Sarah Gamberini

Areas of Expertise: WMD Threats, Disinformation, Influence Operations; Information Warfare; Arms Control; Emerging/Converging Technologies; Quantum Sensing

Sarah Jacobs Gamberini is a Senior Policy Fellow at NDU INSS CSWMD. Her research includes emerging technologies, arms control, influence operations, and information warfare activities with a focus on understanding the intersections of disinformation and WMD. Gamberini’s research on the national security impact of adversary and competitor campaigns within the information environment has been sought by numerous USG offices including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard, where she advises and develops tailored plans for gaining the information advantage in a contested information environment. Gamberini has also trained governments and civil society representatives from more than 70 countries on the threat of disinformation to arms control and non-proliferation. At NDU, Gamberini taught the WMD and Mass Media elective course and chaired a monthly CSWMD Spotlight Speaker Series featuring thought leaders on a range of WMD topics.  

Prior to joining CSWMD, Gamberini was a Senior Policy Analyst with SAIC where she supported various WMD and arms control offices in the Department of Defense including the Defense Science Board. Her portfolio included implementation of and compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and New START and research on a range of emerging issues for the Air Force including international space norms and non-strategic nuclear weapons. Gamberini supported the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L) Office of Treaty Compliance where she focused on landmines, cluster munitions, and lethal autonomous weapons systems. Prior to this she supported the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) on matters associated with the U.S.-Russia Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.

Gamberini holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Contemporary War from King’s College London and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Arabic from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an active member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Mid-Career Cadre and Next Generation Arms Control Negotiators, she is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of nuclear experts.

Selected Publications

• Gamberini, S.J., Strengthening the NPT: Bolstering the Three Pillars Against Disinformation, NPT PrepCom, New York City 6 May 2025.
• Side Session at UN General Assembly First Committee, “Chemical Weapon Disinformation: Current and Future Challenges.” October 16, 2024 
• Event: CSWMD’s Sarah Gamberini joins NDU Africa Center at Workshop in Lagos to Strengthen Counter-Disinformation Efforts, September 2024 
• Chapter: “WMD In the Information Sphere,” The World’s Most Destructive Weapons: Thirty Years of the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction 1992-2024, June 2024. 
• Keynote Address by Sarah Jacobs Gamberini at The Bulgarian Center for the Study of Democracy Conference on Countering WMD Hybrid Threats and Malign Interference in the Black Sea Region, November 2023. 
• 2023 Defense Information School (DINFOS) Social Media Forum “