— TEAM
Our Team
ACONA's team members serve in different roles and functions.
The ACONA International Advisory Board is comprised of distinguished arms control experts who provide strategic advice and expertise to the academy.
The ACONA Executive Board is responsible for executive decisions and the supervision of the ACONA Fellows' selection process.
The ACONA Secretariat is in charge of daily operations and communications.
The ACONA Curriculum Development Group is comprised of scholars from the U.S., Europe, Russia, and China and jointly develops the ACONA Fellowship Curriculum.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Alexei Arbatov
Head of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Pavel Palazhchenko
Former Personal Interpreter to President Mikhail Gorbachev
Senior Advisor, The Gorbachev Foundation
Rose Gottemoeller
Former Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
William Potter
Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Steven E. Miller
Director, International Security Program, and Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Arvid Bell
Chair, ACONA Executive Board
CEO, Anadyr Horizon
Pia Hansson
Director, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland
Mariana Budjeryn
Senior Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Christian Ostermann
Research Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Christopher Daase
Deputy Director, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
SECRETARIAT
Timothée Hillier-Davis
ACONA Project Director
Research Fellow, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
Jan Quosdorf
ACONA Project Director
Student Assistant, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
Auður Birna Stefánsdóttir
ACONA Project Manager
Project Manager, University of Iceland
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GROUP & ASSOCIATES
Sascha Hach
Postdoctoral Researcher, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg
Lev E. Sokolshchik
Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Adlan Margoev
Analyst, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Tong Zhao
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Thomas Reinhold
Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)