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Security Risks Emanating from Nuclear Weapons – A TPNW Perspective

3 April 2025 • 
The VCDNP held a webinar discussing the report on articulating security concerns of TPNW States Parties, featuring Ambassador Alexander Kmentt of Austria as presenter and Dr. Oliver Meier of the European Leadership Network as a discussant.
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Spring 2025 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course  

27 March 2025 • 
The VCDNP hosted its 29th intensive short course on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, training 20 diplomats, officials and other practitioners representing 20 countries.
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Reimagining Risk Reduction: Adapting Cold War Tools to Manage 21st Century Strategic Instability

5 March 2025 • 
The VCDNP hosted a webinar with VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov, Rose Gottemoeller, Sahil Shah, David Santoro, and Miles Pomper, who presented a new report analysing the next stage in the development of risk reduction tools to prevent nuclear escalation in an increasingly complex world.
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Partnering for Progress: Priority Areas for Action Ahead of the 2025 Article XIV Conference

5 March 2025 • 
The VCDNP and the Permanent Missions of Norway and Panama convened a panel discussion on strengthening support for the CTBT and its entry into force ahead of the 2025 Article XIV Conference, with CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr. Robert Floyd and other expert speakers.
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Mitigating the Threat of Attacks on Nuclear Facilities

VCDNP Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew examines the international frameworks prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities and proposes practical measures to strengthen these prohibitions in a newly published paper.
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Nuclear-Powered Submarines and Non-Proliferation: Technical Considerations for an Article 14 Arrangement

19 February 2025 • 
The VCDNP held a webinar with former Research Intern Alexander Hoppenbrouwers, who examined the technical challenges of applying nuclear safeguards to naval nuclear propulsion under Article 14 of comprehensive safeguards agreements. VCDNP Senior Fellow Laura Rockwood joined the webinar as a commentator.
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The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Nuclear Supply Chain

20 January 2025 • 
The VCDNP held a panel discussion exploring the rapid advancements in new and emerging technologies and their impact on the nuclear supply chain and the security of nuclear facilities.
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Securing Our Future: Reducing Nuclear Threats Today and Tomorrow

18 December 2024 • 
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.
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Powering Hope: A Conversation with Rafael Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer

10 December 2024 • 
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.
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Ionising Radiation: Transforming Crops and Commerce in the 21st Century

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.
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The Future of NATO’s Nuclear Posture and Arms Control in Today’s More Dangerous World

25 September 2024 • 
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.
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