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Matt Korda
Associate Senior Researcher
Matt Korda
Matt Korda is an Associate Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme as well as Senior Research Associate and Senior Research Fellow for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). He co-authors the Nuclear Notebook with Hans Kristensen and has contributed chapters on world nuclear forces to the SIPRI Yearbook. Previously, he worked for the Arms Control, Disarmament, and WMD Non-Proliferation Centre at NATO HQ in Brussels.
Matt received his MA in International Peace & Security from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and his research interests and recent publications focus on nuclear deterrence and disarmament, progressive foreign policy, and the nexus between nuclear weapons, climate change, and injustice.
Subject expertise
Nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament; strategic nuclear arms reductions; global nuclear forces and doctrines; missile proliferation; ballistic missile defence; weapons industry
Regional expertise
North America, NATO, Russia and Eurasia
CONTACT Matt Korda
Languages
English
Education
MA International Peace and Security, Department of War Studies, King’s College London; BA European Studies, University of Toronto
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Time to factor missile defence into nuclear arms control talks (Topical backgrounder, )
- Estimating world nuclear forces: An overview and assessment of sources (Topical backgrounder, )
External publications
- Kristensen, H.M. and Korda, M., United Kingdom nuclear weapons, 2021, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 77:3, pp. 153-158 (May 2021)
- Korda, M., Biden Could Win Back Progressives By Pausing A Controversial New Nuclear Weapon, Forbes (April 2021)
- Korda, M., Siloed Thinking: A Closer Look at the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, Federation of American Scientists (March 2021)
- Kristensen, H.M. and Korda, M., Russian nuclear weapons, 2021, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 77:2, pp. 90-108 (March 2021)
- Korda, M., Alternatives to the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, Federation of American Scientists (Feb 2021)
- Kristensen, H.M. and Korda, M., United States nuclear weapons, 2021, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 77:1, pp. 43-63 (Jan 2021)
- Korda, M., ICBM Advocates Say US Missile Subs Are Vulnerable. It Isn’t True, Defense One (Dec 2020)
- Korda, M. Environmental Assessment Reveals New Details About the Air Force’s ICBM Replacement Plan, FAS Strategic Security Blog (Nov 2020)
- Korda, M., The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Is Not Prepared For Climate Catastrophe, Forbes (March 2020).
- Korda, M. And Kristensen, H.M. US Ballistic Missile Defenses, 2019, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 75:6, pp. 295-306 (Oct 2019)