The UN Disarmament Fellows’ Visit to Brussels
From 13 to 15 September 2023, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), organised a visit to the seat of the European policy organs in Brussels for participants of the United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament. Browse the visit's programme here. UN Fellows […]
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: Contemporary Challenges
Richard Cupitt George Mason University Fall 2019 The United States and many other countries have identified the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as the gravest threat to international peace and national security, but the international efforts to slow, halt, or reverse the spread of these weapons and their means of delivery have been under […]
Security, Safety, Sustainability: Promoting Good Behaviour in Outer Space
Security, Safety, Sustainability: Promoting Good Behaviour in Outer Space Objective: Exchange of views and information on national, regional and global initiatives to promote the preservation of safe, secure and sustainable space environment and the peaceful use of outer space on an equitable and mutually acceptable basis, with a view to feed into a voluntary instrument […]
2019 Next Generation Workshop
Welcome Addresses Eran Nagan, Incoming Chair of Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM), European Union External Action Service (EEAS) Federica Dall’Arche, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome Emerging Technologies, including Cyber Security Chair: Ettore Greco, Executive Vice-President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome Speakers: Alexi Drew, Postdoctoral Researcher, King’s College, London Johanna Polle, Researcher, […]
Eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFbGaeVoFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXtjR2YGDY Message from Pawel Herczyński on behalf of HR/VP Josep Borrell EU NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE 13-14 DECEMBER, 2019 Excellency's, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you to Brussels to the Eight Annual EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference. Diplomats, policy makers, civil society, industry, and academics from around the world are here […]
International Politics and the Nuclear Age
Jan Ruzicka Aberystwyth University Winter 2019/2020 The module examines key historical developments of the nuclear age. It looks at various factors which have shaped this period (the end of the World War II; the onset, conduct and the end of the Cold War; the post-Cold War period). It shows how nuclear weapons and concerns about […]
Short Course on The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: History, Threats and Solutions
On 19-21 February 2020, the VCDNP held the first course on nuclear non-proliferation for graduate and post-graduate students in the fields of IT and engineering, titled “The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: History, Threats and Solutions”. The course represented a joint project between the VCDNP and the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), of which the VCDNP is […]
Strengthening Non-proliferation and Disarmament Education in Europe (Part I – virtual)
On 23 and 24 June 2020, SIPRI, on behalf of the EUNPD Consortium, organised a virtual event on Strengthening Non-proliferation and Disarmament (NPD) Education in Europe. The inperson event originally planned to be held in Brussels will take place at a later date. The 47 participants included, for the first time, university-affiliated members of the […]
Ninth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consultative Meeting – virtual event
Held virtually10 September 2020 – 11 September 2020 The 9th consultative meeting of the EU Consortium on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament was held on 10 and 11 September 2020 in remote format. It was an opportunity to welcome the new Special Envoy on Disarmament and Non-proliferation and Head of the EEAS Disarmament Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control […]
Ninth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
The Ninth EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference was held virtually on 12 - 13 November 2020. Organised by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) on behalf of the EU Consortium of independent non-proliferation and disarmament think tanks the Conference has been, since 2012, one of the key non-proliferation and disarmament events worldwide. The conference addressed several […]