This Winter’s edition of T&V covers a wide range of current issues – from COP26, to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Review Conference (NPT RevCon). Guest Article by Dr George Vardulakis The lead article, by Dr. George Vardulakis, focusses on the cyber-security coverage within the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM/A). Verification Watch Verification […]
Senior Researcher Elena Gai recently had an article published in the National Nuclear Centre of Kazakhstan’s journal ‘Man. Energy. Atom’. The article, ‘Ongoing initiatives on verification of nuclear disarmament’, can be found on page 36 of the journal. The article was written as part of a VERTIC project on capacity building for nuclear disarmament verification.
On October 11, Acting Executive Director Larry Macfaul and Assistant Researcher Anuradha Damale provided presentations and recommendations at a joint China-Europe dialogue on Global Arms Control. The dialogue was organised by the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) and the University of Bradford. Larry’s contributions focussed on processes and the opportunities to build […]
On May 11 2021, VERTIC Senior Researcher Grant Christopher was joined by Christiaan Triebert, Melissa Hanham, and Rayna Rogers, to discuss how they pushed the application of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in arms control, and beyond, to the limit. The use of open sources and the application of open-source intelligence (OSINT) has transformed arms control. It […]
Assistant Researcher Anuradha Damale was an invited speaker at The Space Court Foundation’s event on “Competing for Space Superiority? Arms Racing, Rivalry and Hype in Space” on 14 May 2021. The event was organised by The Space Court Foundation, and chaired by Dr. Bleddyn Bowen, an expert in space warfare and astro politics. Anu was joined […]
On April 12 2021, Marina Favaro, Névine Schepers, Emily Enright and Dr. Patricia Lewis joined Asst. Researcher Anuradha Damale for our second webinar: Staying in Nuclear Policy. Spanning policy, technology, law and other disciplines, the nuclear policy field needs people with a variety of expertise: and fast. We recognise that there are barriers to retention […]
After 16 months of leading the organisation as Acting Executive Director from New Zealand, Angela Woodward informed VERTIC’s Board that she wishes to return to her Deputy Executive Director position, devote more time to her role as Programme Director for VERTIC’s Compliance Mechanisms and Measures Programme, and return the executive management lead to a United Kingdom-based member of […]
The ELN and VERTIC hosted a Track 1.5 roundtable event on “Creating Better Understandings of the JCPOA Verification and Monitoring Regime”. The event was attended by former and current officials from the US, EU and the E3, and included keynote remarks from Corey Hinderstein and Ambassador Stephan Klement. The event offered a chance to reflect […]
December 2nd 2020 saw the launch of the VERTIC Webinar Series with a session on ‘Getting into Nuclear Policy’, with guest speakers
In August, Research Assistant Anuradha Damale published a commentary on space for the European Leadership Network. The article was on the necessity of applying systems theory style approaches when considering the impact, intention and legitimacy of spaceactivities, using Rendezvous Proximity Operations as an example. Anu has been working on building in-house expertise on space, focusing […]