Nicole Grajewski

Nicole Grajewski is a leading expert on nuclear policy and international relations, with a focus on Russian and Iranian global order challenges. She currently holds a fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and maintains an associate researcher role with Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.

• PhD in International Relations from University of Oxford
• Recipient of Oxford’s Pavry Prize and British International Studies Association recognition

Her research spans nuclear deterrence, non-proliferation regime contestation, and evolving Russia-Iran strategic ties in Syria-Ukraine contexts. She has conducted fieldwork in post-Soviet states and contributes to policy debates through 2025 analyses on Middle East conflicts and nuclear risks.

Scientific Recognition:

• Pavry Prize for outstanding thesis in International Relations
• BISS honorable mention for doctoral work

Recent work includes 15 publications exploring topics like:

• U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities
• Russia’s balancing act in Middle East conflicts
• Iran’s potential NPT withdrawal
• Ballistic missile proliferation to Ukraine

Her insights appear in The New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, and Washington Post, with commentary featured in Carnegie Politika podcasts and European Council on Foreign Relations collaborations.