Zubenko, Alexandra S.

Graduate of the dual-degree master’s program ‘Global Security, Nuclear Policy, and WMD Nonproliferation’ jointly offered by MGIMO University (Russia), the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (US), and PIR Center. Recipient of the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship, member of the Young Deep Cuts Commission, and participant of the Harvard-led Arms Control Negotiation Academy (2024–2025).

She earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations from MGIMO University in 2022. Since joining the PIR Center in 2021, she has held various staff and research positions, including Junior Research Fellow in the “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation” Program, Coordinator of the project “Oral History of Nuclear Nonproliferation”, and Consultant for the research project “Uranium Competition in the Sahel and Russia’s Interests”.

In 2024, she worked at the IMEMO RAS Center for International Security as a Research Assistant. In 2025, she completed an internship at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in New York, the US.

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