The direct threat to the United States posed by the confluence of terrorism and poorly guarded stockpiles of WMD-related materiel demands broader and deeper cooperation between Russia and the United States. In response, the Center has instituted an ongoing series of educational and outreach exchanges. These gatherings are designed to persuade U.S. and Russian lawmakers to involve themselves more closely in efforts to keep mass-destruction weapons out of the hands of terrorists. The principal target audience is the rising generation of legislators and staffers in the Russian Federal Assembly. By establishing a rapport with them, we hope to bolster leadership and policy continuity in the Assembly in the coming years.
CITS last convened a briefing for Russian legislators and staffers in October 2005 in Moscow.
The Center's WMD Security Policy Program conducts policy research, training, and outreach aimed at improving the security of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological materials that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. The program's objective is to strengthen the international standards that pertain to these deadly materials and to persuade governments and international institutions to work together to control them.
