Lauren Sukin

Dr Lauren Sukin is the John G. Winant Associate Professor in US Foreign Policy in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford as well as a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. Her research examines issues of international security, focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and US alliances. Her broader research agenda also explores the dynamics of crisis politics, cyber security, and competition in the Indo-Pacific region.

Dr Sukin an Affiliate at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), a Nonresident Scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program (NPP) at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Statecraft & National Security at King's College London, and a Fellow at Charles University's Peace Research Centre Prague (PRCP). She holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.

Dr Sukin’s research has been published in top academic journals, such as Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Interactions, and Security Studies, among others. She has published commentary in outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Washington Post, and War on the Rocks, among others.

She regularly provides talks and briefings for international organisations, militaries, government agencies, think-tanks, universities, and more.