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 2023 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course
The VCDNP held its 26th intensive course on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament for diplomats and practitioners from 2-6 October 2023.
11 October 2023 • 
The VCDNP Delegation at the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee
VCDNP experts organised, spoke at, and moderated 10 events at the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting and the Working Group on further strengthening the review process, and served on two national delegations.
23 August 2023 • 
Nuclear Sites at Risk and the IAEA’s Seven Pillars
In a side event held on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee meeting in Vienna experts and senior officials discussed the origins and implementation of the IAEA’s Seven Pillars for Nuclear Safety and Security.
18 August 2023 • 
Nuclear Diplomacy: Negotiating with Iran
The VCDNP held a seminar with Ambassador Stephan Klement, Mark Fitzpatrick, and Laura Rockwood to discuss their experiences in nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
19 June 2023 • 
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