Dr Tarja Cronberg is an academic and a politician in security and defence. Currently, she is a Distinguished Associate Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI and an Executive Director of the Board of European Leadership Network, London  working for nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and European security.

As a politician she was a member of the Finnish Parliament (2003-2007), Minister of Labour (2007-2009) and a member of the European Parliament  (2011-2014). As a member of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and subcommittee for Security and Defense, she worked with the Iran nuclear issue as the Chair of the EP´s delegation for relations with Iran.

The role of Russia in the Nuclear Order and innovative approaches to a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East are two focal points of Dr. Tarja Cronberg’s current research.