a hearing of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Defence, 18 February 2020.

Spoke at a panel at a roundtable discussion at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna titled “Visions of International Peace,” 24 January 2020.

Spoke at a panel discussion on "Security Challenges and Arms Control in Europe: Are There Effects on Asia?" at Carnegie Tsinghua, December 2019.

Spoke at a panel discussion on "Surveying the landscape: Weapons governance achievements, challenges and opportunities," 30 September 2019.

Delivered a keynote speech entitled, "European Security in the Age of Trump, Brexit and Rising Global Instability" at United Europe’s CEO Roundtable event on “Common Security and Defense Policy," 24 September 2019.

Conference on “Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics and Policy", organised jointly by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

The Kyoto Appeal at the 2019 meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference.

Between aspiration and reality: Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, peace and security“, published with Friedrich Ebert Siftung’s New York Office, 2019.

Spoke at a panel discussion on "International Law in Tomorrow's Wars" as part of the biennial Humanitarian Congress Vienna, 29 March 2019.

"What can the incremental approach to nuclear disarmament deliver?" in "Nuclear Disarmament: A Critical Assessment," Routledge Global Security Studies, 2019.

"Killer-Roboter: die Debatte um autonome Waffensysteme," Remarks delivered to Vienna’s International Institute for Peace, 20 November 2018.

"Eine Karriere im Multilateralismus: wie arbeitet man in einer multi-kulti Organisation," Remarks delivered to members of the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-AUSTRIA), November 2018.

Biological and chemical warfare,” in the “Global Catastrophic Risks 2018,” Global Challenges Foundation (pg. 21-22), 2018.

"Putting the Prague Agenda in Context: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Looking Beyond," Article in New Perspectives, Vol. 26, No. 1, September 2018.

Building Bridges to Effective Nuclear Disarmament,” draft recommendations proposed by the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament to the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, May 2018.

"Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: can the international community agree on an approach?" Remarks from the 2018 Uehiro-Carnegie-Oxford Ethics Conference, New York, May 2018.

Angela Kane's response to to Lewis Dunn's proposal, published with "The strategic elimination of nuclear weapons: an alternative global agenda for nuclear disarmament" in the Nonproliferation Review, Volume 24, Issue 5-6, November-December 2017 (published online 8 May 2018).

"Cooperation or Conflict? Walking the Tightrope of NPT and Ban Treaty Supporters," Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Policy Brief No. 59, March 2018.

"Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation in Retreat: What Europe Can Do,"
Article, co-authored with Ulrich Kuhn, in S+F Sicherheit und Frieden, Security and Peace, Jahrgang 36, Heft 1, 2018.

Keynote speech at the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference, December 2017.

Contribution to the international seminar "A world free of nuclear weapons: is it possible? Is it desirable? How could it be achieved?", OPANAL, November 2017.

“Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: the View From the United Nations”, chapter (pg. 41-56) in “Gerechte Intervention? Zwischen Gewaltverbot und Schutzverantwortung,” edited by Stephanie Fenkaert, Heinz Gärtner, Hannes Swoboda (Hg.), Lit Verlag GmbH & Co, 2017.

The Lengthening Nuclear Shadow,” Riga Dialogue Afterthoughts 2017: Transforming Euro-Atlantic Security Landscapes (pg. 19-86), Latvian Institute for International Affairs, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,
2017.

Biological and chemical warfare,” in the “Global Catastrophic Risks 2017,” Global Challenges Foundation (pg. 24-27), 2017.

"The role of international organizations, including the UN in supporting compliance, including by establishing fact-finding procedures," Weapons and the Rule of International Law, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 2016.

Interviews and Media Appearances

Interviewed by Sputnik News Agency about New START extension and US domestic politics, 21 October 2020.

Interviewed by Bayerischer Rundfunk on the 75th anniversary of the the first use of nuclear weapons in war, 6 August 2020.

Interviewed by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (in German), 4 August 2020.

Interviewed by Sputnik News Agency about the US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty for an article published by UrduPoint News, 23 May 2020.

Interviewed by Euronews on extending New START on the sidelines of US-Russian negotiations in Vienna, 22 June 2020.

Contributed to Debating Security Plus’ (DS+) series of video interviews and discussed the prospect of nuclear terrorism, September 2019.

Interviewed by International Politics and Society magazine about nuclear disarmament and the TPNW, June 2019.

Interviewed for the documentary film “Naznachenniy Vremenem” (Chosen by the Time) about the modern history of Kazakhstan.

Interviewed several times on the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, February 2019.

Featured in United Nations Association of Germany’s #DieUNundWir report.

Interviewed by BBC Newshour on re-imposed Iran Sanctions, November 2018.

Interviewed by CBRNe World and TRT World on the OPCW's right to attribution, June 2018.

Angela Kane featured in SIPRI “Spotlight”, March 2018.

News coverage of the European Leadership Network's visit to Washington on the JCPOA, January 2018.

Appointments and Event Participation

Chaired a panel discussion under the auspices of the Astana Club Global Security Meeting entitled “100 Seconds Before Midnight: Strategic Timing for Resumption of Nuclear Dialogue,” 19 November 2020.

Taught as visiting faculty at at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University in December 2019.

Elected to join the Board of Directors of the UN Association of Germany.

Appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for Global Change, Peace and Security.

Participated in a meeting of the Missile Dialogue Initiative on 18 October 2019.

Chaired a meeting on 16 October 2019 with Ambassador Mahmoud Karem of Egypt that focused on Egyptian views on the establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction.

Moderated a seminar with former Chief Monitor of the OSCE Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ertuğrul Apakan on 14 October 2019, which focused monitoring missions conducted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Participated in a panel discussion on 11 October 2019 at the UN City Bonn, Germany titled “Chances and Challenges of German membership in the UN Security Council.”

Moderated a seminar with Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, Ms. Alizabeth Spehar, at the International Institute for Peace on 10 October 2019, which focused on the challenges and achievements of UN peacekeeping missions.

Participated in a panel discussion on "Rethinking Strategic Stability," on 27 September 2019 under the auspices of the University Consortium’s Fourth Annual Conference.

Participated in a panel discussion on “The Future of Arms Control: Consequences and Options after the End of the INF Treaty,” organised by the Deep Cuts Commission on 17 September 2019.

Appointed Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Regional Future Council on the Korean Peninsula, 2019-2020 (also 2018-2019).

Moderated a panel discussion at the 2019 CTBTO Science and Technology Conference, June 2019.

Attended and chaired a session at the two-day conference “From Peace on Korean Peninsula to North East Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone”, June 2019.

Attended and moderated a panel discussion at the 2019 Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, May 2019.

Joined the Boards of the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (ÖGAVN) and the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC).

Participated in a tabletop exercise  with the aim to offer concrete recommendations to strengthen the global responses to attacks with biological weapons, 14 February 2019.

Participated in a panel discussion entitled "Nuclear Brinksmanship" at the 2019 World Economic Forum.

Attended the 12th annual European Russian Forum and provided remarks during a session entitled "New War in Europe: Probability, Development, Consequences".

Delivered remarks to an exhibit on nuclear disarmament, organised by ICAN and SGI, as well as to the Sixth Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Spoke at the opening ceremony of the the Oxford International Model United Nations (OxIMUN), October 2018.

Appointed Member of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament, convened by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono, August 2017.


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