Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program
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Monterey, CA
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Twitter: @sbidgood
Background
Sarah Bidgood is the director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California. Her research focuses on US-Soviet and US-Russia nonproliferation cooperation, as well as the international nonproliferation regime more broadly. She is the co-editor of the book Once and Future Partners: The United States, Russia, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, which was published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 2018. She also leads the Young Women in Nonproliferation Initiative at CNS.
Areas of Research
- US-Soviet and US-Russia Nonproliferation Cooperation
- US-Russia Arms Control
- Nonproliferation Treaty Review Process
- Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- Gender and Diversity in WMD Policy
Education
Sarah earned her BA in Russian from Wellesley College. She also holds an MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
CNS Work
- Reducing Tension in Russia–NATO Relations
Options to improve stability and reduce the risks of conflict and escalation in Europe. - Russian–US Strategic Stability Talks
Where they are and where they should go. - Death Dust
The little-known story of US and Soviet pursuit of radiological weapons. - Putin’s Novel Delivery Systems
WEBINAR: Analyzing Russian military innovation. - The CTBT and the 2020 NPT Review Cycle
Sarah Bidgood in the CTBTO Spectrum magazine - Potential for an Arms Control Treaty with Russia
VIDEO: with CNS expert, Sarah Bidgood. - A Nuclear Test Would Blow Up in Trump’s Face
The Trump administration doesn’t understand the brinkmanship concept its nuclear diplomacy is based on. - CNS Holds Virtual US-Russia Dialogue Featuring Next Generation Experts
The history of US-Soviet/Russian cooperation within the NPT and explored how it has changed over fifty years. - Russia’s New Nuclear Policy Could Be a Path to Arms Control Treaties
Possible opportunities for engagement when other good alternatives are hard to see. - Implications of US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
The latest blow to the global arms control architecture.
