Artur Honich is an Analyst at RAND Europe’s Defense & Security Research Group, where he also serves as the Deputy Lead of the Defense Strategy, Policy and Capability workstream. His research interests include NATO’s deterrence and defense posture, missile defense, Russian foreign policy, defense innovation and analytical wargaming. Prior to joining RAND in 2022, Artur completed an internship at NATO Headquarters and worked as a research assistant for a senior lecturer at King’s College London. Artur is also a member of the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security at the European Leadership Network. He earned an MA in Science and International Security with a distinction from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and he also holds a Master’s in International Security from Sciences Po Paris.

Wilfred Wan is director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). His recent research focuses on nuclear weapon risk reduction, nuclear disarmament verification, and other issues related to arms control and disarmament. Previously he was at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, Hitotsubashi University, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Irvine, and is the author of Regional Pathways to Nuclear Non-Proliferation (University of Georgia Press, 2018).

Jamie Withorne is a Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Oslo with the Oslo Nuclear Project. She is also a Junior Associate Fellow at the NATO Defense College. In her PhD, Jamie examines how emerging technology, changing regional geopolitics, and alliance structures like NATO effect nuclear weapons strategic stability. Previously, Jamie worked as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow with the International Atomic Energy Agency in the Department of Nuclear Security and Safety, a Graduate Affiliate and Research Assistant with the Oslo Nuclear Project, and a Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, DC. She has also held positions at several nuclear policy organizations including the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the US Department of State, and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Her research focuses on nuclear weapons policy, arms control and nonproliferation, and emerging technology. Jamie has a BA in Political Science from Columbia University in the City of New York, and an MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Oslo.