Training the next generation of policy experts, and promoting substantive dialogue between policy makers and think tank experts on nonproliferation, disarmament and arms control.

Updated: Oct 8, 2008

Overview

The Education Program (EDU) supports the mission of the Center by developing and delivering training programs on nonproliferation and disarmament issues.

The program also provides support and resources for nonproliferation educators at the graduate, undergraduate, and high school levels. In addition, the EDU Program at CNS designs and delivers courses on nuclear security, export controls, and nonproliferation education, as well as English-language courses focused on nonproliferation, biosafety and biosecurity, export controls, and cross-cultural communication. Furthermore, it recruits graduate students in the International Policy Studies masters program at MIIS for the Nonproliferation Certificate Program.

Program staff and project managers also engage in research on disarmament and nonproliferation education, combating the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and regional security issues.

More... Training Programs

• Nonproliferation Certificate Program for International Policy Studies graduate students at the Monterey Institute and professionals working in nonproliferation
• Visiting Fellows Program for professionals in various foreign ministries and national export control bodies, as well as researchers, academics, and journalists,
• English Language and Nonproliferation (ELAN) Program for bioscientists, nuclear scientists, export control officials, and professionals who would benefit from English language instruction and training in nonproliferation issues
• Critical Issues Forum for high school teachers and students in the United States and Russia

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More... Activities

• Nonproliferation Education Survey, an ongoing effort to characterize the instructional activities of U.S. institutions of higher learning regarding the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons - WMD) and efforts to combat their proliferation and use.
• Learning Resources, a teaching resource for educators at the graduate, undergraduate and high school levels
• Nonproliferation course development, a variety of short courses on core nonproliferation issues

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Program Staff

Dr. Jing-dong Yuan serves as Senior Consultant, who also has a joint appointment as an associate professor at the Graduate School of International Policy Studies. Other full-time EDU staff members include Lisa Donohoe (ELAN), Masako Toki (CIF), and Margarita Sevcik (VF). Dr. Monte Bullard serves as part-time senior consultant.