Tim Meyer
Home Institution: Stanford University
“My tasks include research support and writing reports for the naval section of the CNS/NTI website. The exposure to a variety of specific areas of research, such as Russian nuclear submarines and space weapons has been extremely interesting and informative.”

Simon Collard-Wexler
Home Institution: McGill University
“I am currently researching international and domestic laws concerning the possession and transfer of dangerous pathogens. I’m really enjoying this project because it combines my interest for international law and international security.”

Marie Dalton
Home Institution: University of California-San Diego
“My duties include monitoring sources and conditions worldwide in an effort to locate incidents of procurement, threat of usage, and employment of weapons of mass destruction by politically or ideologically motivated criminals and terrorists.”

Michael Nguyen
Home Institution: University of Oregon
“I am working on a project to model a Chinese short-range ballistic missile attack on Taiwan. The project will examine the implications of increased missile quality and quantity, as well as any mitigating effects such as passive or active Taiwanese defensive measures, including various missile defense systems.”

Dmitri Goudkov
Home Institution: Williams College
“I’ve been working with Amin Tarzi, Senior Research Associate, on Russian-Iranian relations in the field of nonproliferation. I’m trying to answer the question why Russia sells arms and nuclear technologies to Iran, its immediate neighbor.”

Cindy Lin
Home Institution: Brandeis University
“My projects include being involved in the process of re-purposing WMD 411, the educational resource originally developed for high school debaters. I am also working on adding websites to the Educational Resource Guide, which is a database of organizations that can be used as education resources for student and teacher researchers.”

Derek Turner
Home Institution: University of Colorado
“I am working under the supervision of Dr. Moltz, Director of NISNP, on compiling information on nations with space launch capabilities and treaties related to arms in space and ballistic missile defenses, as well as researching the history of the militarization of space. The internship has proved valuable in receiving direct experience in international security issues and independent research techniques.”

Anne Gibson
Home Institution: Pomona College
“I have helped with research on several projects. One such project is a debate simulation on the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation to be held at the upcoming US-China conference in Beijing. I have also done some research on deterrence theory, leading in to my own research project on Japanese views of deterrence.”