CNDSI

Founded in 2009, Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4) has been at the forefront of research in the area of multidisciplinary research aimed at addressing complex global problems related to peace, conflict, violence, and sustainability. Expression of an ongoing collaboration with the Sant'Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue, the Cooperative Nuclear Disarmament and Sustainability Initiative (CNDSI) focuses on actual cases of cooperative nuclear disarmament and their impacts on sustainability through four lenses:

• Political diplomatic dynamics
• Scientific and technical solutions
• Economic impact
• Environmental significance

The longstanding and broad term “disarmament” is defined here as a step-by-step process of limiting, regulating, and/or reducing stockpiles through negotiated agreements. In times of rapid change, cooperative patterns have emerged, have been sustained, and have sustained security arrangements that maximize positive outcomes for all involved, reducing threats via arms control, threats reduction, scientific exchanges, diplomatic activities, and verification mechanisms.