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  • Gender Perspectives, Feminist Theories and Nuclear Weapons

    Jannis Kappelmann M.A., Researcher and PhD Student at University of Hamburg Summer 2024 Historically, the Global Governance of Nuclear Weapons has relied on gendered assumptions, practices and speech acts - and it does to this day. Feminist activists, since the very beginning of the so-called ‘nuclear age’, were among the staunchest opposition against nuclear weapons, […]

  • The Global Governance of Nuclear Weapons

    Jannis Kappelmann M.A., Researcher and PhD Student at University of Hamburg Summer 2024 Ever since they were built, the Global Governance of Nuclear Weapons has been a contentious topic both among politicians and political scientists. With realists frequently stressing the deterring power of nuclear weapons, liberal scholars referring to the resilience of the regime of […]

  • The Purposes of Nuclear Arms Control: Achievements and Failures

    Dr. Ulrich Kühn & Tim Thies Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) Summer 2024 For more than a decade, nuclear arms control is in a crisis that saw the stagnation and even collapse of important arms control processes. At the same time, Russia’s war against Ukraine demonstrates that […]

  • Launch of the 2024 Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme

    Launch of the 2024 Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme On 18 September 2024, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), as part of the Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), launched the 4th edition of Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (YWNPD) Mentorship Programme. The Mentorship Programme, established in […]

  • SIPRI co-hosts intensive online course on evolving challenges of WMD non-proliferation and disarmament

    On 20–23 January, SIPRI and the European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) held an intensive online course on the impact of contemporary geopolitical challenges and novel technologies on the proliferation, development and risk of use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and mechanisms to address these, including towards arms control and disarmament. Participants included graduate and […]

  • IAEA Safeguards in Action: Implementation and the Life of a Nuclear Inspector

    The VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), hosted an interactive webinar featuring Eva Gyane, former IAEA nuclear safeguards inspector, to explore the IAEA’s safeguards system, careers in nuclear non-proliferation, and the day-to-day work of safeguards inspectors.

  • Securing Our Future: an Introduction To Arms Control, Non- Proliferation, And Disarmament at the University of Split

    The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium and in the framework of the Young Women Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI) visited the University of Split to engage the next generation and raise awareness on non-proliferation, disarmament, and arms control issues.

  • Conventional Weapons Diversion and Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI) Mentorship Alumni Regional Meeting in Brussels

    The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium and in the framework of the Young Women Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI) organized the first Mentorship Alumni meeting in Brussels and a webinar on Conventional Weapons Diversion featuring Dr. Nils Duquet.

  • Webinar: “Conventional Weapons Diversion: Challenges and Initiatives to Counter Illicit Trafficking”

    The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), in the framework of the Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI) cordially invite you to a webinar entitled “Conventional Weapons diversion: challenges and initiatives to counter illicit trafficking”. The event will feature a lecture by Dr. Nils Duquet, Director at […]