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Shannon N. Kile

Senior Researcher

Shannon N. Kile

Shannon N. Kile

Shannon N. Kile is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme. His principal areas of research are nuclear arms control and non-proliferation with a special interest in the nuclear programmes of Iran and North Korea. Mr Kile has contributed to numerous SIPRI publications, including chapters on nuclear arms control and world nuclear forces for the SIPRI Yearbooks since 1994. In recent years his work has broadened to include regional security issues related to the Middle East and Northeast Asia, with a special interest in North Korea, where he has traveled regularly.

Subject expertise

Multilateral nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament; strategic nuclear arms reductions; global nuclear forces and doctrines; and missile proliferation and ballistic missile defence

SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
External publications
  • ‘Promoting transparency in nuclear forces and doctrines’, ed. S. Lodgaard, Is Anything Doable in the Field of Nuclear Disarmament?, NUPI Policy Brief (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo: 2007)
  • ‘Breaking the North Korean nuclear stalemate’, Coping with Korea’s Security Challenges vol. 1: The North Korean Nuclear Issue (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security: Seoul, 2004)