Daniel Salisbury
Research Assistant
Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS)
Department of War Studies
Strand Bridge House
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
daniel.salisbury@kcl.ac.uk
Research interests
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Weapons proliferation
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Nuclear weapons programmes
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Trident and U.K. nuclear weapons
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Missile programmes and missile defence
Biography
Daniel Salisbury is a Research Assistant in the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) within the Department of War Studies. He is currently working on a British government-funded project on Proliferation Procurement and Anti-Proliferation in the Private Sector. The project seeks to build partnerships between government and the private sector to mitigate proliferation risks.
Prior to this, Daniel worked as a Research Assistant on the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Here his work focused on North Korean security challenges and nuclear security outreach in China. He has also previously worked as a Research Intern at the IISS, at the Arms Control Association and within the British political system.
He is also currently working on his PhD which focuses on the UK’s retention of nuclear weapons since the end of the cold war. He was awarded an MA with Distinction in Science and Security in September 2011 and holds a First Class BA (Hons) in War Studies, both from King’s. Daniel is a member of IISS; the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) organised by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and Chatham House. He became an Associate of King’s College in 2010.