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

• Putin’s War with Ukraine: Voices of CNS Experts on the Russian Invasion
  A compendium of CNS expert analysis and commentary on the nuclear ramifications of the war, as well as educational materials for expert and general audience.
• OP#57: Radiological Security in Contested Territories
  One of the few success stories in the elimination of radioactive sources from a contested territory is the Republic of Moldova’s removal of approximately 2,700 disused radioactive materials from the breakaway region of Transdniestria.
• CNS Celebrates a Successful First Year of the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network
  The meeting in Malta gathered 35 regional and international participants from Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Türkiye, Ukraine, Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, and United States.
• US-Black Sea Nonproliferation Professionals Exchange: US Module
  Participants from six countries fostered ties between US and Black Sea technical and policy communities with tours of both of the National Laboratories, nuclear science museums, and Washington DC.
• CNS Supports Radioactive Source Users in Central Asia and Azerbaijan in Improving Security Culture
  CNS completed a year-long project to increase radiological security culture awareness in Central Asia and Azerbaijan.
• CNS Launches the US-Black Sea Nonproliferation Exchange Initiative
  The initiative will serve as a channel for a deeper coordination and support between nonproliferation professionals including scholars/researchers and diplomats/practitioners.
• Encouraging Gender Balance in the Nuclear Field Through Mentorship, Education, and Networking
  Explores challenges women in the nonproliferation field still face and how mentorship and educational opportunities can break some barriers.
• CNS Champions the Establishment of the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network
  A joint effort between CNS and the Los Alamos National Laboratory culminated in the establishment of a professional network for women working in nuclear fields in the Black Sea region.
• 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.

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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.