The VCDNP organised a high-level event and panel discussion on contemporary and developing nuclear threats, featuring remarks by the eighth UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former President of Austria Dr. Heinz Fischer, in partnership with the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and the City of Vienna.
VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova was joined by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Oppenheimer Project and grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, for a conversation on the past, present, and future of nuclear energy.
In this edition of the Governing the Atom brief series, Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew and Research Intern Benedict Höfter describe the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, its policy-making organs, and activities.
Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew and Senior Fellow Ingrid Kirsten discussed safeguards by design and stakeholder engagement at the IAEA’s first International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications.
In the first brief of the new Sustainable Solutions series, senior VCDNP experts Ingrid Kirsten and Anthony Stott outline the benefits of ionising radiation for agriculture and economic development, highlighting key applications, and explain how the IAEA supports access to the benefits of ionising radiation around the world.
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.
A VCDNP workshop, led by Dr. Natasha Bajema, delved into the emerging role of generative AI in diplomacy and WMD non-proliferation. The session illuminated AI's potential to revolutionise the field while emphasising the critical need for caution, ethical considerations, and human oversight.
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