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Maren Vieluf

PhD Researcher at the Foreign Policy Lab of the University of Innsbruck

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Maren Vieluf is a PhD Researcher at the Foreign Policy Lab at the Department of Political Science of the University of Innsbruck.

Maren holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Bremen and one in Peace and Security Studies from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (ISFH). Previously, she was a policy consultant with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a researcher with the Challenges to Deep Cuts Project at the IFSH, and research assistant in the International Security Research Division of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP).

Her research focuses on nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, and arms control, and she has published on these topics in journals or outlets such as The Nonproliferation Review, Arms Control Today and in International Politics and Society (IPS).

Content by Maren Vieluf

Commentary

The NPT needs a common understanding of “nuclear threats”: Questions and tasks for the 11th NPT Review Cycle

YGLN members Maren Vieluf and Ananya Agustin Malhotra argue that NPT states need to start talking about whether or not “defensive” and “offensive” nuclear threats can be distinguished. If NPT states can find agreement on this matter, it could bridge the gap between states condemning any and all nuclear threats under any circumstances and those states that stand firmly behind “defensive” nuclear threats and allow for further progress to be made in the 11th NPT Review Cycle.

15 February 2024 | Maren Vieluf and Ananya Agustin Malhotra