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Thomas Countryman: Nuclear Risk in East Asia

Mr. Thomas Countryman, former Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, discusses nuclear cooperation between the United States and Japan and current nuclear risks in East Asia.

Commentary — October 11, 2017

Jon Wolfsthal: United States Policy on Nuclear Cooperation

Mr. Jon Wolfsthal, senior advisor at Global Zero and a fellow at Harvard University’s “Managing the Atom” Project, talks about U.S. policy and the history and future of the U.S.-Japan nuclear cooperation agreement.

Commentary — October 11, 2017

Masakatsu Ota: Japan's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy in Context

Dr. Masakatsu Ota, senior editorial writer at Kyodo News and a visiting professor at Nagasaki University and Waseda University, addresses the dilemmas of Japan’s nuclear policy after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

Commentary — October 11, 2017

Tracking Nuclear Weapons Programs

Transparency in the Iran Nuclear Deal

Valerie Lincy, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, and CSIS’ Sharon Squassoni discuss what the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has meant for the public’s knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program, the reporting mechanisms in the agreement, and approaches that could increase transparency under the deal. Click here for the report they discuss.

Podcast Episode by Sharon Squassoni — June 7, 2017

Podcast Tracking Nuclear Weapons Programs

Securing a Future for the CTBT: Science and Diplomacy

Please join us on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 2pm for a conversation with Dr. Lassina Zerbo, the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, signed almost twenty years ago, has not yet entered into force, but nonetheless has been making its own contributions to international peace and security. Dr. Zerbo will discuss the CTBT’s importance in the current Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review cycle, as well as the challenges and opportunities for advancing the CTBT’s entry into force. He will also address the development of the CTBT’s science-based verification regime and its role in detecting North Korean nuclear tests.

Event — May 11, 2017