Posts with Tag: Nuclear Testing

Exploring the Nexus Between the TPNW and the Vienna-Based International Organisations

12 June 2023 •

The VCDNP hosted a panel discussion on the nexus between the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the Vienna-based international organisations.

Fall 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course

13 October 2022 •

Course Reports

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.

Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb

14 December 2021 •

Event Reports

On 9 December 2021 the VCDNP hosted a virtual launch of Dr. Togzhan Kassenova’s new book, detailing Kazakhstan’s decision to disarm through the lens of the activists and citizens who drove the movement.

Back to the Future: Reviving U.S.-Russian Lab-to-Lab Cooperation

23 November 2021 •

Arms Control, Commentary, Publications

In his new piece published in Arms Control Today, VCDNP Research Associate Noah Mayhew argues that restoring formal US-Russia lab-to-lab cooperation would be a positive first step in normalising relations.

Fissile Material, Nuclear Testing and the Stockholm Initiative

1 April 2021 •

Event Reports

In a recent UNIDIR webinar, VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova discussed prospects for progress with the Stockholm Initiative.

Strengthening the CTBT and Its Verification Regime

5 February 2021 •

Event Reports

On 28 Jan 2021, the VCDNP organized a high-level event in cooperation with the CTBT Art. XIV Process Co-Chairs Algeria and Germany as well as the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the CTBTO on the status of the Treaty and ways to strengthen the CTBT and its verification regime.

The Role of the EU in Mitigating the Effects of Nuclear Testing

8 October 2020 •

Event Reports

In a recent webinar organized by Mounir Satouri, a member of European Parliament in the Europe Ecology party, VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane reviewed the history of nuclear testing and underlined the importance of compensating victims of nuclear testing.

75 Years After Trinity: The Nexus Between the CTBT and the NPT

10 September 2020 •

Event Reports

IONP Director Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova joined other experts for a virtual panel discussion on 3 September dedicated to the CTBT and the NPT 75 years after the dawn of the nuclear age.

VCDNP at the 2019 CTBTO Science and Technology Conference

1 July 2019 •

Event Reports

VCDNP staff and interns took part in the 2019 CTBTO Science and Technology Conference, including moderating two events.

CTBT: Possible Measures to Bring the Provisions of the Treaty Into Force & Strengthen the Norm Against Nuclear Testing

25 April 2019 •

Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, Publications, Reports and Papers

With the support of the Permanent Mission of Japan, John Carlson authored a paper on ways to enhance the normative standing of the CTBT.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Possible Measures to Strengthen the Treaty's Normative Standing

18 February 2019 •

Event Reports

On 23 January, the VCDNP held a panel discussion on the normative standing of the CTBT, featuring its Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo and other panelists.

October 2018 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course

22 October 2018 •

Course Reports

The VCDNP and CNS held their sixteenth short course on non-proliferation and disarmament from 1 to 5 October 2018.

Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future

6 September 2018 •

Event Reports

VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane meeting with CTBTO Youth Group members for conference in Astana Kazakhstan on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests.