EANP Training Activities

The EANP conducts a number of activities aimed at fostering the development of a community of nonproliferation specialists in China and other East Asian countries. These include:

• Visiting Fellows Program
  Each year EANP invites six to nine leading East Asian experts and government officials to conduct research in Monterey. EANP visiting fellows also attend a special CNS lecture series covering a variety of nonproliferation topics. Some visiting fellows also visit Washington, DC, to meet U.S. arms control and nonproliferation experts.

• China Washington Intensive Nonproliferation Seminar (WINS)
  The WINS program brings Chinese officials, researchers, and military officers to Washington, DC, for informal discussions on arms control, nonproliferation, and regional security issues with their U.S. counterparts. WINS provides a valuable opportunity for Chinese participants and U.S. experts to exchange views and to understand each other's perspectives on arms control and nonproliferation issues.

• Train the Trainers Initiative
  This program aims to promote the emergence of well-trained nonproliferation and arms control specialists in China by providing training and course materials to Chinese university professors. Initially, the program involved three stages: developing an introductory arms control course, conducting a workshop to train Chinese university professors to use the course, and providing the professors with teaching materials (in both Chinese and English) that can be used to develop new courses or incorporated into existing courses. EANP conducted its first training workshop for 16 Chinese professors in Monterey, California from 29 July-12 August 2000. EANP staff continue to support the Chinese professors. A second workshop took place from 31 July-14 August 2001.

• Tsinghua University Summer Symposium on Arms Control
  Tsinghua University's Institute of International Studies hosted the inaugural "Tsinghua University Summer Symposium on Arms Control" in August 2002. The Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Union of Concerned Scientists co-sponsored the symposium. The goals included providing training and continuing education on arms control and nonproliferation issues to Chinese graduate students and junior professionals, promoting interest in the study of arms control and nonproliferation in China, and strengthening ties between individuals and organizations in China's arms control community. The symposium included lectures in Chinese and English on a wide range of arms control and nonproliferation issues, policy briefings by Chinese and foreign embassy officials (Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Japan), site visits to Chinese nuclear, international studies, and defense research institutions, and a simulated multilateral negotiation exercise on the International Code of Conduct against the Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles. The Tsinghua symposium is the first seminar in China to bring together participants from the military, academia, and research institutions to focus exclusively on arms control and nonproliferation issues.

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