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New Project funded by the Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers - VERTIC This project seeks to provide an open-source assessment of the size of the Chinese nuclear weapons stockpile, focusing on available fissile material and the capacity of the weaponisation complex. The ...

New project with AllSource Analysis, funded by the Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, to improve transparency on China’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
This project was made possible in part by grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Longview Philanthropy.
www.vertic.org/2026/02/new-...

New Project funded by the Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers - VERTIC This project seeks to provide an open-source assessment of the size of the Chinese nuclear weapons stockpile, focusing on available fissile material and the capacity of the weaponisation complex. The ...

New project with AllSource Analysis, funded by the Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, to improve transparency on China’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
This project was made possible in part by grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Longview Philanthropy.
www.vertic.org/2026/02/new-...

Special Publications - VERTIC

New publication alert!
As the 7th session of the BWC WG draws to an end, VERTIC and KCL have published a report on monitoring approaches for BWC compliance. The report is available to read on our website.
www.vertic.org/publications...

VERTIC is at the 7th session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the #1972BWC in Geneva.
This meeting offers an important opportunity to consider how the BWC can further address challenges while safeguarding peaceful use of life sciences and contributing to international peace & security.

🇰🇭 VERTIC is at the NACW of Cambodia for a 3-day workshop to assist with the drafting of biosecurity legal measures to further implement the BWC in the national system of Cambodia. We are looking forward to working with participants over the next three days! Thank you to @norad.no for their support!

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Join NPSGLOBAL Foundation and VERTIC for a timely global webinar that will explore how a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts (GSTE-NDV) could strengthen multilateral nuclear disarmament verification.

Friday 3rd October, 9am New York

Learn more and register:
www.vertic.org/2025/09/glob...

How new technology could make it easier to identify covert bioweapons programs A recent project asked what the telltale signs of a bioweapons program would be? There are gaps in the information members of the global bioweapons treaty have access to, but new approaches and techno...

In a recent project, VERTIC & KCL joined forces to look at options for verification & monitoring under the BWC - what paths a proliferator might take, & how long-standing proposals and new technologies could come together to identify them. Read more @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org/2025/09/how-...

The UNSG's report on Member State views regarding a GSTE-NDV can be found here: docs.un.org/en/A/80/93

The UNSG reported the views of Member States on the establishment of a Group of Scientific & Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification (GSTE-NDV). VERTIC’s online compendium supports discussion of the report & a possible GSTE-NDV by collating all relevant materials: tinyurl.com/m96a663s

New VERTIC Report on the concept of irreversibility in nuclear disarmament. Researched and written
by @herzogsm.bsky.social
www.vertic.org/2025/08/rese...

📣 Join us Today in Geneva for a side event on the margins of the #1972BWC WG on Enhancing National Implementation of the BWC
Explore @vertic.bsky.social projects, assistance activities and featuring the launch of the CBRN Cases Tracker database

📆 20 August 2025 - 13:15 CET - Room XXII

At lunchtime today, VERTIC Programme Director for National Implementation Thomas Brown will speak at a side event to the 6th meeting of the BWG Working Group. The event will share experiences on national implementation in Southeast Asia and showcase the successes of EU CBRN CoE Project 81 (BIOSEC).

Can international nuclear safeguards be rebuilt in Iran? These steps may help To address the Iranian nuclear program through diplomacy rather than by force, the international community must rebuild IAEA safeguards.

The IAEA and Iran met this week on restarting nuclear safeguards inspections after recent US and Israeli strikes. VERTIC's Hugh Chalmers explained in @thebulletin.org how Iran, the IAEA, and its Member States can help overcome obstacles in the way of this goal.
thebulletin.org/2025/08/can-...

🔔 Upcoming Events!
Join us next week at VERTIC's two side events on the margins of the 6th meeting of the BWC WG.
The events will focus on enhancing national implementation of the BWC and assessing BWC compliance and monitoring, respectively.
The side-events will take place on 20 August at 13:15.

Trust & Verify no. 176, Summer 2025 - VERTIC The Winter 2023 edition of T&V opens with a lead article on diplomatic momentum and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. The rest of the edition covers issues ranging from the conviction of a ma...

