Proliferation and Nuclear Policy

We analyse nuclear, chemical and biological weapons issues, promoting better policy and greater public understanding.


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 Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA), and the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS).

 

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Research programmes

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Our team


Lukasz Kulesa

Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy

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Malcolm Chalmers

Deputy Director General

Senior Management

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Lennie Phillips OBE

Senior Research Fellow, Chemical Weapons

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Darya Dolzikova​

Research Fellow

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Jack Crawford

Research Fellow

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Dr Ana Alecsandru

Research Fellow

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Giada Del Russo

Research Analyst

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Mar Casas Cachinero

Programme Manager

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Fellows


Andrea Berger

Associate Fellow

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M. Elaine Bunn

Senior Associate Fellow

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Professor David Crouch

Senior Associate Fellow - Specialist in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) remediation processes

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Catherine Dill

Associate Fellow

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Professor Steve Fetter

Senior Associate Fellow; Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland

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Ashlee Godwin

Associate Fellow

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Paulina Izewicz

Associate Fellow

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David Jarvis

Senior Associate Fellow

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Tom McKane

Distinguished Fellow

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Dr Myong-Hyun Go

Associate Fellow; Senior Research Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul, Korea

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Dr Giangiuseppe Pili

RUSI Associate Fellow; Assistant Professor, James Madison University

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Tom Plant

Senior Associate Fellow

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Cristina Varriale

Associate Fellow

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Dr John R. Walker OBE

Senior Associate Fellow

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Gareth Williams

Senior Associate Fellow

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Dr Heather Williams

Associate Fellow

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Amy Woolf

Senior Associate Fellow

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