International Nuclear Security Forum
About the Project
We are at a critical crossroads for preventing nuclear terrorism. After years of progress strengthening nuclear security, momentum is slowing. Ensuring strong security at nuclear facilities is a global challenge, requiring leadership and cooperation from policymakers, international institutions, operators, and civil society.
Project Team
Research & Writing
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Issue Brief
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Project Note
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Recent Publications
Sub-Projects
Events
Achievements
The International Nuclear Security Forum builds upon the incredible work of the Fissile Material Working Group (FMWG), which was the preeminent civil society coalition supporting policies to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism. Central to its successes was the FMWG’s engagement with a broad array of international stakeholders.
Nuclear Summits & Symposia
The FMWG organized the convening of a summit of international experts and events in support of the official 2010 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). Additionally, the FMWG provided assistance to South Korean planners organizing the 2012 Nuclear Security Symposium experts event and to Dutch planners organizing the 2014 Nuclear Knowledge Summit. The FMWG also organized the fourth civil society summit, Solutions for a Secure Nuclear Future, to support the 2016 NSS.
Working Groups
The creation of three Policy Development Working Groups by the FMWG led to recommendations on: (1) the elimination of civilian highly-enriched uranium (HEU), (2) addressing military nuclear materials, and (3) information-sharing, standards and best practices, and security culture. The FMWG published a joint recommendations report that summarized the key policy proposals from all three groups: The Results We Need: Policy Recommendations for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit.
Policy Recommendations
The FMWG published its consensus recommendations for the Obama administration on improving nuclear material security (September 2009), updated recommendations to world leaders before the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit (January 2012), and a new list of 8 recommendations (October 2013) that includes a plutonium policy recommendation agreed to in March 2013.
Advisory Board
Leadership
Program Director, Stimson Center
Board Members
Alex Barrow, Board Member, Lead for Government & International Stakeholder Relations, Nuclear Transport Solutions
Ali Alkiş, Board Member, Research Affiliate and Gender Champion, Odesa Center for Nonproliferation
Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane, Board Member, Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs within the Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia
Andrew Semmel, Board Member, Chairman, Board of Directors, Partnership for a Secure America
Professor Christopher Hobbs, Board Member, Co-Director Centre for Science and Security Studies, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
Hubert Foy, Board Member, Founding Director and Senior Research Scientist, African Centre for Science and International Security
John Erath, Board Member, Senior Policy Director, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Julián Gadano, Board Member, Director of Nuclear Affairs, Fundación Argentina Global
Margarita Kalinina-Pohl, Board Member, Founder, Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network
Dr. Matthew Bunn, Board Member, Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University
Nataliia Klos, Board Member, Senior Project Manager, World Institute for Nuclear Security
Paul Walker, Board Member, Director, Security & Sustainability, Green Cross International
Ruhee Neog, Board Member, Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
Sarah Case Lackner, Board Member, Senior Fellow, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Scott Roecker, Board Member, Deputy Vice President, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
Member Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Amity Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Amity University
Arab Institute for Security Studies
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Austrian Institute for International Affairs
Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Center for Energy and Security Studies
Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia
Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute
Center for Radiological and Nuclear Security, Purdue University
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies
Centre for Science and Security Studies, King’s College London
Centro Ecuatoriano Estudios Internacionales
Chatham House, International Security Research Department
China Arms Control and Disarmament Association
Civil Council on Defense and Security
Danish Institute for International Studies
Federation of American Scientists
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, School of Law and Politics
Global Nuclear Security Partners
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee: Knoxville
Institute of Advanced Studies, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
Institute for Strategic Studies
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
International Institute for Strategic Studies
International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists
International Science and Technology Center
Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Korea National Diplomatic Academy
National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities
Natural Resources Defense Council
Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael
Nord-Sud Ventures: Consultancy & Studies Center
Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project, University of Texas
Odesa Center for Nonproliferation
Partnership for a Secure America
Partnership for Global Security
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Project on Government Oversight
ПИР-Центра (PIR Center, The Russian Center for Policy Studies)
Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces Project
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
South Asian Strategic Stability Institute
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Taiwan Center for Security Studies
Tripla Difesa Onlus Global Internazional
Universiteit Antwerpen (University of Antwerp)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (University of Kabangsaan)
University of National and World Economy, Sofia
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Women’s Action for New Directions
World Institute for Nuclear Security
Contact
Membership Interest
If you would like to be considered for INSF membership, please apply here.
Support & Other Inquiries
- Braden Holt
- [email protected]