Rose Gottemoeller, the William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute, received the Thérèse Delpech Memorial Award from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Gottemoeller was honored in Washington D.C. on April 22 before an audience of nuclear policy experts at the 2025 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference.

This award is presented to an individual who has rendered exceptional service to the nongovernmental nuclear policy community. Exceptional service includes not only major intellectual contributions to critical debates, but also the time-consuming and often unrecognized work needed to sustain and strengthen the nuclear security community: mentoring young women and men; constructively critiquing the work of others; creating fora for discussion; building networks; and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Such activities benefit the nuclear security community as a whole in its efforts to reduce nuclear dangers.

"Thérèse Delpech was a brilliant French philosopher and nuclear weapons expert and the Carnegie Endowment gives an award every two years to honor an individual whom, like Delpech, contributes significantly to the non-proliferation community and displays great "creativity, integrity, humanity, and amity."   It sounds like the award criteria were written with Rose Gottemoeller in mind! Her government service, academic writing, and mentorship of young women and men in this field are awe inspiring.  She richly deserves this award," said Scott Sagan, the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) co-director and senior fellow with the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) at Stanford University.

"Rose is a towering figure in American foreign policy — the greatest arms control negotiator of our time and a prolific mentor of people. She deserves this award," shared Andrew Grotto, research scholar at CISAC.

Since arriving at Stanford, Rose Gottemoeller has researched and taught on nuclear security policy, authoring the book, Negotiating the New START Treaty (Cambria). Before joining Stanford, Gottemoeller was the Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016 to 2019, where she helped to drive forward NATO’s adaptation to new security challenges in Europe and in the fight against terrorism.  Prior to NATO, she served for nearly five years as the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. Department of State, advising the Secretary of State on arms control, nonproliferation and political-military affairs. While Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance in 2009 and 2010, she was the chief U.S. negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the Russian Federation.

"I was delighted to hear this news.  The Thérèse Delpech Memorial Award was created to honor a woman of strong intellect, who contributed greatly to our understanding, in government and outside, of the challenges nuclear weapons present to the world.  How appropriate it is then that it has been awarded Rose Gottemoeller, who has made her own great contribution to arms control, public policy, and mentorship.  We are very fortunate to have her as our colleague here at Stanford," said David Holloway, senior fellow at FSI.

"Since leaving NATO in 2019, Rose Gottemoeller has devoted herself to advancing nuclear peace. Her expertise is unmatched, her relationships with senior leaders here and abroad influential, and her mentorship to the next generation of arms controllers and defense policy scholars inspired—all of which make her a guiding light in international security policy.  And she loves dim sum too!" added senior research scholar at CISAC, Herb Lin.