28th Isodarco Winter Course
The 28th ISODARCO Winter Course on "Global Nuclear Governace: Actors, Policies and Issues" will take place in Andalo (Trento), Italy from 7 to 14 January 2015.
Director of the School: Carlo Schaerf (Physics Department, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy).
Directors of the Course: Paolo Foradori (School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy), Tariq Rauf (SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute).
The 2015 Isodarco Winter School will address and deepen our understanding of the main elements of the nuclear governance system, review their functions, highlight strengths and limitations, and propose possible remedies to enhance their effectiveness.
The program is divided into three main thematic sections, each of them sub-divided in several presentations:
1) Actors and policies: it will deal with the main actors (organizations, NGO, informal groupings, etc.) comprising the system, including IAEA, CTBTO, UN-ODA, European Union, Humanitarian Initiative, NATO, Arab League, Global Zero movement;
2) Treaties and initiatives: it will consider the key formal treaties and informal arrangements that regulate relations and behaviors in the global governance system, including the NPT, the regime to control missile proliferation (MTCR), ban nuclear testing (CTBT), stop the production of fissile material (FMCT), regulate the export of sensitive technologies and goods (Nuclear Suppliers Group) and prevent non-state actor proliferation (Resolution 1540);
3) Issues: the course will address some of the main outstanding issues that will be likely to characterize the 2015 NPT Review Conference, including nuclear arms reductions, eliminating tactical nuclear weapons, US/Russia relations, IAEA safeguards, the establishment of a WMD Free-zone in the Middle East, humanitarian approaches to nuclear disarmament, the Iranian interim deal and its comprehensive solution, negative security assurances, and nuclear safety and security.
Deadline for application: Novembre 17th
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