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Natalie Goldring
Natalie Goldring
UN Consultant, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy (website) 
Visiting Professor of the Practice, Duke University (website)
Adjunct Professor & Senior Fellow, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown (website)  
Email: njg7 [at] georgetown [dot] edu 



arms sales | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty | other instruments

Dr. Natalie J. Goldring is
UN consultant for the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy. She is also a Visiting Professor of the Practice at Duke University and a Senior Fellow in the Center for Security Studies and an Adjunct Full Professor in the Security Studies Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. 

Before coming to Georgetown, Dr. Goldring was Executive Director of the Program on Global Security and Disarmament at the University of Maryland. Previously, she had worked with non-governmental organizations for more than fifteen years, including serving as Deputy Director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) and as the founding director of BASIC's Project on Light Weapons.

Dr. Goldring has written extensively on conventional and nuclear weapons, the international arms trade, non-proliferation, and small arms and light weapons. She earned her PhD in political science from MIT, with a specialization in defense and arms control. She also holds a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Wellesley College.

Recent Publications:
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  • "Quick Guide: Results of the Third Review Conference on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons," IANSA briefing paper, October 2018. 
  • "Reflections on UN Alliances," Small Arms Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 10 No. 6, July 3, 2018.
  • ​ "Six key issues for the 2018 Review Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons," IANSA, June 2018.
  • "It's time for deeds, not just words," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 5, Sept 15
  • "Understanding the Nascent Arms Transfer Control Regimes: Problems and Prospects," presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting, February 2017.
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