Nonproliferation & Terrorism Studies Faculty
Our program is built upon well-recognized faculty who are among the most prominent scholars in their fields.
Regular Faculty
 Jeffrey M. BaleAssociate Professor and Director of the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program (MonTREP)
Office: McGowan 200-D Terrorism |
 Philipp C. BleekAssistant Professor
Office: 200E McGowan Causes, consequences, and amelioration of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons proliferation. |
 Avner CohenProfessor of Nonproliferation Studies and Senior Fellow with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Office: McGowan 203 Israeli nuclear program; nonproliferation issues in the Middle East; Nuclear age and nonproliferation history; the non-proliferation regime; nuclear weapons and democracy; morality, ethics, and norms in the nuclear age; the movies of the nuclear age; nuclear disarmament; nuclear weapons free zones Dr. Cohen interviewed on UCBerkeley's Conversations with History |
 Sharad JoshiAssistant Professor, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies
Office: McGowan 200-F International Security |
 Jeffrey KnopfProgram Chair, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies
Office: McGowan 200 C Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation |
 William C. PotterProfessor, Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Office: E 200 CNS Building Nuclear nonproliferation, illicit nuclear trafficking, and nuclear terrorism; Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); the International Atomic Energy Agency; the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and nuclear politics; the sources of nuclear weapons decisions; U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control; Nuclear-Weapons- Free Zones (NWFZs); nuclear safety and security; and nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation education. |
 Moyara RuehsenAssociate Professor
Office: 213 McCone Money laundering, terrorism financing, illegal drug markets, political economy, Middle Eastern economies |
 Anna VassilievaProfessor
Office: 200 A McGowan Contemporary Russian politics, Russian politics in Central Asia, Russian culture and society, Siberia, Russians in Japan. |
 Fred L. WehlingAssociate Professor, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies
Office: CNS Building Fissile material control; terrorism with nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons; nuclear nonproliferation; former Soviet Union; international security; online learning |
 Raymond A. ZilinskasDirector, Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program
Office: 208 McGowan Clinical microbiology, organic chemistry, international law and mores related to biological and chemical arms control, preparedness and response to biological and chemical emergencies |
Visiting Faculty
 Gordon HahnAdjunct Professor and Researcher of Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program
Office: McGowan 200-C Russian Studies Dr. Hahn is perhaps the world’s leading expert on the Caucasus Emirate mujahedin and an internationally recognized expert on Russian and Eurasian domestic and foreign politics, including the North Caucasus. |
Adjunct Faculty
 Yousaf Butt, PhD.Research Professor and Scientist-in-residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation
Office: McGowan MG202A |
 Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-VeressAdjunct Professor and Research Scientist at CNS
Office: D 104 CNS Building |
 Ervin FarkasAdjunct ProfessorExpertise: Emergency response and coordination, non-proliferation and disarmament, delivery of humanitarian assistance coordination, NBC training. |
 Nicola HorsburghAdjunct Professor
Email: nhorsburgh@miis.edu Nuclear Proliferation, Northeast Asia, Chinese Studies, Arms Control |
 Brigadier General (Retired) Russell D. HowardDirector of MonTrep and Adjunct Professor
Office: McGowan 200F Counterterrorism |
 Dr. Jeffrey LewisAdjunct Professor and Director of East Asia Non-Proliferation Program at CNS
Office: 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 450 Nuclear nonproliferation, international security, disarmament, arms control |
 Patricia LewisDeputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence at CNS
Office: 215 CNS Building Nuclear structure physics, arms control, disarmament, and nuclear nonproliferation. |
 George Moore, Ph. D.Scientist in Residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Office: McGowan 208C Nuclear weapons, Illicit trafficking, Nuclear Security, Binding and Non-Binding Legal Instruments for Nuclear Security, Aviation Security Issues |
 Gaukhar MukhatzhanovaAdjunct Professor, Research Associate and NPT Project Manager at CNS
Office: D 207 CNS Building |
 Stephen SchwartzAdjunct Professor
Email: sschwartz@miis.edu History and cost of US nuclear weapons; nuclear weapons research, development, testing, production, and deployment; nuclear strategy; command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I); continuity of government plans and facilities; ballistic missile defense; nuclear proliferation; nuclear arms control and disarmament; environmental contamination from nuclear weapons production and testing; congressional oversight of nuclear weapons |
 Nikolai SokovAdjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate at CNS
Office: D 209 CNS Building Russian and US Missile systems, Nuclear Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence (C3I), Nuclear Arms Control, Strategic Arms Control, Kosovo Crisis, Emerging Reorientation of Russia's Foreign Policy, Russia's Perception of NATO, Newly Independent States, Arms Control Agreements:Devolution, Major Treaties and International Regimes: Chances for Demise, NATO, Verification/Compliance |
 Leonard SpectorAdjunct Professor and Deputy Director of CNS, Washington D.C. Office
Office: 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 450 Arms control and nonproliferation, international treaties, U.S. domestic and multilateral export controls |
 Jessica VarnumAdjunct Professor NTI Project Manager and Research Associate at CNS
Office: 210 B CNS Building Nuclear nonproliferation; Turkey (including Turkish national security and nuclear policies, Turkish foreign policies, and Turkish domestic politics); NATO and extended deterrence; peaceful nuclear trade and cooperation; the responsible expansion of nuclear power; and the science and technology of nuclear policymaking (including the role of science advisors in the policy process and the scientific and technical underpinnings of nuclear policy challenges). |
