Author: Stephanie Murti

Below are the first mini-projects of the CIF 2014-2015 Program. These are not revised drafts of student work. All schools have received feedback from the project manager for further revision. Featured Projects Japanese Schools Hiroshima Jogakuin Senior High School Project: Nuclear Weapons Yasuda Girls High School Topic: Nuclear Weapons  Yokohama Senior High School of International StudiesContinue reading 2014-2015 Student Work

Critical Issues Forum Spring Student Conference in Hiroshima to Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings American and Russian High School Students Joined Japanese Students in Hiroshima for Nuclear Disarmament Conference Jump to the 2015 CIF Conference Photo Gallery Snapshots! Masako Toki April 22, 2015 From April 2-4, 2015, students from the United StatesContinue reading CIF 2015 Student Conference Report

Opening Speeches U.S. Schools:  Choate Rosemary Hall, Walingford, CT Presentation: The Humanitarian Imperative Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, MA Presentation: A Pathway to Peace Harker School, San Jose, CA Presentation: A Comparative Analysis of the Feasibility of Nuclear Disarmament Through Humanitarian Considerations Rock University High School, Janesville, WI Presentation: Crowdsourcing Peace Pasadena High School, Pasadena, CA Presentation File:Continue reading 2014-2015 Students’ Presentations

Opening Remarks and Welcome Remarks Video Recording Masako Toki, CIF Project Manager Bryan Lee, CNS Deputy Director and Director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program Introduction of 2014-2015 CIF Project Goals and Outcomes Video Recording Masako Toki, CIF Project Manager Nuclear Weapons in Today’s World: Where Are We, How Did We Get Here, and the FutureContinue reading 2014-2015 Teachers’ Workshop Lectures and Presentations

JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES (CNS) MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (MIIS) A GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 2014-2015 Topic: Nuclear Disarmament: Humanitarian Approach    

*As of December 4th, 2014* Adobe Connect Meeting URL: http://middlebury.adobeconnect.com/cifteachers/ Streaming from the MIIS Digital Learning Commons Studio All listed dates and times are US Pacific Standard Time (PST) unless noted otherwise. For local time conversion, use this site. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html   Tuesday, December 2nd 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM (PST) Welcome Remarks Bryan Lee, InterimContinue reading 2014-2015 Teachers’ Workshop Agenda

The Critical Issues Forum (CIF) project team is planning to have the Spring 2015 students conference in Hiroshima, Japan to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Students from United States and Russia will join Japanese students to discuss nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. We hope that this conference will not onlyContinue reading 2015 Spring Conference Update!

CIF Report: High School Students Present on Nuclear Safety and Security in Vienna View the 2012 Conference Photos Introduction Although, many believe that high school students are too young to be engaged in issues related to nuclear safety, security, nonproliferation and disarmament, this type of conventional wisdom can often be a hindrance to engaging stakeholderContinue reading 2012 Student Spring Conference Report in Vienna

High School Students from Japan, US, and Russia Discuss a Path toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons For a summary of this report, please click here. View the 2012-2013 Conference Photos This year’s Critical Issues Forum (CIF), one of the flagship nonproliferation education projects at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), markedContinue reading 2012-2013 Conference Report