CNS offers scholarships and internships to Institute students pursuing a Certificate in Nonproliferation Studies , and provides a forum for stimulating seminars and discussions involving leading experts in the nonproliferation field. The core projects of the Center consist of interrelated and mutually supporting activities organized to address five major areas of concern to nonproliferation. The project provides training and research opportunities to this community, supports the introduction of nonproliferation courses and material in the universities of Soviet successor states, facilitates the integration of NIS specialists into the broader group of international nonproliferation experts, and publishes timely material about post-Soviet proliferation developments. The NIS Nonproliferation Project also maintains the most comprehensive, unclassified computer database on nuclear issues involving the former Soviet Union.
Project tracks the spread of nuclear and missile technologies and materials.
Unique databases monitor international nuclear and missile trade worldwide, as well as domestic developments within countries of concern. MPT also provides unique Web-based information about national and regional proliferation developments. EANP conducts extensive research studies on nonproliferation issues affecting East Asia and operates one of the most comprehensive open-source electronic databases on Chinese arms control and nonproliferation developments. The project currently focuses on ways to strengthen the Non-Proliferation Treaty review process and to prepare policymakers for the 2000 Review Conference.