Sneha Nair

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Sneha Nair is a Research Analyst with the Nuclear Security Program and Partnerships in Proliferation Prevention Program at the Stimson Center and Coordinator for the International Nuclear Security Forum. Her work focuses primarily on nuclear security and nonproliferation, insider threats, CBRN disinformation, emerging technologies, and domestic violent extremist threats to national security and critical infrastructure. Her portfolio captures a wide range of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear issues relating to nonproliferation and security at the state, regional, and international level.  

Nair’s work has been published with New America, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security, Homeland Security Today, and the Institute for Nuclear Material Management. She has served as a subject matter expert on issues ranging from bias in insider threat programs at nuclear facilities, to international legal norms for nuclear security, to the challenges facing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the nuclear security field, among others. Nair is also a member of the Nuclear Futures Working Group at New America and the Council for Strategic Risks’ Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, & Security Affairs. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the ‘Increasing equity, diversity, and inclusivity in the nuclear weapons policy field and within the community of practitioners’ working group for BASIC’s Emerging Voices Network 2023 Policy Cycle, “De-siloing Existential Threats: challenging identity, power, and inclusivity in the nuclear policy field.” 

Prior to joining the Stimson Center, Nair worked at the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna, as part of the External Relations, Protocol, and International Cooperation section working on outreach activities, high-level stakeholder engagement, and Treaty universalization efforts. She has also worked for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, supporting Public Affairs and External Relations activities, primarily focusing on open-source investigations into chemical-weapons related disinformation campaigns. She has further experience conducting fieldwork and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders to implement capacity-building workshops in Bolivia and support post-conflict reconciliation work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.   

Nair holds an MA (Honours) in Geography and International Relations from the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. She speaks English and Spanish fluently.  

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