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James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy

Abstract

Participants at the final Nuclear Security Summit in 2016 agreed on “action plans” for initiatives they would support by five international organizations and groups—the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, INTERPOL, the United Nations, and the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Destruction. These institutions were supposed to play key roles in bolstering ongoing nuclear security cooperation after the summit process ended. The action plans were modest documents, largely endorsing activities already underway, and there have been mixed results in implementing them. To date, these organizations have not filled any substantial part of the role once played by the nuclear security summits.

Citation

Bunn, Matthew, and Nicholas Roth. "Assessing Progress on Nuclear Security Action Plans." Project on Managing the Atom, February 2020.