Eliana Johns

Eliana Johns, née Reynolds, is a senior research associate for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, where she researches the status and trends of global nuclear forces and the role of nuclear weapons. Johns is also a master’s student in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she focuses on the intersection of technology and security. Previously, Johns worked as a project associate for DPRK Counterproliferation at CRDF Global, focusing on WMD nonproliferation initiatives to curb North Korea’s ability to gain revenue to build its weapons programs. Johns graduated with her bachelor’s in political science with minors in Music and Korean from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She also completed the Critical Language Scholarship program for Korean through the US Department of State and is a CSIS 2025 Nuclear Scholar. Johns’ work has been widely published and quoted in media sources across the globe to help policymakers and the public better understand nuclear weapons trends.