The British Labour Government and the development of Chevaline, 1974–79Footnote

Kristan Stoddart was a Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton and remains a Visiting Research Fellow. In 2010 he joined the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth as a Research Assistant where he also serves as Executive Secretary of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies. Kristan Stoddart is a member of the Project on Nuclear Issues run by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC), a peer reviewer for the Journal of Cold War History and European Security. He has spoken at a wide number of conferences nationally and internationally as well as on BBC Radio 4. He holds a PhD, MSc (Econ.) in European Politics and both a BA (Hons.) and an MA in History.

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