Expertise Nuclear Weapons Policy, US-Russia
Patricia Jaworek serves as a director with NTI’s Global Nuclear Policy Program (GNPP). In this role, she supports NTI’s efforts to reduce global nuclear risks, focusing on U.S.-Russia arms control, Euro-Atlantic security, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. She is a member of the Horizon 2045 project team (a collaborative project co-founded by NTI) and leads NTI’s activities to advance understanding of the global and long-term effects of nuclear weapons use and their implications for nuclear policy.
Jaworek previously worked with NTI as a consultant for GNPP and the Scientific and Technical Affairs team. She has also worked as a research assistant at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, where she focused on NATO deterrence and defense policy, and at CRDF Global, where she focused on addressing global threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and emerging technologies.
Jaworek is a member of the Young Deep Cuts Commission (YDCC) and the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security (YGLN), where she works with other leaders in the field to develop ideas for the future of nuclear arms control.
Jaworek holds a joint master’s degree in Transatlantic Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the College of Europe, and a law degree from the University of Hamburg with a specialization in European and public international law.
She speaks English, German, and Polish.
The global nuclear order has been fundamentally and irreversibly altered by intense geopolitical competition, an increasingly complex strategic environment, and rapid technological advancements, resulting in a dangerously high risk of nuclear weapons use.
Reducing and eliminating any nuclear risk that could lead to catastrophe is a common interest for all and an enduring responsibility for all nuclear-armed states.
This paper highlights the need for renewed attention to the catastrophic effects of nuclear conflict as a crucial step toward reducing the risk of nuclear use.
Devising new strategies and approaches to move towards a world without nuclear weapons
Updating the global nuclear risk-reduction and nonproliferation architecture for today’s threat environment
The damaging effects of the light, heat, blast, and radiation caused by a nuclear explosion have been known to scientists since the end of the Second World War
Past Project Working toward a shared vision of a nuclear weapons-free world
Testing ideas and developing proposals for improving security in areas of existential common interest
Building political will for a safer world
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