Abigail Stowe-Thurston is a legislative specialist in the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)’s Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs. In this role, she supports cross-enterprise legislative initiatives, including preparing senior leadership for hearings. Previously, she has held positions at non-governmental organizations, on Capitol Hill, and as a contractor supporting NNSA’s Office of Infrastructure. She holds a Master of Arts in Security Policy Studies from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Studies from Macalester College.

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).

Ashley Wiser is a former Air Force nuclear launch officer (Missileer) and a current international nuclear programs analyst/writer in Washington, DC where she enjoys long walks above ground. She has eight years’ experience in multiple nuclear security specialties including nuclear operations, nonproliferation and arms control, international nuclear agreements, and NATO strategic deterrence policy—providing subject matter expertise to the Department of Defense Office of Nuclear Matters and the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control. She’s a recent Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Nuclear Scholar and DOE/NNSA Graduate Fellow. She earned her BA in History with Honors from the University of Iowa and MS in International Relations from Troy University over many nightshifts a Minuteman III weapons console. Her writing has been published by Inkstick, Military Medicine, and Southeast Missouri State University Press.