March 11th, 2005

Students anticipate nations' positions at upcoming nuclear treaty review

Chinese delegates exit in protest as the Taiwanese representative takes the floor. North Korean delegates stand at attention as their speaker presents their opening statement. In a balcony overlooking nuclear disarmament negotiations, the North Koreans quietly seal plutonium sales to Libya and Iran. Such were the student portrayals of nations' delegates to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference--scheduled this May in real life--as simulated in International Security in a Changing World, taught by Scott D. Sagan, Coit D. Blacker, and William J. Perry. Read more »

January 1st, 2005

University Scholars Play Prominent Role in Charting Reforms for United Nations

A new united nations report recommending the most sweeping reform in the institution's history offers a global vision of collective security for the 21st century that is as committed to development in poor nations as it is to prevention of nuclear terrorism in rich ones. Read more »