FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2004
The PIR Center for Policy Studies in Russia awarded Carnegie Senior Associate Rose Gottemoeller the Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime award at the Promoting Values of Nonproliferaton Award Ceremony this April. Other award recipients included Dr. Hans Blix and Senator Sam Nunn.
Rose Gottemoeller holds a joint appointment with the Russian and Eurasian Program and the Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment. A specialist on defense and nuclear issues in Russia and the other former Soviet states, Gottemoeller’s research at the Endowment focuses on issues of nuclear security and stability, non-proliferation and arms control.
This is not the first time Gottemoeller has earned notice. A 2002 piece in the Washington Diplomat wrote, “Technically sophisticated and practically inclined, Gottemoeller has close ties to both American and Russian nuclear experts and is willing to serve as an informal link between the two communities.” Earlier, the New York Times described her “unflappability, and … willingness to allow others to take credit.”
Before joining the Endowment in October 2000, Gottemoeller was deputy undersecretary for defense nuclear nonproliferation in the U.S. Department of Energy. Previously, she served as the department’s assistant secretary for nonproliferation and national security, with responsibility for all nonproliferation cooperation with Russia and the Newly Independent States.
The PIR Center for Policy Studies in Russia is a nongovernmental, independent, Moscow-based organization, founded in April 1994. The Center conducts a wide range of research, public education, information, publication and consulting activities. The priority areas of scientific research for the PIR Center are international security, arms control (primarily nuclear) and nonproliferation issues.