Meet Our Current Fellows

ACONA Fellow '26

Ali Alkis

Junior Associate Fellow, NATO Defence College (NDC)

ACONA Fellow '26

Maria Del Carmen Corte

Project Manager, HunaTek (NNSA Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence)

ACONA Fellow '26

Fereshteh Ehsani

MSc student of Digital International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

ACONA Fellow '26

Alina Hrytsenko

Political Analyst, NATO Representation to Ukraine

ACONA Fellow '26

Kudakwashe Mapako

Public International Law Researcher, University of Cape Town

ACONA Fellow '26

Sahil Jain

Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

ACONA Fellow '26

Jørn Wichne Pedersen

Political Adviser, Foreign Affairs and Defense Policy, The Norwegian Labour Party

ACONA Fellow '26

Sidra Rehman

Senior Research Analyst, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission

ACONA Fellow '26

Kirill Shamiev

Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

ACONA Fellow '26

Allice Saltini

AI-nuclear policy advisor, Institute for Security and Technology (IST)

ACONA Fellow '26

Fei Su

Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

ACONA Fellow '26

Chenghao Sun

Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University

ACONA Fellow '26

Thorvardur Thorsson

Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland

ACONA Fellow '26

James To

PhD Student, University of Washington

ACONA Fellow '26

Sebastian Moritz Wiedmaier

Field Officer, UN Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC)

ACONA Fellow '26

Natalia Zhurina

Research and Education Officer, Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)

Fellowship Application

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