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The Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations and The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) hosted a side event on the margins of the 2026 NPT Review Conference ...

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Panelists: 00:00 Welcome remarks by Executive Director Elena K. Sokova 02:58 Introduction by the moderator VCDNP Senior Fellow Sarah Case Lackner 06:02 Dr. Hannes Hübel, Head for Optical Quantum T...

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The Space Norms Atlas is the first comprehensive overview of emerging norms for space security. In this report, Research Fellow Louis Reitmann maps 150 norms, based on 1,200+ data points from 13 ye...

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Speakers: Dr. Sarah Case Lackner, Senior Fellow, VCDNP Mara Zarka, Research Associate and Project Manager, VCDNP Elena Sokova, Executive Director at the VCDNP, moderated the webinar.

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The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend a webinar entitled “Balancing Innovation and Nuclear Security for AI and IoT Technologies,” to be hel...

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Speaker: Dr. George M. Moore, Scientist-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Moderated by VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Sarah Case Lackner. Date: 10...

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Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction by VCDNP Executive Director Elena Sokova 00:05:30 The History of PAROS by Louis Reitmann, Research Fellow, VCDNP 00:15:20 An Overview of PAROS by Almudena Azcárate O...

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Chapters: 00:00 Introduction by the moderator, VCDNP Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew 04:07 Dr. Alexis Trahan, Safeguards Technical Specialist, Department of Safeguards, IAEA 15:10 Dr. Carlo ...

Chapters: 00:00 Introduction by the moderator, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Japan Chair for a World without Nuclear Weapons at the VCDNP 01:46 Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, Director, Disarmament, Arms Co...

Cancer remains a growing public health challenge in Africa, with women disproportionately affected by certain forms of the disease, particularly breast and cervical cancer. Limited access to early ...

The webinar will present the findings and recommendation of a report prepared by a group of authors led by VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov with support of the Swiss Federal Department of Fore...

In recent years, naval nuclear propulsion has taken a prominent role in international fora. Several non-nuclear-weapon States are interested in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. Critics have wa...

Panelists: Elena K. Sokova, VCDNP Executive Director Ambassador Troy Barry Lulashnyk, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN in Vienna and the IAEA Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Director of the King...

Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and opening remarks by VCDNP Executive Director Ms. Elena Sokova 08:09 Opening Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Brigitte Brenner, Permanent Observer of the Inter-Parliamentar...

Speakers: Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, VCDNP Programme Director (Moderator) Anja Dahlmann, Head of the Berlin Office, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) Laurent Gisel, Head of the Ar...

Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction by VCDNP Executive Director, Elena Sokova 00:04:32 Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, U....

Chapters 00:00 Introduction by the moderator, VCDNP Research Associate and Project Manager Mara Zarka 04:43 Dr. Thomas Reinhold, Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt 17:37 Dr. Elisabeth H...

Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction by the moderator, VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova 00:05:58 Report findings and recommendations by Alice Saltini, Research Coordinator, European Leadership Ne...

Chapters: 00:00 Introduction by the Moderator, VCDNP Senior Research Associate Ingrid Kirsten 05:05 Mr. Abel Julio González, Senior Advisor, Argentine Nuclear Regulatory Authority 24:23 Ms. Maria T...

On 18 March 2024, VCDNP Programme Director Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova delivered a briefing at the United Nations Security Council, calling on the five nuclear-weapon States and permanent members of the ...