Commentary
Trust & Verify no. 169, Winter 2021
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 […]
Advancing BWC National Implementation in Africa, Latin America and South East Asia.
On 22 November 2021 VERTIC and CRDF Global held a virtual side event to the 2020 Meeting of States Parties of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). This event introduced a new project that is funded by the US Department of State to provide legislative assistance for national implementation of the BWC in Africa, Latin America […]
VERTIC Webinar Series #3: The People of OSINT
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 […]
VERTIC Webinar Series #2: Staying in Nuclear Policy
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 […]
VERTIC Webinar Series #1: Getting into Nuclear Policy
December 2nd 2020 saw the launch of the VERTIC Webinar Series with a session on ‘Getting into Nuclear Policy’, with guest speakers
Additive Manufacturing and the Military: Applications and Implications
Presentation to the SPS ’19 Conference CfP – Science Peace Security ’19 (peasec.de)Darmstadt, Germany
The Curious Case of Marine Chain: The DPRK cyberscam behind a blockchain-powered maritime investment marketplace
The latest report by the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) published on 9 March 2019 documents the various ways in which North Korea has continued, over the past year, to evade and violate international sanctions under which it is prohibited from dealing with other States due to concerns […]
Verifying the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
In our second Verification Watch update, Senior Researcher Noel Stott provides an overview of the work and operation of AFCONE, the organisation in charge of implementing the Treaty of Pelindaba.