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Lethal autonomous weapon systems: Where are we and what’s next?

At a VCDNP webinar, speakers discussed lethal autonomous weapon systems and highlight the need for an international legally binding instrument to regulate their development and use.

The Next Generation and the Future of Nuclear Security

Event Reports, Next Gen

The VCDNP hosted a hybrid event to highlight opportunities and challenges for the next generation in the field of nuclear security, as well as views of the next generation on nuclear security and its future.

Artificial Intelligence and NC3: P5 Perspectives

The VCDNP and the European Leadership Network (ELN) hosted a public hybrid event on the ELN report "AI and nuclear command, control and communications: P5 perspectives” to explore the risks of AI in nuclear decision-making.

Open Source Intelligence and Public Speaking Workshops: Some Useful Skill-Building Opportunities for the Participants of the YWNGI Mentorship Programme

Event Reports, Next Gen

Mentors and mentees of the YWNGI Mentorship Programme participated in two capacity-building activities designed to improve their research and public speaking skills.

Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain: Technical, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives

The VCDNP hosted a webinar exploring the rapidly evolving use of artificial intelligence in the military domain from technical, legal, and ethical perspectives.

Spring 2024 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course

The VCDNP hosted its 27th short course, training 24 diplomats and officials representing 23 countries in all world regions on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues.

The Scientific Case for Diversity in Nuclear Weapons Policy-Making

Disarmament, Publications, Reports and Papers

VCDNP Research Associate Louis Reitmann uses empirical findings from psychology and behavioural science to demonstrates how demographic diversity contributes to more effective nuclear weapons policy, in a new paper published by the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

Expanding Access to Peaceful Uses: State Experience with the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources

The VCDNP hosted a hybrid panel discussion on the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and its importance to the expansion of peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.

VCDNP Experts Explore Gender Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons in New Podcast

Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, Podcasts, Publications

VCDNP experts Federica Dall’Arche, Mara Zarka, and Louis Reitmann feature on the Arms Control Poseur podcast in a series of episodes discussing gender perspectives on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

VCDNP Programme Director Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova Addresses the UN Security Council

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Director of the International Organisations and Non-Proliferation Programme, briefed the UN Security Council on the importance of Council action to prevent the use of nuclear weapons.

Conceptualisation in the IAEA Safeguards System and the Formation of Safeguards Culture

Nuclear Safeguards, Publications, Reports and Papers

A new paper by VCDNP Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Carlson and co-author Valeri Bytchkov examines the conceptualisation of IAEA safeguards culture.

The International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS): An Explainer

Briefs and Factsheets, Nuclear Security, Publications

As part of the "Governing the Atom" brief series, VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Sarah Case Lackner provides a succinct overview of the purpose, history, and functioning of the International Conferences on Nuclear Security (ICONS).

VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane Receives Peace Award

Angela Kane, VCDNP Senior Fellow and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, receives the Göttinger Friedenspreis, an award recognising significant contributions to peace, bestowed by the Dr. Roland Röhl Foundation in Germany.

Generative AI and Non-Proliferation

The VCDNP hosted a seminar with Dr. Ian Stewart, exploring how generative AI and large language models like ChatGPT could both aid and counteract the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

The Future of Warfare: The Role of Drones and Emerging Technology

Event Reports, Next Gen

The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, organised a webinar on the future of warfare, focused on the role of drones and emerging technology.

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