The Critical Issues Forum (CIF) is a unique program of project-based education facilitated by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. The CIF program is designed to promote awareness of nonproliferation and disarmament issues and develop critical thinking skills among high school students from around the world, including the United States, Japan, and Russia, through educational outreach activities. CIF develops appreciation and understanding of different national and cultural perspectives on complex but vital international security issues.

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NEW!  2023 Critical Issues Forum 

The 2023 Critical Issues Forum Spring Conference is forth coming this April.  Stay tuned for more information!  

 

Teachers Retreat – Discussing Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education report

 

Enjoy the 7th Speaker Series report and video!

 

LATEST CIF

 

Video Message from Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary General and High Representative of Disarmament Affairs

 

 

 

View the 2019 CIF Student Conference Report!

Highlights from Recent Years  

MORE ON PAST PROJECTS

 

DIRECTORIES 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year’s Critical Issues Forum is supported by the Tom and Sarah Pattison Fund, the SAGA Foundation, the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Fund, Mr. Gregg Wolpert, and other private donors. The Project was also supported by the United States – Japan Foundation between 2012 and 2018.

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