Resource List

Nuclear Disarmament

"No-First-Use of Nuclear Weapons"

May 1, 2019

Address by Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
President, The Simons Foundation Canada
Canadian Pugwash Group event: "Strategies for Advancing towards a World Without Nuclear Weapons"
2019 Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
United Nations
New York, NY
May 1, 2019

2019 No-First-Use of Nuclear Weapons-Canadian Pugwash Group NPT PrepCom side event, May 1 2019.pdf
Arctic Security

Manufacturing the Fighter Gap

May 1, 2019

Arctic Security Briefing Paper
by Ernie Regehr, O.C.
Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence
The Simons Foundation

Manufacturing the Fighter Gap - Arctic Security Briefing Paper, May 1 2019.pdf
Nuclear Disarmament

“The Trump administration is eager to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. But why?”

April 16, 2019

By Aileen Murphy and M.V. Ramana
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
April 16, 2019
 

“The Trump administration is eager to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. B…
Nuclear Disarmament

“Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament: Striding Forward or Stepping Back?”

April 2, 2019

Article by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow 
The Simons Foundation
Published by Arms Control Today (subscription required)
Volume 49 - April 2019
 

Disarmament Education

Opening Remarks by Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons at the 2018-2019 Graduate Research Awards Ceremony

March 28, 2019

Opening Remarks by Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Awards Ceremony
Lester B. Pearson Building, Global Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Canada
March 28, 2019

2019 Opening Remarks, Graduate Research Awards Ceremony, Ottawa.pdf
Nuclear Disarmament

“What’s at stake when restraints on nuclear powers go out the window?”

March 21, 2019

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow
The Simons Foundation
Published by OpenCanada.org
March 21, 2019

“What’s at stake when restraints on nuclear powers go out the window?”
Nuclear Disarmament

Report of the Simons Forum on "Repairing the U.S.-NATO-Russia Relationship and Reducing the Risks of the Use of Nuclear Weapons"

February 5, 2019

Report of the Simons Forum on "Repairing the U.S.-NATO-Russia Relationship and Reducing the Risks of the Use of Nuclear Weapons"
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver
September 27-28, 2018

Report of the Simons Forum on Repairing the U.S.-NATO-Russia Relationship and Reducing the Risks of the Use of Nuclear Weapons.pdf
Nuclear Disarmament

“Canada must be clear-eyed about nuclear disarmament”

January 21, 2019

Opinion by Ernie Regehr, O.C., Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence
and The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Peace Leader
The Simons Foundation
Published by The Globe and Mail
January 21, 2019

“Canada must be clear-eyed about nuclear disarmament”
Nuclear Disarmament

“Cyber Vulnerabilities and Nuclear Weapons Risks”

January 9, 2019

By Lauren J. Borja, Ph.D.
Simons Postdoctoral Research Fellow
and M. V. Ramana, Ph.D.
Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues 
School for Public Policy and Global Affairs
The University of British Columbia. 
Published by American Physical Society 
Forum on Physics and Society
January 2019

“Cyber Vulnerabilities and Nuclear Weapons Risks”
Nuclear Disarmament

“Cyberattacks on Russia—the nation with the most nuclear weapons—pose a global threat”

January 9, 2019

By M.V. Ramana, Ph.D., 
Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues 
and Mariia Kurando
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
The University of British Columbia
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 
Volume 75, 2019 - Issue 1: Special issue: Spotlight on nuclear modernization

“Cyberattacks on Russia—the nation with the most nuclear weapons—pose a global …