CNS Staff List

Listings of all CNS staff with areas of expertise, contact information, biographies, and recent publications.
Updated: Mar 12, 2012

Melissa Hanham

Research Associate, East Asia Nonproliferation Program

CNS Activities

Melissa Hanham joined CNS as a Research Associate in the East Asia Nonproliferation Program (EANP) in 2011. Her research interests include the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, North Korean WMD procurement and proliferation networks, North Korea's external relations, and East Asian security. She also studies South Korean and Japanese nuclear exports and East Asia's export control systems.

Background

Previously, she worked for International Crisis Group in Beijing, China and Seoul, South Korea.

Education

Melissa holds an MA in International Security Policy and East Asia from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and a BA in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University. She also earned a Certificate of Nonproliferation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
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