The Proliferation and Nuclear Policy (PNP) team conducts research and convenes dialogue on nuclear, chemical and biological weapons issues. We have five main programmes of work:
- Understanding deterrence and risk in the new nuclear age
- Stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery
- Strategic and security aspects of civil nuclear power
- Understanding chemical and biological weapon threats
- Building nuclear policy networks and encouraging learning
Across all these programmes, we write public and private analysis, we brief policymakers and parliamentarians, we bring people together in high-level discussions and next-generation networks, and we contribute to public debate.
Our community of partners and our audiences include officials, experts, military personnel, industry, scientists and engineers, and the public at large. We cooperate closely with other RUSI teams, including Military Sciences.
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Our team
Robert Jordan
Director of Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Darya Dolzikova​
Senior Research Fellow
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Jack Burling Nebe
Project Manager for UK PONI
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Dr Ana Alecsandru
Research Fellow
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Fellows
Dr Mariana Budjeryn
RUSI Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
M. Elaine Bunn
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Professor David Crouch
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Catherine Dill
RUSI Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Professor Steve Fetter
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Ashlee Godwin
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS; Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Rebecca Hersman
RUSI Distinguished Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
David Jarvis
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Professor Margaret E. Kosal
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom McKane
RUSI Distinguished Fellow, Military Sciences
Dr Giangiuseppe Pili
RUSI Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom Plant
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Sang Hun Seok
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security; Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Cristina Varriale
RUSI Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Dr John R. Walker OBE
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Dr Gareth Williams
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Dr Heather Williams
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Hailey Wingo
RUSI Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Amy Woolf
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy


























