Laura Rockwood

Non-Resident Senior Fellow
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Areas of Research

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  • IAEA Safeguards
  • The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  • Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Background

Laura Rockwood re-joined the VCDNP in August 2022 as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow. Ms. Rockwood has over 35 years of experience in non-proliferation and international safeguards and has published extensively on safeguards and non-proliferation.

She retired from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in November 2013 as the Section Head for Non-Proliferation and Policy Making in the Office of Legal Affairs after 28 years of service. During her employment with the IAEA, she was the senior legal advisor on all aspects of the negotiation, interpretation, and implementation of IAEA safeguards, and was the principal author of the document that became the Model Additional Protocol. She participated in high-level negotiations on Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, and in the IAEA/US/Russian Federation negotiations on the Trilateral Initiative and the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement.

Prior to her current position at the VCDNP, Ms. Rockwood served as the Executive Director of the Open Nuclear Network, a programme of One Earth Future, and as the VCDNP’s Executive Director between 2015 and 2019.

Education

Ms. Rockwood received a Juris Doctor degree in 1976 from the University of California’s Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the State Bar of California and of the Washington, D.C. Bar Association.

Related Content

Fall 2024 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course
The VCDNP hosted its 28th short course, training 24 diplomats and officials representing 23 countries in all world regions on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues.
9 October 2024 • 
VCDNP Delegation at the 2024 IAEA General Conference
VCDNP experts actively participated in the 2024 General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including speaking at two side events.
24 September 2024 • 
IAEA Safeguards in Iran: History and the Road Ahead
VCDNP’s Laura Rockwood and John Carlson spoke about the history and future of nuclear safeguards in the context of Iran’s nuclear programme during a webinar organised by the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM).
15 July 2024 • 
Multilateral Nuclear Diplomacy in Turbulent Times
For its annual diplomatic workshop, the VCDNP convened 55 ambassadors, senior diplomats, and experts for intensive discussions on challenges for multilateral nuclear diplomacy, expectations for the 2024 NPT PrepCom, the nuclear security regime after ICONS 2024, and the impact of artificial intelligence in the nuclear domain.
25 June 2024 • 
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