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Shane Ward

McHenry Fellow, Georgetown University Center for Security Studies

Shane is a McHenry Fellow in the Security Studies Program at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He is currently interning with the National Security, Defense and Aerospace practice at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, DC. In his spare time, Shane sits on the Leadership Team of International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP), where he co-leads the Third Nuclear Age project, and is a member of the CSIS PONI Nuclear Scholars Initiative.

His research focuses on the US-UK security relationship, emerging nuclear and non-nuclear strategic technology, and its impact in contested geographies. Shane has been published multiple times in the Georgetown Security Studies Review, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Nukes of Hazard, and has spoken at CSIS PONI on the US-UK security relationship. Prior to returning to his studies, Shane worked as a public relations consultant at Kekst CNC, including with Fortune 500 energy and security firms.

Content by Shane Ward

Commentary

Beyond nuclear deterrence: New approaches for tackling non-nuclear strategic threats

In our latest commentary from the ELN’s New European Voices on Existential Risk (NEVER) network, Shane Ward and Eva Siegmann, explore how the emergence of non-nuclear strategic threats (NNST) has undermined the normative taboo surrounding the use of nuclear weapons, and why new methods extending beyond deterrence are needed to ensure international stability.

23 October 2023 | Shane Ward and Eva Siegmann