About Ian J. StewartIan J. Stewart Executive Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington DC. He was previous a Senior Researcher in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London where he headed Project Alpha, as well as the training advisor for the consortium implementing the European Union’s Peer-2-Peer program on dual-use goods. He is a specialist on issues related to export controls, sanctions, and non-proliferation more generally. Ian, an engineer by training, has many years of experience in government and working with companies and international organisations in relation to non-proliferation matters. He was also a research fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. In addition to the professional roles set out below, Ian is also undertook a part-time PhD in which he examined the evolution of the non-proliferation regime through the lens of collective action. Research for this PhD took him to nearly every US Presidential archive – from Truman to Reagan – and he has amassed more than 50,000 pages of original primary source materials from archive sources.