Presentations & Speeches

Article VI of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) calls for “..... a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control”. Complete elimination of nuclear weapons by a state requires verification of the dismantlement of nuclear weapons and related manufacturing facilities, and to provide assurances that all fissile materials from weapons, materials designated for weapons use, its scrap and other wastes, are accounted for, and any remaining nuclear activities be introduced for civilian use.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on “Being Good Neighbors to Refugees: the Story of Buffalo” in Buffalo, NY on November 22, 2016.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Welcoming New American Citizens at a Naturalization Ceremony at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City on November 15, 2016.

On November 7, 2016, Professor of Practice Matthew Bunn presented "A Peril and a Promise: Nuclear Challenges Facing the Next U.S. President" for the Winter Meeting of the American Nuclear Society.

RSIS Distinguished Public Lecture by Dr Olli Heinonen, S. Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,
on 2 November 2016.

Hui Zhang presented "Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing in China" at the 15th PIIC Beijing Seminar on International Security: Nuclear Nonproliferation and Cooperation.

Secretary Carter remarks on the intersection of innovation and defense at CSIS' Third Offset Strategy Conference.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a UN General Assembly Meeting on the Cuba Embargo in New York City on October 26, 2016.

Dr Olli Heinonen, S. Rajaratnam Professor of Strategic Studies, on 25 October 2016, in a RSIS seminar at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the 2016 UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security in New York City on October 25, 2016.