On 26 March 2026, a project launch event was held in Vienna by VERTIC, with support from ONN, marked the culmination of the project by sharing its findings with diplomatic, technical and non-governmental stakeholders in the future of the DPRK nuclear programme. It shared new insights into how open sources can shed light on the current and future status of that programme, and explored the policy implications of these findings, including on international priorities for future monitoring
About the Project
This research is part of the recently concluded project, Open-Source Assessments of the DPRK’s Nuclear Programme. The Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), with funding from Global Affairs Canada, conducted this multi-year project to assess the weapons of mass destruction programme in the DPRK. The Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a PAX sapiens programme, contributed specialised analysis on nuclear force structures, weaponisation capabilities and future trajectories to this consortium.
