Posts with Tag: Disarmament

Feminist Foreign Policy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

9 August 2023 • 
The VCDNP and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the International Organisations in Vienna hosted an NPT PrepCom side event focused on feminist foreign policy and nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
Read more

Beyond the Echo Chamber: Creating a More Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Nuclear Weapons Policy Field

Research Associate Louis Reitmann co-authored a policy paper on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the nuclear weapons space, published by BASIC.
Read more

Queering Nuclear Weapons: How LGBTQ+ Inclusion Strengthens Security and Reshapes Disarmament

20 June 2023 • 
This Pride Month, Research Associate Louis Reitmann explains how LGBTQ+ inclusion improves nuclear decision-making and how queer theory can change our perception of nuclear weapons in a co-authored piece in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Read more

The Eleventh NPT Review Cycle: Is There a Path Forward?

14 June 2023 • 
The VCDNP and CNS convened a high-level diplomatic workshop in Krems, Austria to discuss the upcoming NPT Preparatory Committee meeting.
Read more

The Middle East WMD-Free Zone Conference Consultations in Glion and Geneva: A View from the Negotiating Table

In a recent UNIDIR paper, Senior Fellow Angela Kane discusses her personal experience as UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs in 2013-2014 consultations on the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Conference.
Read more

Further Strengthening the NPT Review Process: Reflections and Recommendations

In their food-for-thought paper, Thomas Markram, CNS, and the VCDNP’s Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova review which aspects of the review process are in greater need of improvement and where changes are most feasible.
Read more

Mini-Course for Ambassadors on Nuclear Issues

2 May 2023 • 
The VCDNP held a mini-course for Vienna-based ambassadors on nuclear issues, hosted by Ambassador Pirkko Hämäläinen, Permanent Representative of Finland to the International Organisations in Vienna.
Read more

Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine

14 April 2023 • 
At the launch of her new book Inheriting the Bomb, Dr. Mariana Budjeryn shared key findings from her decade-long research into Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament and explained their importance for today.
Read more

International Norms, Nuclear Taboo, and the Risk of Use of Nuclear Weapons

31 March 2023 • 
The VCDNP hosted a webinar on the nuclear taboo with Dr. Nina Tannenwald, a renowned international relations scholar, who elaborated the concept in her seminal 2007 book.
Read more

Spring 2023 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course

31 March 2023 • 
From 20 to 24 March 2023, the VCDNP held its 25th intensive short course on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament for diplomats and practitioners.
Read more

A Guide on Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament in Italian

23 November 2022 • 
Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche published a book titled “Non-Proliferazione, Controllo degli Armamenti e Disarmo Umanitario: una breve guida pratica”, the first resource in Italian on non-proliferation, arms control, and humanitarian disarmament. The book was published by the Italian National Association of Civil War Victims.
Read more

Engagement Opportunities in Arms Control, Disarmament & Non-Proliferation for Young Professionals & Students

3 November 2022 • 
On 19 October 2022, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), and the International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) held a joint event titled “Engagement Opportunities in Arms Control, Disarmament & Non-Proliferation for Young Professionals & Students”.
Read more

Fall 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course

13 October 2022 • 
From 03 to 07 October 2022, the VCDNP held its twenty‑fourth intensive short course on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament for diplomats and practitioners.
Read more

The UN Disarmament Fellows’ Visit to Brussels

22 September 2022 • 
On 14-16 September 2022, the VCDNP, on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) organized a visit to the seat of the European policy organs in Brussels, Belgium, for the participants of the United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament.
Read more

Louis Reitmann Shares Ways out of NPT Deadlock at European Forum Alpbach

31 August 2022 • 
VCDNP’s Louis Reitmann joined a panel on Europe’s role in the NPT’s future with the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs and former Stockholm Initiative Co-Chair Arancha González Laya.
Read more
cross
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram