Institute for Science and International Security

General operating support for the Institute for Science and International Security would allow the Institute to continue to provide invaluable objective information on the spread of nuclear weapons technology and breaches of nuclear laws by countries like North Korea, Iran, and Syria. Known for its use of satellite imagery and its objectivity, the Institute is often the source of choice for major newspapers reporting on proliferation. It has also provided a particularly balanced voice in the debates over how to address Iran and determining how other nations may be able to verifiably dismantle North Korea’s centrifuge program.

General operating support for the Institute for Science and International Security would provide stability and flexibility for a bedrock institution during a time of cutbacks by other foundations. The Institute provides invaluable objective information on the spread of nuclear weapons technology and breaches of nuclear laws by countries like North Korea, Iran, and Syria. Known for its use of satellite imagery and its objectivity, the organization is often the source of choice for major newspapers reporting on proliferation. It has also provided a particularly balanced voice in the debates over how to address Iran as well as the impacts of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. In the next two years, the Institute will focus its efforts on gaining an understanding of Iran's nascent nuclear program and determining how other nations may be able to verifiably dismantle North Korea's centrifuge program.

General support for the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) would provide stability and flexibility for a bedrock institution during a time of cut-backs for other foundations. ISIS was the first institution to publish a technical challenge to the claims that Iraq had nuclear weapons and continues to provide invaluable objective information on the spread of nuclear weapons technology and breaches to nuclear laws by countries like North Korea, Syria, Iran, and Myanmar. Seen as entirely objective, ISIS is often the source of choice for major newspapers reporting on proliferation and has provided a particularly balanced voice in the debates over how to address Iran. ISIS also plays an important role facilitating partnerships among multinational industries and governments that help stem trade in nuclear weapons-related technologies. Particularly valuable in the coming years will be a new ISIS project that will bring German manufacturers together with Chinese companies and the Chinese government to conduct workshops on how to more effectively control exports of sensitive technologies and materials to Iran, Myanmar, and North Korea.