Vita
Dr Valeriia Gergiieva is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Arms Control and Emerging Technologies research area. She is also a Research Fellow at the Odesa Center for Nonproliferation in Ukraine, Vice-President of the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network (BSWN), and an ACONA Fellow for 2026–2027. Her previous research appointments include a Fall Visiting Fellowship at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) in Monterey, California, in 2019, and a research stay at the Centre for Peace Studies at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway in 2018. In 2025–2026, she was a Non-Resident Fellow at George Washington University through the Petrach Program on Ukraine. Valeriia Gergiieva holds a PhD in Political Science from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Research profile
- Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
- Iran’s nuclear programme
- Iran-Russia cooperation
- Implications of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine for international security and the nuclear nonproliferation regime
Selected Publications
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Gergiieva, Valeriia. 2026.
Rüstungskontrolle und Raketen-Governance im Nahen Osten.
Politikum
12 (2)
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Gergiieva, Valeriia,
Manuel Herrera. 2025.
Strategic Boundaries and Limitations of Iran-Russia Partnership.
IAI Papers 25/31. Rome: Istituto Affari Internazionali.
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Gergiieva, Valeriia. 2025.
Two Decades of Iran’s Nuclear Dilemma.
In: The Loop
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Gergiieva, Valeriia,
Bernard Norlain,
Marc Finaud,
Oliver Meier,
Sahil Shah,
Irina Busygina,
Evie Aspinall,
Shane Ward. 2024.
Network Reflections: What will Trump’s Election Mean for European Security?.
In: European Leadership Network, Commentary
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Gergiieva, Valeriia. 2023.
How Did the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Influence Iran’s Approach to the Nuclear Threshold?.
In: Russia’s War on Ukraine. Contributions to Political Science,
edited by
Adérito Vicente
,
Polina Sinovets
,
Julien Theron
, 217-227.
Cham
: Springer
.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32221-1_15.