📢 T&V No. 176 is out! Marking 50 yrs of the BTWC 🧬 & 100 yrs of the Geneva Protocol 📜, with a lead article by Jean Pascal Zanders (@ban-cbw.bsky.social), plus insights on nuclear irreversibility, institutionalisation of the BTWC & maritime sanctions evasion. Read: www.vertic.org/2025/07/trus...

VERTIC co-hosted a successful Biosecurity Legal Frameworks Workshop in Jakarta, 9–11 July 2025, with the Indonesian Biorisk Association, supported by NORAD. Participants explored Indonesia’s biosecurity and legal frameworks. Thank you to all who made it possible! 🤝🇮🇩

Recently, VM hosted a workshop with @filippalentzos.bsky.social on compliance monitoring approaches under the BWC. Stay tuned, as we will share some insights during a public side event at August's BWC Working Group!

It was a pleasure to attend the launch of the Nicholas A Sims Archive on Biological Disarmament on Friday and to celebrate his innumerable contributions to the BWC. Thanks to @filippalentzos.bsky.social for hosting the event and archive!

February marked a milestone with the EU CBRN Project 81:BIOSEC Closing Conference in Hanoi. VERTIC is proud to have served in this project under SCJS Europe, tackling biosecurity challenges in Southeast Asia. We thank our partners & team leader, John Jones OBE, for their collaboration and friendship

Last week, VERTIC held a workshop on nuclear latency and irreversibility, with support of our partners at ONN. Participants explored indicators of nuclear latency and possible future verification measures in a disarmed or disarming and tested these concepts in a tabletop exercise.

VERTIC hosts seminar on the impact of the current global situation on prospects for nuclear disarmament and verification - VERTIC From 28 – 29 January 2025, VERTIC, in collaboration with the African Nuclear Disarmament Verification Hub and the Radiation and Health Physics Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand hosted […]

Last week, VERTIC hosted a seminar on current global prospects for nuclear disarmament & verification in collaboration with the African Nuclear Disarmament Verification Hub & the Radiation and Health Physics Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand. Read more here: www.vertic.org/2025/02/vert...

VERTIC congratulates Deputy Executive Director Angela Woodward on her appointment to the New Zealand Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control (PACDAC). Read more about Angela’s appointment, and about the role of the PACDAC, here: www.vertic.org/2025/01/depu...

Trust & Verify no. 175, Winter 2025 - VERTIC The Winter 2023 edition of T&V opens with a lead article on diplomatic momentum and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. The rest of the edition covers issues ranging from the conviction of a ma...

Trust & Verify No.175 is out! Featuring a lead article on the establishment of the new Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team for implementation of UNSCRs relating to North Korea, plus pieces on North Korea’s enrichment programme & the use of AI for tracking dark ships
www.vertic.org/2025/01/trus...

VERTIC was pleased to hold a workshop on biosecurity legal frameworks over the past two days in Cambodia under the EU #CBRNCoEProject81 with members of the National Authority for prohibition of CBRN weapons (NACW). Thank you to all participants for your active engagement.

🚨New VERTIC commentary

Recent events in Syria present potential opportunities and challenges for verifiably eliminating chemical weapons stockpiles. Our latest piece explores the future implications for #CWC national implementation.

Read our commentary here: t.co/v075n5NwXz

Check out this piece in @38north.org by researchers from VERTIC and Open Nuclear Network (@sjladerman.bsky.social): how we used forecasting methodology to improve our understanding of North Korea's nuclear program in the coming decade.

Insightful days at the UN - Geneva 🇺🇳 with the @vertic.bsky.social delegation at the #1972BWC Working Group meeting.

Hoping it will bring solid steps forward! 🧪🦠

YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment Project Sapphire and Thirty Years of U.S.-Kazakh Cooperation

The recording of our event devoted to the Project Sapphire and other cooperative threat reduction projects is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ld...

PRIF and TU Darmstadt are hiring for cross-disciplinary positions for PhD and postdocs in arms control, mainly in nuclear engineering. RB appreciated !

www.cntrarmscontrol.org/news/snd-vac...