Laura Grego

is a Senior Scientist and Research Director at the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She works at the intersection of science and public policy, in particular nuclear weapons, missile defence and space security issues. Her publications include a chapter on crisis risk in War and Peace in Outer Space (Oxford University Press, 2021) and ‘Do technology advances allow missile defences to make up ground?’, Journal of Strategic Studies (April 2025).