Posts with Tag: Non-Proliferation

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

19 April 2024 •

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.

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

2 April 2024 •

Event Reports

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

1 April 2024 •

Course Reports

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.

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

19 March 2024 •

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.

Generative AI and Non-Proliferation

6 March 2024 •

Event Reports

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.

Fall 2023 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course

11 October 2023 •

Course Reports

The VCDNP held its 26th intensive course on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament for diplomats and practitioners from 2-6 October 2023.

Naval Nuclear Propulsion and IAEA Safeguards: A View from the PrepCom

26 September 2023 •

Commentary, Nuclear Safeguards, Publications

Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew comments on how the AUKUS partnership was addressed at the 2023 NPT PrepCom and how it may be seen at the 2023 IAEA General Conference.

The UN Disarmament Fellows’ Visit to Brussels

21 September 2023 •

Event Reports

The VCDNP organised a visit for the UN Disarmament Fellows to the Brussels-based European Union offices dealing with non-proliferation and disarmament policy.

The VCDNP Delegation at the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee

23 August 2023 •

Event Reports

VCDNP experts organised, spoke at, and moderated 10 events at the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting and the Working Group on further strengthening the review process, and served on two national delegations.

Nuclear Sites at Risk and the IAEA’s Seven Pillars

18 August 2023 •

Event Reports

In a side event held on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee meeting in Vienna experts and senior officials discussed the origins and implementation of the IAEA’s Seven Pillars for Nuclear Safety and Security.

Feminist Foreign Policy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

9 August 2023 •

Event Reports

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.

NPT Review Process: An Explainer

24 July 2023 •

Briefs and Factsheets, Non-Proliferation, Publications

The fourth brief in the “Governing the Atom Series” by the VCDNP focuses on explaining the NPT review process.

Reforming the ‘London Club’: How Transparency and Outreach Can Benefit the Nuclear Suppliers Group

22 June 2023 •

Commentary, Non-Proliferation, Publications

Research Associate Louis Reitmann recommends measures for the NSG to enhance its transparency and outreach and explains how this will help to universalise and implement the NSG Guidelines in WorldECR, the leading journal on export controls and sanctions.

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

14 June 2023 •

Event Reports

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

VCDNP at the 2023 INMM-ESARDA Annual Meeting

7 June 2023 •

Event Reports

VCDNP staff participated in seven sessions during the 2023 INMM-ESARDA Annual Meeting, including presentations on the safeguards implications of the war in Ukraine, corporate nuclear governance, partnerships in safeguards, and previous VCDNP research projects.

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