The VCDNP hosted a seminar to introduce a new report that maps the political, legal, and normative pathways to advancing irreversible nuclear disarmament for NPT States Parties.
A new study authored by Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew, Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov, and Dr. Adam Bernstein explores political, legal, and normative considerations that NPT States Parties could consider for irreversibility in nuclear disarmament.
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.
VCDNP experts participated in the 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting as NGO observers, organisers, and speakers at four side events, as well as advisors on national delegations.
For its annual diplomatic workshop, the VCDNP convened 55 ambassadors, senior diplomats, and experts for intensive discussions on challenges for multilateral nuclear diplomacy, expectations for the 2024 NPT PrepCom, the nuclear security regime after ICONS 2024, and the impact of artificial intelligence in the nuclear domain.
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.
Following the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting and the Working Group of further strengthening the review process, the VCDNP held a high-level panel discussion on the meetings’ outcomes.
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.
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.
The VCDNP organised a webinar exploring the prospects for the 2023 NPT PrepCom meeting and the Working Group on Further Strengthening the Review Process with key officials and experts involved in the NPT review process.
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.
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.
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