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Arms Control Idol 2020
Inspired by Policy Idol, an annual competition hosted by the Policy Institute at King’s College London, Arms Control Idol 2020 was organised by the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) and the Department of War Studies.
Hosted by Heather Williams, Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department and CSSS, and Professor Wyn Bowen, Head of School for the School of Security Studies, the judging panel was made up of a line-up of arms control heavyweights.
This included retired Lieutenant General Evgeny Buzhinsky, Chair of the executive board for the Russian Center for Policy Studies (PIR Center), H.E. Marjolijn van Deelen, former Dutch Ambassador to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and current Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament with the European External Action Service, Dr. Renata Dwan, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Ambassador Dr. Bonnie Jenkins, Founder and Chair of Women of Colour Advancing Peace and Security, and Professor of International Relations Li Bin from Tsinghua University.
Each finalist had just five minutes to pitch the judges their idea for the future of arms control. Thomas Cheney was crowned the overall champion for his proposed anti-satellite test ban (ASAT) convention. Runner-up Jon Tishman made a strong pitch for a convention limiting the proliferation of anti-tank missiles. Haneen Khalid’s model arms control negotiations pitch won the audience vote for quality of delivery.
It was a tight and fast-paced competition with some outstanding pitches, including Jakob Hake’s vision for a convention prohibiting cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, Haneen Khalid’s model for building arms control negotiation expertise amongst early career professionals, and Johanna Trittenbach’s humanitarian-driven legal approach to emergent military technology and advanced weaponry.
Watch the full recording of the contest on YouTube.