CNS Non-Resident Scholar
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Sarah Bidgood is a 2023-2024 Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the MIT Security Studies Program. Prior to this, she served as Director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at CNS. Her work focuses on U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-Russian arms control and nonproliferation cooperation, as well as the nonproliferation regime more broadly. Her research and analysis have appeared in journals such as International Security, the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, and The Nonproliferation Review, as well as outlets including Foreign Policy, Arms Control Today, War on the Rocks, and The National Interest.
Sarah received her BA in Russian from Wellesley College. She holds an MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an MA with distinction in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She is a PhD candidate (ABD) in Defense Studies at King’s College London, where her dissertation focuses on the relationship between Cold War nuclear crises and arms control.
CNS Work
- Machiavelli in the Ivory Tower: A CNS videocast series
Ep.12: China’s Nuclear Modernization with Dr. Fiona Cunningham - Death Dust: The Rise, Decline, and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs – CISAC Stanford
Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the rise and demise of RW—sometimes portrayed as a “poor man’s nuclear weapon”—through a series of comparative case studies across the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Egypt, and Iraq. - Death Dust: The Rise, Decline and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs
This seminar focuses on the findings of the recently published book “Death Dust: The Rise, Decline and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs.” - Why the World Should Still Worry About Dirty Bombs
Despite attempts to ban radiological weapons, challenges persist in achieving consensus, highlighting the necessity for global collaboration, legal restraints, nonproliferation commitments, and public education to deter their proliferation. - Strategic Empathy: Examining Pattern Breaks to Better Understand Adversaries
Through case studies involving Russia, North Korea, and Iran the authors suggest that a more holistic, nuanced understanding of the adversary can inform effective policy responses. - Russian Nuclear Weapons In Belarus? A CNS Roundtable Discussion
Discussion on Putin’s announcement that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear warheads to Belarus. - 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. - Russia’s novel strategic weapons: staying ahead of the Americans?
Examining public data, declassified intelligence, and commercial satellite imagery, the authors identify drivers behind Russia’s pursuit of weapons systems. - Expert Concerned Russia Could Deploy Small, ‘Tactical’ Nuclear Weapon in Ukraine
VIDEO: CNS expert on NBC online outlet, XL, discussing Russian nuclear forces and the war with Ukraine - Would Vladimir Putin use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
As the war approaches Nato’s borders military officials on both sides will have to communicate closely.
