The recent and increasing use of Chemical Weapons (CW) agents by proliferator states continues to erode the norm against CW use and poses a direct challenge to global nonproliferation efforts....more
ISN/CTR seeks to build foreign partner capacity to counter the malign impact of proliferator states’ Advanced Conventional Weapons (ACW) sales, procurement, and proliferation networks....more
Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine has resulted in unprecedented international sanctions regimes targeting the perpetrators and enablers of Russia’s defense industrial base. These...more
Despite its loss of key leaders as recently as September October 2024, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist groups remain active in Iraq. In addition, U.S., Iraqi, and other...more
ISN/CTR seeks to address the erosion of nonproliferation norms. Within the last decade, there has been a concerning trend in the willingness of proliferator states to use WMD materials, especially...more
ISN/CTR’s Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) seeks to mitigate global biological threats by securing and/or protecting against the misuse of high consequence pathogens, synthetic biological...more
Many advanced and emerging technologies have dual-uses and are being sought by adversaries to lower barriers to developing or delivering WMD and advanced conventional weapons as well as enable...more
While the United States continues to seek negotiations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, it maintains the policy...more
ISN/CTR administers the FIRST Program which provides technical capacity-building support to potential nuclear energy newcomer countries and current nuclear energy countries that are considering SMRs...more
For 2014, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has recognized 37 individuals for their outstanding work in the field of social enterprise.