UNSCR 1540 International Student Essay Contest
THE 2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED For the winning essays and commentary: Countering WMD Proliferation: The Next Generation’s Ideas For highlights of the awards event, CLICK HERE. For the full event, CLICK HERE. And for photos from the event, CLICK HERE. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 International Student Essay Contest received submissions from undergraduate and graduate-level students in 44 countries. […]
First UNSCR 1540 International Student Essay Contest Details
Contest Closed – Come to the Award Event on Non-proliferation Issues with the UN, Argonne National Lab and other specialists on September 30 For more information, click here. ~ YOUR IDEAS on how to prevent the proliferation of the world’s most dangerous weapons ~ The numbers of terrorists and extremist groups are growing. Many are […]
The Waiting Game in South Asia
The attack on an Indian military encampment at Uri, most probably from well-armed, well-trained cadres of a “proscribed” group based on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir divide, is the costliest since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. This attack was preceded by smaller-scale forays against Indian military targets. It comes at a time when Kashmiri Muslins are […]
Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Dialogue with Students
The U.N. Security Council 1540 Committee and the U.N. Office of Disarmament Affairs collaborated with the Stimson Center to create an international essay competition for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The winners will be announced, and some will be presenting their ideas at this event. The goals of the competition were to involve the younger generation […]
Senator Rubio and Kim Jong Un Weigh In on the CTBT
In rapid succession, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened its first Hearing on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in seventeen years, and Senator Marco Rubio and 32 Republican colleagues made public a letter to President Barack Obama opposing the administration’s UN Security Council resolution and a companion P-5 statement reaffirming the CTBT. Senator Rubio & Co. threatened retaliation by […]
Michael Krepon op-ed in The Hill on Republican national security policy
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 32 of his colleagues sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Sept. 8 arguing that the United States should no longer adhere to the provisions of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, while announcing their intention to stop funding the Treaty Organization’s international system to detect underground tests. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il offered the […]
Michael Krepon op-ed in Arms Control Wonk on the CTBT
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is turning its attention to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty for the first time since 1999, when it held the briefest of hearings on the Treaty before fast-forwarding it to the Senate, which rebuked President Bill Clinton by denying its consent to ratification. The vote was mostly along party lines […]
Michael Krepon cited in Business Standard on US Senate Committee hearing on Pakistan
A powerful US Senate Committee will hold a Congressional hearing this week on the nature of bilateral cooperation with Pakistan on counter-terrorism. -snip- Stephen Rademaker from the Podesta Group and Michael Krepon from the Stimson Center have been invited as witnesses. Read the full article here.