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Cindy Vestergaard



PhD, International Relations & European Studies (IRES)
Project Researcher, research unit on Defence and security
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Personal CV

Expertise
The non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), arms control and disarmament; the role of the G8 in non-proliferation, specifically in relation to the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction; non-proliferation treaties such as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Chemical Weapons Convention, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and WMD export control mechanisms.

Selected projects and programmes

  • The governance of weapons of mass destruction, including the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)
  • Export controls such as the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and Australia Group
  • Iran and the IAEA
  • The role of industry and disarmament
  • Social responsibility in science

  • Selected publications

  •  “Why the Conference on Disarmament still matters” in Bulletin of Atomic Scientist, 2011
  • A (F)utile Intersessional Process?, co-authored with Animesh Roul, Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 18 (3), 2011
  • PhD Dissertation: “The Disarmament Factor: Toward a Typological Theory of WMD Disarmament.” 2011
  • The BWC and Industry: A Plea for Industry Outreach, CBW Magazine: Journal on Chemical and Biological Weapons, June 2011
  • Modern Non-proliferation and Disarmament: Denmark and the G8 Global Partnership, DIIS Report, 2009

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    Updated: 06/02/12