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Articles by Scoville Fellows in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Philipp Bleek (Fall 1999, Arms Control Association, Federation of American Scientists)
Co-wrote (with Gary A. Ackeman and Zachary Kallenborn) Why Covid Probably Hasn’t Helped Bioterrorists, Despite Fears, August 11, 2022

Alex Bollfrass (Spring 2007, Arms Control Association)
Co-wrote (with Frank O’Donnell) India Is Building Nuclear Submarines And ICBMs. That’s A $14 Billion Mistake, February 26, 2020

Marlena Broeker (Fall 2024, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Wrote What Sweden, Finland, and Poland can teach the United States about confronting Russia’s nuclear threats, April 11, 2025

Sarah Chankin-Gould (Fall 2003, Federation of American Scientists)
Co-wrote (with Ivan Oelrich) Double-Edged Shield, May 1, 2005

Kelsey Davenport (Fall 2011, Arms Control Association)
Wrote Despite sanctions, Iran unlikely to restart nuclear program—yet, November 5, 2018
Co-wrote (with Sara Z. Kutchesfahani) Why countries still must prioritize action to curb nuclear terrorism, August 3, 2018
Co-wrote (with Jana Puglierin and Petr Topychkanov) Nuclear disarmament summits: A proposal to break the international impasse, July 4, 2017
Co-wrote (with Michell Cann and Sarah Williams Savoy) Keeping tabs on nuclear security commitments, March 31, 2015Co-wrote (with Michell Cann and Sarah Williams Savoy) For nuclear security, good intentions are not enough,  February 20, 2014
Co-wrote (with Michell Cann and Sarah Williams Savoy) The future of nuclear security, June 24, 2013

Rachel Emond (Spring 2019, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Wrote Hanoi Summit: Where were the women, March 7, 2019

Robert Golan-Vilella (Fall 2010, Arms Control Association)
Co-wrote (with Liviu Horovitz) Boosting the CTBT’s Prospects in the Middle East, March 1, 2010

Hannah Haegeland (Fall 2015, Stimson Center)
Co-wrote (with Reema Verma) The terrifying geography of nuclear and radiological insecurity in South Asia, January 22, 2017

Kate Hewitt (Fall 2017, Brookings Institution)
Co-wrote (with Erin Connolly) American students aren’t taught nuclear weapons policy in school. Here’s how to fix that problem, June 11, 2018

Luisa Kenausis (Spring 2018, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Co-wrote (with Aron Bernstein, Robert P. Redwine, and Michael Hynes) Reducing the risk of nuclear war begins in the classroom, September 21, 2018

Daryl Kimball (Fall 1989, Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Wrote Question for the candidates: Do you agree with other world leaders that the use of—or threat to use—nuclear weapons is “inadmissible”? September 19, 2024
Wrote The US and China re-engage on arms control. What may come next,
November 15, 2023
Wrote Oppenheimer, the bomb, and arms control, then and now, July 29, 2023
Wrote How to avoid nuclear catastrophe—and a costly new arms race, March 11, 2022
Wrote Prevent the Outbreak of Another Global Security Threat. Extend New Start, April 8, 2020
Co-wrote (with  Kingston Reif) It’s Time to Cut America’s Nuclear Arsenal, September 30, 2016
Co-wrote (with Kingston Reif) Rethink Oldthink on no First Use, August 29, 2016
Wrote End the Test Ban Limbo, January 1, 2001

Makenzie Knight (Fall 2023, Federation of American Scientists)
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) Russian nuclear weapons, 2025, May 13, 2025
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) Chinese nuclear weapons, 2025, March 12, 2025
Wrote Memo to Trump: Cancel US Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM program, January 17, 2025
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) United States nuclear weapons, 2025, January 13, 2025
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) United Kingdom nuclear weapons, 2024, November 12, 2024
Wrote Question for the candidates: Should the president retain the sole authority to order the use of nuclear weapons?,  September 19, 2024
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) Indian nuclear weapons, 2024, September 5, 2024
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024, July 15, 2024
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) United States nuclear weapons, 2024, May 7, 2024
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) Russian nuclear weapons, 2024, March 7, 2024
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) Chinese nuclear weapons, 2024, January 15, 2024
Co-wrote (with Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, and Eliana Johns) Nuclear weapons sharing, November 8, 2023

Michael Kraig (Fall 1998, British American Security Information Council)
Wrote Safe or Sorry: The “Y2K Problem” and Nuclear Weapons, March 1, 1999

Allie Maloney  (Fall 2024, Federation of American Scientists)
Wrote How climate change could disrupt the construction and operations of US nuclear submarines, April 14, 2025

Celia McDowall (Spring 2025,  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Co-wrote (with Ankit Panda) Trump wants denuclearization and a ‘Golden Dome.’ He can’t have both, April 29, 2025

