Margarita Kalinina-Pohl (formerly, Sevcik)

Senior Program Manager
Nonproliferation Education Program

[email protected]
Monterey, CA
831.647.6540

Areas of Research

• Nonproliferation education and training
• WMD Nonproliferation in Eurasia
• Nuclear and radiological security

Background

Margarita Kalinina-Pohl joined CNS in 1998. In 1999-2001, she worked as the Office Manager at the CNS Representative Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In 2001, she returned to Monterey and since that time she managed the CNS nonproliferation intensive training program called the Visiting Fellows Program. In 2011, she assumed the position of the Deputy Director of the CNS Education Program. In addition to the Visiting Fellows Program, she is responsible for various nonproliferation education and outreach activities carried out by CNS in Eurasia and providing assistance to universities in this region in teaching nonproliferation courses.

She is the editor of the electronic newsletter CNS Brief which CNS produces for its programs’ alumni and colleagues across the globe.

Her research interests include problems of radiological security in Central Asia, and other general issues related to nuclear security and nonproliferation.

Education

• Kyrgyz State University (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), 1993
• MA in Communications and Mass Media, Southwest Missouri State University (Springfield, MO), 1998

CNS Work

• CNS Visiting Fellows Participate in the Washington Pilot Project
  Mid-career experts learned from D.C. based experts from the Department of State, Department of Energy, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), CNS, Arms Control Association and the National Academy of Sciences.
• Promoting the Role of Women in STEM in Africa through WMD Nonproliferation Capacity Building
  CNS and AFRICSIS held a two-week virtual intensive course on WMD Nonproliferation and Security for Women in STEM.
• ICONS 2020
  A large and visible cohort of CNS experts and alumni demonstrate the efficacy of civil society in the nuclear security field.
• Radioactive Material is Still Missing in Malaysia: Cause for Concern?
  This material could be used to build a radiological dispersal device (RDD), commonly known as a “dirty bomb.”
• Four Visiting Fellows Complete Nonproliferation Training in Monterey
  All fellows received certificates of completion and joined a growing worldwide cohort of experts trained by CNS.
• CNS Celebrates International Women’s Day
  Celebrating the outstanding work and achievements of CNS women leaders, researchers, and staff.
• Fall 2016 Visiting Fellows Session Commences in Monterey
  OCTOBER 14, 2016: CNS welcomed five new visiting fellows from China, India, Morocco, and Nigeria this semester.
• CNS Fellows Spring 2015 Program
  The CNS Fellows Spring 2015 program draws to a close with six graduates from Bulgaria, Pakistan, Columbia, China, and Yemen.
• CNS Conducts Seminar on Radiological Source Security in Georgia
  Government representatives address problems of securing radiological sources and radioactive waste management in Georgia.
• Kyrgyzstan Government Ousted
  An announcement on national television was made stating the Prime Minister & the entire government resigned.

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Bibliography

• Sweeping Up Dirty Bombs: A Shift from Normative to Pro-Active Measures
  Margarita Sevcik, Bill Richardson, Charles Streeper, Public Interest Report, Fall 2011, Federation of American Scientists.
• Uranium Tailings in Central Asia: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic
  Margarita Sevcik and Paula Humphrey, Nuclear Threat Initiative: Issues and Analysis, 16 October 2009.
• Uranium Tailings in Kyrgyzstan: Catalyst for Cooperation and Confidence-Building?
  The Nonproliferation Review (Spring 2003), pp 147-154.
• Kazakhstan’s Proposal to Initiate Commercial Imports of Radioactive Waste
  Nuclear Threat Initiative: Issues and Analysis, 27 January 2003.
• Problema vvoza radioaktivnykh otkhodov v Kazakhstan: vzglyad so storony
  Problemy Nerasprostraneniya, (Almaty: 2002, No. 1), pp. 23-28.