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Dr Wilfred Wan
Programme Director
Dr Wilfred Wan
Dr Wilfred Wan is the Director of the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme. His recent research focuses on nuclear weapon risk reduction, nuclear disarmament verification, and other issues related to arms control and disarmament. He also serves as the co-chair for the Alva Myrdal Centre working group on ‘Nuclear Disarmament in Policy and International Law’.
Previously he has worked at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Geneva, Switzerland), the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (Tokyo, Japan), Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo, Japan), and Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Boston, USA).
Subject expertise
Nuclear risk reduction, multilateral nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament
CONTACT Dr Wilfred Wan
Languages
English
Education
PhD, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Blurring conventional–nuclear boundaries: Nordic developments, global implications (Essay, )
- Synergies between women, peace and security and the governance of WMD (Essay, )
- Russia’s potential withdrawal from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty underlines the urgent arms control problem (Expert comment, )
- Towards an agenda for gender perspectives in space security (Essay, )
- Looking beyond the NPT: Next steps in arms control and disarmament (Essay, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Advancing Governance at the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2025)
- Escalation Risks at the Space–Nuclear Nexus (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2024)
- Navigating Security Dilemmas in Indo-Pacific Waters: Undersea Capabilities and Armament Dynamics (SIPRI, Stockholm: June 2024)
- Nuclear Security in Ukraine and the Black Sea Region: New Threats, New Risks, New Consequences (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2023)
External publications
- Wan, W., The Manifold Implications of the AI-Nuclear Nexus, Rethinking Arms Control, German Federal Foreign Office, 28 June 2024.
- Wan, W., Wither Nuclear Risk Reduction?, The Altered Nuclear Order in the Wake of the Russia-Ukraine War, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, December 2023.
- Wan, W., Nuclear Weapons in an Era of Strategic Complexity, Global Catastrophic Risks 2023: Managing Risks through Collective Action, Global Challenges Foundation, December 2023.
- Wan, W., with Raju, N., Strategic Stability Across Domains, Global Policy, GP-ORF Series, November 2022.
- Wan, W., Kastelic, A., and Krabill, E., The Cyber-Nuclear Nexus: Interactions and Risks, UNIDIR (November 2021)
- Ogilvie-White, T., with Wan, W., Addressing Asia's Nuclear Dangers, The Korea Times, September 2021.
- Wan, W., Nuclear Escalation Strategies and Perceptions: The United States, the Russian Federation, and China, UNIDIR, June 2021.
- Revill, J., Hessmann Dalaqua, R., and Wan, W., The TPNW in Practice: Elements for Effective National Implementation, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, May 2021.
- Wan, W., Nuclear Risk Reduction: A Framework for Analysis, UNIDIR, June 2019.
- Podvig, P., Snyder, R., and Wan, W., Evidence of Absence: Verifying the Removal of Nuclear Weapons, October 2018.
- Wan, W., Regional Pathways to Nuclear Non-Proliferation, University of Georgia Press, June 2018.