James McKeon (Fall 2014, Stimson Center)
Co-wrote (with Alexandra Bell) Three (now four) Strikes Mean Bolton Should be Out, May 16, 2019
Co-wrote (with Alexandra Bell) Three Strikes Means Bolton Should be Out, March 30, 2018
Wrote Scottish Independence Could Leave UK Nuclear Weapons Homeless, August 20, 2014

Sylvia Mishra (Spring 2018, Nuclear Threat Initiative)
Co-wrote (with Laicie Heeley and Leo Blanken) Will Biden’s Budget Emphasize Domestic Investment and Allies Over Military Hardware?, April 2, 2021

Kingston Reif (Spring 2008, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Co-wrote (with Mandy Smithberger) 500,000,000,000 Reasons to Scrutinize the US Plan for Nuclear Weapons, May 21, 2021
Wrote Debating US Nuclear Spending in the Age of the Coronavirus, June 10, 2020
Wrote Arms Control on the Brink, November 1, 2018
Co-wrote (with Daryl Kimball) It’s Time to Cut America’s Nuclear Arsenal, September 30, 2016
Co-wrote (with Daryl Kimball) Rethink Old Think on no First Use, August 29, 2016
Wrote The Promise of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Plan, June 12, 2014
Wrote Ukraine and the Future of Nonproliferation, April 3, 2014
Wrote Obama’s Nuclear Legacy on the Line, February 27, 2014
Wrote A Necessary Evil, January 22, 2014
Wrote Making a Nuclear Deal with Iran, November 20, 2013
Wrote Pentagon Pushes for Billions to Refurbish Nuclear Bombs, October 25, 2013
Wrote Would The United States Ever Actually Use Nuclear Weapons?, September 17, 2013
Wrote Don’t Blame Moscow, August 5, 2013
Wrote What Obama Should Say on Nuclear Weapons, June 18, 2013
Wrote It’s Smart to Scale Back Nuclear Weapons Spending, May 20, 2013
Wrote Could a Nuclear-armed Iran be Contained?, April 18, 2013
Wrote Nuclear Weapons Cuts Will Make the United States Safer, March 6, 2013
Co-wrote (with Travis Sharp) Sharing New START’s negotiating record is unwarranted, September 17, 2010

Lucas Ruiz  (Fall 2024,  Stimson Center)
Co-wrote (with Geoff Wilson) What Trump got right about nuclear weapons—and how to step back from the brink, February 24, 2025

Sarah Williams Savoy (Fall 2010, American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Co-wrote (with Michelle Cann and Kelsey Davenport) For nuclear security, good intentions are not enough, February 20, 2014
Wrote Voluntary regimes can advance nuclear security, November 8, 2013
Co-wrote (with Michelle Cann and Kelsey Davenport) The future of nuclear security,
June 24, 2013

Travis Sharp (Fall 2006, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Co-wrote (with Kingston Reif) Sharing New START’s negotiating record is unwarranted, September 17, 2010
Wrote Local priorities vs. national interests in arms control, August 28, 2009

Bernadette Stadler (Spring 2017, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)
Co-wrote (with Thomas Graham, Jr.) Save the INF Treaty—but not by repeating history, September 13, 2017

Rachel Stohl (Fall 1997, British American Security Information Council)
Wrote It’s time for transparency in the US lethal drone program, June 16, 2016

Masako Toki (Fall 2001, Union of Concerned Scientists)
Wrote Respect for hibakusha, and hope in younger generations, August 22, 2023
Wrote As atomic bomb survivors age, they’re motivating the next generation on disarmament, August 13, 2021
Wrote After the Trump-Kim summit: Where does Japan go from here?, July 12, 2018
Wrote Hibakusha, the ban treaty, and future generations, August 10, 2017
Wrote Can Japan become a bridge-builder for nuclear disarmament?, August 9, 2015
Wrote Heavy lifting ahead in the Japan-India nuclear deal, February 10, 2014
Wrote Opportunity after the disaster,  July 17, 2012
Wrote Leaving its comfort zone: Japan’s special role in creating a world free of nuclear weapons, August 17, 2011
Wrote “Japan’s dilemma: Nuclear trade vs nuclear disarmament advocacy, November 3, 2010
Co-wrote (with Stephanie Lieggi and Robert Shaw) Taking control: Stopping North Korean WMD-related procurement, September 1, 2010
Wrote The North Korean nuclear test: The Japanese reaction, May 27, 2009
Wrote Japan’s response to the North Korean satellite launch, April 3, 2009
Wrote Missile defense in Japan, January 16, 2009
Co-wrote (with Stephanie Lieggi) Japan’s struggle to limit illegal dual-use exports, September 5, 2008

Hisham Zerriffi (Fall 1995, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research)
Co-wrote (with Arjun Makhijani and Annie Makhijani) Magical Thinking: Another Go at Transmutation, March 1, 2001