Maryann Cusimano Love, PhD, is an associate professor of international relations at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., and serves the Holy See Mission at the United Nations, where she participates in the UN negotiations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons. She serves on the board of the nonpartisan Arms Control Association, previously served as an Ethics Fellow at the U.S. Naval Academy, and is the author of Global Issues Beyond Sovereignty (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020).