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In conversation with Rose Gottemoeller: US–Russia–China — The Nuclear Triumvirate of the 21st Century
Few people alive have sat closer to the levers of nuclear diplomacy than Rose Gottemoeller — and few moments have demanded that expertise more urgently.
In this wide-ranging conversation chaired by Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Sam Roggeveen, Gottemoeller draws on her remarkable career at the heart of NATO and US arms control to address the most pressing security challenges of our time. From the war in Ukraine and the future of US national security under the Trump Administration, to the alarming growth in nuclear weapons numbers and their rising prominence in great power competition, this is a candid and authoritative assessment of a world at a dangerous inflection point.
The discussion also features questions from the audience.
Rose Gottemoeller is the Lowy Institute's 2025 Distinguished Fellow for International Security and William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. She served as Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016 to 2019 and as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the US State Department. In 2009–10, she was the chief US negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the Russian Federation — a treaty due to expire in 2026.
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Rose Gottemoeller
Rose Gottemoeller was the 2025 Distinguished Fellow for International Security.
Sam Roggeveen
Sam Roggeveen is Program Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace (Opens in new window), published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.
