Simons Centre Annual Report 2007-2008 Click here to download the high resolution version (4MB) Click here to download the low resolution version (600KB) Current Information
	2009 North Korea Crisis In response to the newly heightened crisis following North Korea’s recent nuclear and missile testing, the Simons Center is tracking key insights and analysis of ongoing developments, with particular attention to Canadian implications and viewpoints. Testing Times: Thinking Through North Korea’s Latest Nuclear Challenge A new essay by Wade Huntley, June 04, 2009 Korean Rocket Crisis On CTV Newsnet, Wade Huntley discusses the lack of consensus among the international community after North Korea launched rockets on April 5th 2009, 6 April 2009 North Korean Rocket Launch There is a strong interest in keeping the response to the North Korean rocket launch from breaking off talks that try to stop the country's nuclear program; Prof. Wade Huntley talks to CTV Newsnet, 5 April 2009 The Promise of the Six-Party Process  A commentary by Wade Huntley in Foreign Policy in Focus, 10 February 2009. Over the past two decades, engagement with North Korea by the United States and the rest of the world has waxed and waned. This vacillation is evident even in the past year. The Six-Party Talks process produced both optimistic progress toward disabling Korea's nuclear facilities and, more recently, a return to negotiation stagnation and new North Korean threats to resume nuclear weapons development. Real Nuclear Disarmament Wade Huntley identifies major steps that may actually be taken towards nuclear disarmament in the coming decade. UBC Reports, 8 January 2009.  Related: “Nuclear Disarmament: Is It Closer Than We Think?”  Presentation to the Canadian International Council, Jan 22, 2009, 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm, Law Courts Inn , 800 Smithe St., Vancouver Engaging China on Space: Implications for Canada New reports from the conference convened by the Simons Centre at the Liu Institute in September 2008
	The Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Research is an independent policy research centre within the Liu Institute. Canada’s strong historical record for promoting nuclear disarmament offers a unique potential to connect research and education to policy-relevant analysis and outreach in a single synergistic program. Drawing on the Liu Institute’s eclectic and interdisciplinary environment, the Simons Centre undertakes a wide range of activities aiming at both immediate and long-term impact. As its programs develop, the Simons Centre looks to become a global crossroads combining leading-edge research and outreach with education and training of future generations of academics and practitioners in the field of nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament.