Bernadette Stadler

Bernadette Stadler was a program coordinator and research assistant with the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS, she worked at the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. Her work on nuclear issues has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Defense One, and Politico. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University.

Authored by Bernadette Stadler

Analysis / Commentary

When is More Actually Less? Situational Awareness and Nuclear Risks

By: Rebecca Hersman and Bernadette Stadler

Published: Aug 2, 2019

As increasingly capable and provocative situational awareness tools come into play, the very act of improving situational awareness may intensify escalation cycles in unanticipated ways, particularly among nuclear-armed states.

Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen Community

Bad Idea: Ignoring the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

By: Bernadette Stadler and Suzanne Claeys

Published: Dec 7, 2018

The United States has done little to engage with the Ban Treaty or its supporters. But ignoring the Ban Treaty is a bad idea that will exacerbate the divide between nuclear and non-nuclear states and could lead to a dangerously uneven pace of international disarmament.