Contributors

is a Researcher in the Space Security and WMD Programmes at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Prior to joining UNIDIR, Almudena was a Research Assistant at Georgetown University Law Center, where she is currently an S.J.D. (Ph.D. equivalent) candidate. She also holds an LL.M. in National Security Law from the same institution, where she was the recipient of Georgetown’s Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize for the most distinguished academic performance in the programme. Almudena received her LL.B. from the University of Navarra. She is admitted to practice law in Spain, and prior to her studies at Georgetown, she was a practicing attorney at Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez, where she specialized in international arbitration and litigation.

is the Washington Office Director for Secure World Foundation and has 25 years of experience in military space and security issues. Before joining SWF, Ms. Samson served as a Senior Analyst for the Center for Defense Information (CDI), where she conducted analysis and media commentary on space and security topics. Prior to her time at CDI, Ms. Samson was the Senior Policy Associate at the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, a consortium of arms control groups in the Washington, D.C. area, where she worked on issues dealing with ballistic missile defence and nuclear weapons reductions. Before that, she was a researcher at Riverside Research Institute, where she worked on war-gaming scenarios for the Missile Defense Agency’s Directorate of Intelligence.