Posts with Tag: Deterrence

Transatlantic Rifts and a New Arms Race: Nuclear Non-Proliferation at Risk 

8 May 2025 • 
Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche examines how growing transatlantic rifts, shifting security priorities, and renewed security-driven interests in nuclear deterrence are challenging the foundations of the non-proliferation regime in a newly published article for Formiche.
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Global Public Views on Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Disarmament

18 April 2025 • 
The VCDNP hosted a seminar featuring Dr. Stephen Herzog of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, who presented striking new findings from a global survey of public views on nuclear weapons possession and use.
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Strategic Missile Defence: Evolving Technical and Policy Challenges

8 January 2025 • 
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend an in-person seminar titled “Strategic Missile Defence: Evolving Technical and Policy Challenges”. The event will take place on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 in the VCDNP Conference Room. Light refreshments will be served from 12:45. For decades, the United […]
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The Future of NATO’s Nuclear Posture and Arms Control in Today’s More Dangerous World

25 September 2024 • 
Miles Pomper, David Santoro, and Dr. Nikolai Sokov published an occasional paper on the future of NATO’s nuclear posture and arms control in an international environment characterised by challenges that have emerged in recent years.
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Artificial Intelligence and NC3: P5 Perspectives

3 April 2024 • 
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.
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The UK’s Potential in Nuclear Risk Reduction and Disarmament

29 September 2023 • 
VCDNP Research Associate Louis Reitmann recommended ways for the UK to strengthen its leadership for nuclear risk reduction and disarmament at the 2023 UK PONI Annual Conference.
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Dr. Nikolai Sokov: "Russia is deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus. NATO shouldn’t take the bait."

27 April 2023 • 
Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov comments in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the recently announced nuclear sharing arrangement with Belarus.
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Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: Understanding the Nexus and Mitigating Risks

14 April 2023 • 
The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI) organised a webinar focused on the nexus between artificial intelligence and the nuclear field, with support from the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium.
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The Future of US-China Nuclear Relations

13 April 2022 • 
On 7 April 2022, the VCDNP held a virtual event on the future of US-China nuclear relations featuring Dr. David Santoro, President of the Pacific Forum.
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Renegotiating the Nuclear Order: A Sociological Approach

19 January 2022 • 
On 11 January 2022, the VCDNP hosted a virtual launch of Dr. Tarja Cronberg’s new book on a sociological approach to the nuclear order defined by nuclear technology and nuclear weapons.
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From NATO to NPT and Beyond: Diversifying Debates, Expanding Nuclear Mindsets

Nuclear-weapon States and non-nuclear-weapon States should begin inclusive deliberations about nuclear deterrence and nuclear disarmament, focusing on the principal drivers of the Humanitarian Initiative.
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Noah Mayhew Selected for the Bulletin’s 2021 Leonard M. Rieser Award

13 December 2021 • 
VCDNP Research Associate Noah Mayhew has been awarded the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Leonard M. Rieser Award for his article, “A millennial’s view: ICBMs are ridiculous.”
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No First Use, Sole Purpose and Arms Control

15 November 2021 • 
The United States is captured by the debate over whether the Biden administration will adopt a no-first-use or sole‑purpose policy. VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov weighs in on this debate in his recent analysis.
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New Tools for Transparency, Verification, and Confidence Building

8 November 2021 • 
On 3 November, the VCDNP held the sixth and final webinar in the DET Series focused on the challenges and opportunities related to new technologies in the context of transparency, verification and confidence building.
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Nuclear-Conventional Entanglement and Advent of Hypersonic Weapons

8 November 2021 • 
On 27 October 2021, the VCDNP held the fifth webinar in the DET Series, focused on the relationship between nuclear and conventional weapons, featuring remarks by Dmitry Stefanovich.
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