Natalie J. Goldring

Dr. Natalie J. Goldring "is Executive Director of the Program on Global Security and Disarmament, which is based in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.

"Before coming to the University of Maryland, Dr. Goldring worked with non-governmental organizations for more than 15 years. Most recently, she was Deputy Director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) from 1991-1998; from 1994-1998, she was also Director of BASIC's Project on Light Weapons. Immediately prior to joining BASIC, she worked for the Defense Budget Project for four years as Senior Analyst and Director of its U.S.-European Security Program.

"Dr. Goldring has written several dozen monographs, book chapters, and articles on a wide range of international security topics, including conventional and strategic forces, the international arms trade, light weapons, and arms control. She serves on the boards of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, Student Pugwash, and Women in International Security, as well as the editorial board of The Nonproliferation Review. Dr. Goldring earned her doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a specialization in defense and arms control. She holds a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Wellesley College."

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