This is a Phase III deliverable from the Concepts Working Group.
The concepts of trust and confidence feature prominently in discussions about international relations generally and nuclear disarmament verification specifically. In Phase III, the IPNDV addressed this topic, distinguishing between confidence and trust to help foster increased nuance and precision. This effort explored how to measure confidence in the different elements of the verification system, as well as in the verification regime itself. Ideally, over time, the effective implementation of a verification system will build increased confidence as well as trust.
