Mr. Hubert Foy, Director of the African Centre for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) recently contributed to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Disarmament and Development Roundtable with an article about the future of nuclear security beyond the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit. He argues that, “In nuclear security, people are a crucial element—so skill, knowledge, and ability must be developed wherever people involved in nuclear security actually work. One way to advance this goal would be, at the 2016 summit, to agree that the WINS Academy, a training and certification initiative of the World Institute for Nuclear Security, should be fully operationalized. In any event, when all nations have access to common training programs and best practices, and share a common nuclear security culture, countries and organizations will have the personnel and tools to identify and redress vulnerabilities in their nuclear security architectures.”
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Disarmament and Development Roundtable aims to bring together experts from emerging and developing countries to debate crucial, timely topics related to nuclear energy, nuclear proliferation, and economic development. For more information about this initiative and to read the full article, please visit the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ website here.
