Matthew Johnston is an expert on Russia’s process for research, development, testing, evaluation, and production of new and novel weapons systems and technologies. A Russian linguist, he previously worked in the US intelligence community covering foreign governments’ policies, capabilities, and decision making related to WMD programs, multilateral arms control, and export control regimes. He has an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and BA in Political Science from University of California, Irvine.