Nonproliferation & Terrorism Studies

Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress joined CNS in April 2009 as a Research Scientist to work with Dr. Patricia Lewis on issues of nuclear disarmament and on aspects of global proliferation of fissile materials.

Avner Cohen

Dr. Cohen, widely known for his path-breaking history of the Israeli nuclear program, is an internationally recognized author and expert on nonproliferation issues, focusing on the Middle East. A consultant to a range of NGOs and governmental agencies, Dr. Cohen joins CNS after serving as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2009-10) and following a ten-year affiliation with the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM) at the University of Maryland.

Brigadier General (Retired) Russell D. Howard

Brigadier General (retired) Russell D. Howard is President of Howard's Global Solutions, Director of MonTrep, and an Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. He is also a Senior Fellow at Joint Special Operations University, Senior Mentor for Development Alternatives Incorporated, Senior Advisor for the Singapore Home Team Academy, and on the Board of Advisers for Laser Shot Incorporated.

Stephen Schwartz

Stephen I. Schwartz is the editor of the Nonproliferation Review, the journal of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He is the author, most recently, of Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009).

Patricia Lewis

Dr. Patricia Lewis is the Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Prior to assuming this appointment in August 2008, Dr. Lewis served for ten years as the Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva, Switzerland. She also previously was the Director of VERTIC, the Verification Research and Training Centre in London, UK.

Gordon Hahn

1. What is it that you are most passionate about?   
I am most passionate about Russian politics, history and culture and the war against global jihadism.

Fred L. Wehling

Fred Wehling is  an Associate Professor for Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies in the Graduate School of International Policy and Management at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a Fello

Sharad Joshi

Dr. Sharad Joshi holds a PhD from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the Monterey Institute in September 2006 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. At MIIS he has been a research associate at CNS and the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program (MonTREP). His current research focuses on various facets of terrorism in South Asia, as well as nonproliferation issues in the region. Dr.

Raymond A. Zilinskas

What is it that you are most passionate about? 

Preventing the use by nations or terrorists of biological and chemical weapons and should this fail, have done what I can about local, state, federal, and international authorities being well prepared to meet the challenges posed by such events.