Middlebury College

This project would continue the Monterey Institute at Middlebury College’s work to enlist the Non-Aligned Movement’s support on issues related to nonproliferation and disarmament, particularly in advance of an important Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2015. The Non-Aligned Movement is the largest and most diverse political grouping of nations engaged on issues related to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. More than two-thirds of the total membership of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—including key countries such as India, Indonesia, and Egypt—are members of the Non-Aligned Movement. Surprisingly, in light of the size and political significance of the group, few Western governments, NGOs, or academics display much familiarity with its politics or perspectives.

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey is an academic community committed to preparing professionals to provide leadership in cross-cultural, multilingual environments. The institute, along with New America Foundation, plans to convene a workshop in fall 2017 in Berlin, Germany to bring together the cyber capacity building and development assistance communities as an initial step toward building a strong foundation for conceptual analysis and thinking on international coordination mechanisms for cyber capacity building. The convening will serve to inform cyber capacity building activities and to facilitate international coordination of those activities.