• Visiting Fellows (VF) Program. Established in 1991, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) Visiting Fellows program is designed to assist young and mid-career professionals in various foreign ministries, national export control bodies, journalists, research and academic institutions to develop the skills necessary to have a positive impact on arms control and nonproliferation policy in their respective countries. Originally targeted at specialists from the former Soviet Union and then China, the program trained over 150 visiting fellows from Russia and the NIS and over 50 specialists from China. Trainees from other countries (Korea, Sweden, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and others) also occasionally participate in the program. The program is offered three times a year.
• English Language and Nonproliferation (ELAN) Program. The BioIndustry Initiative English Language and Nonproliferation (BII-ELAN) Program is an eight-week intensive English as a second language (ESL) program for senior bioscientists and chemical scientists in Russia and other Newly Independent States (NIS). The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, aims to improve participants' English language skills in the context of nonproliferation, biosafety, and biosecurity as related to work they do in their home countries. The ultimate goal is to facilitate their interaction with scientists from other countries at international meetings and to ensure optimum use of English in cooperative defense and public health projects with their English-speaking counterparts.

• CNS Critical Issues Forum (CIF) was developed to increase awareness of disarmament and nonproliferation issues and to engage and recruit the next generation of nonproliferation specialists. CIF is designed to involve high school students and teachers in issues of proliferation and control of weapons of mass destruction. The CIF also provides students with instruction and guidance in research methodologies, including brainstorming, evaluation of content, synthesis of information, and writing.

• The Nonproliferation Studies Certificate. The EDU program coordinates the certificate program, which is offered through the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) provides focused, professionally oriented training in the concepts, technologies, and policies related to the spread of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, and the means for their control, as well as regional security issues involving the former Soviet Union, East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. The Certificate in Nonproliferation Studies prepares students for a variety of professional careers in the arms control and nonproliferation fields, including positions in government, academia, corporate research, journalism, public-interest groups, and international organizations. Many CNS alumni currently work professionally in the field at international organizations, NGOs, and U.S. government agencies such as the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, and State.

Program Staff

The EDU's director is Dr. Jing-dong Yuan, who also has a joint appointment as an associate professor at the Graduate School of International Policy Studies. Other full-time EDU staff members include Lisa Donohoe (ELAN), Masako Toki (CIF), and Margarita Sevcik (VF). Dr. Monte Bullard serves as part-time senior consultant.