Listings of all CNS staff with areas of expertise, contact information, biographies, and recent publications.

 

Staff Listing (By Expertise)

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• Chemical and Biological Weapons
• Conventional Weapons
• Missiles
• Nuclear
• Regional Expertise
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism
• Other

Chemical and Biological Weapons

General

• Ray Zilinskas | Bio | rzilinskas@miis.edu
• Amy Smithson | Bio | amy.smithson@miis.edu

Biological Warfare (e.g. Anthrax, Smallpox)

• Ray Zilinskas | Bio | rzilinskas@miis.edu

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Conventional Weapons

General

• Ed Laurance | elaurance@miis.edu

NATO, CFE, Europe

• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu

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Missiles

Ballistic Missiles: Spread and Impact on the United States

• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu

East Asia (China, Taiwan, North and South Korea, Japan)

• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu

Russian and US Systems

• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu
• Stephen Schwartz | Bio | stephen.schwartz@miis.edu

National & Theater/Ballistic Missile Defenses

• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu

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Nuclear

"Brain Drain" of Scientists from NIS

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Elena Sokova | Bio | elena.sokova@miis.edu

Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence (C³I)

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu

Disarmament and Verification

• Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress | Bio | jdalnokiveress@miis.edu

Export Controls

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Lieggi Stephanie | Bio | stephanie.lieggi@miis.edu

Fissile Materials Storage & Disposition

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Elena Sokova | Bio | elena.sokova@miis.edu

"Loose Nukes" in Russia and the Newly Independent States

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Elena Sokova | Bio | elena.sokova@miis.edu

Material, Protection, Control, & Accounting (MPC&A)

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Elena Sokova | Bio | elena.sokova@miis.edu

International Treaties & Regimes

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu

Nuclear Weapons and Terrorism

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu

Illicit Trafficking in Nuclear Materials

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Elena Sokova | Bio | elena.sokova@miis.edu

Strategic Arms Control

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu

Technical Questions

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu

US National Laboratories

• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Stephen Schwartz | Bio | stephen.schwartz@miis.edu

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Regional Expertise

China's Military Capabilities and Emerging Role in Global Arms Control and Nonproliferation Efforts

• Jeffrey Lewis | Bio | jeffrey.lewis@miis.edu
• Stephanie Lieggi | Bio | stephanie.lieggi@miis.edu

East Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea)

• Jeffrey Lewis | Bio | jeffrey.lewis@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Stephanie Lieggi | Bio | stephanie.lieggi@miis.edu

Europe

• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu

Iran

• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu
• Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova | Bio | gaukhar.mukhatzhanova@miis.edu

Iraq

• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu

Northeast Asia (North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Russian Far East, Mongolia)

• Jeffrey Lewis | Bio | jeffrey.lewis@miis.edu
• Stephanie Lieggi | Bio | stephanie.lieggi@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu

North Korea and Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Jeffrey Lewis | Bio | jeffrey.lewis@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu

Russia & Newly Independent States

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu
• Elena Sokova | Bio | esokova@miis.edu

South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal)

• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Dr. Sharad Joshi | Bio | sharad.joshi@miis.edu

Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei)

• Jeffrey Lewis | Bio | jeffrey.lewis@miis.edu
• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Stephanie Lieggi | Bio | stephanie.lieggi@miis.edu

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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism

WMD Terrorism

• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu

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Other

Chemical & Biological Weapon Nonproliferation Program

• Ray Zilinskas | Bio | rzilinskas@miis.edu

Department of Energy

• Leonard Spector | Bio | leonard.spector@miis.edu

East Asia Nonproliferation Program

• Jeffrey Lewis | Bio | jeffrey.lewis@miis.edu

Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Program

• Elena Sokova | Bio | esokova@miis.edu

Nonproliferation Education and Training

• Elena Sokova | Bio | esokova@miis.edu
• William Potter | Bio | wpotter@miis.edu
• Fred Wehling | Bio | fwehling@miis.edu
• Lisa Donohoe Luscombe | Bio | lisa.donohoe@miis.edu

The Nonproliferation Review - Editor, Contributing Authors

• Stephen Schwartz | Bio | stephen.schwartz@miis.edu
• Catherine Auer | Bio | cat.auer@miis.edu

The Nonproliferation Review - Subscription Requests

• Taylor & Francis Publishers

Verification/Compliance

• Lawrence Scheinman | Bio | lscheinman@miis.edu
• Nikolai Sokov | Bio | nsokov@miis.edu
• Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress | Bio | jdalnokiveress@miis.edu

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