Fighting Nuclear Proliferation

Join the School of Public Policy for a evening event entitled, "Fighting Nuclear Proliferation with Intelligence: Three Models," which explores three popular models currently inform how intelligence should support efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation. Although highly regarded, each fails to explain key historical examples of nonproliferation failure and success. Reflecting private interviews of more than 50 officials that focused on eight nuclear proliferation cases, this presentation offers a new model and suggests several reforms.

Henry Sokolski is the executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and teaches a graduate level class on the fundamentals of nuclear policy. He has worked in the Pentagon as deputy for Nonproliferation Policy, as a consultant to the National Intelligence Council, a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's Senior Advisory Group, and as a Senate military and legislative aide. Sokolski served on two congressional commissions on the prevention of WMD proliferation. He has authored and edited numerous volumes on strategic weapons proliferation issues, including Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future and Best of Intentions: America's Campaign against Strategic Weapons Proliferation.