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Jon Wolfsthal can now be reached at JWolfsthal@csis.org
Jon Wolfsthal was the deputy director for Non-Proliferation at Carnegie. He is an expert on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with particular emphasis on nuclear weapons. He has also focused extensively on the nuclear cases of North Korea and Iran, and on the control of nuclear materials and expertise in the former Soviet Union. He has also done extensive work on U.S. nuclear policy including nuclear strategy and international non-proliferation policy.
He is a frequently cited expert on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in print, radio and television media. His articles and op-ed pieces have appeared in many domestic and international publications, including Survival, Current History, Arms Control Today, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor.
Prior to his position at the Carnegie Endowment, Wolfsthal worked at the U.S. Department of Energy where he served as a special policy advisor on non-proliferation. During his five-year tenure at the Department of Energy, he served as the U.S. Government's on-site monitor at North Korea's nuclear complex at Yongbyon, worked to improve security at Russian nuclear facilities, and oversaw several U.S. multi-million dollar programs to eliminate the trade in weapons-usable nuclear materials. He last served as the special assistant to the assistant secretary for non-proliferation and national security.
Wolfsthal is the founder of New Analysts in International Security and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Selected Publications: Co-author of Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction (Carnegie Endowment); co-editor of the Russian Nuclear Status Report (co-published with the Monterey Institute of International Studies); editor of the English-language version of Russia's Nuclear and Missile Complex: The Human Factor in Proliferation by Valentin Tikhonov.
Areas of Expertise
Wolfsthal is an expert in non-proliferation, security issues, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China military and security policy, U.S.-Russia relations, East Asia, North Korea, and Iran.
Education
B.A., Emory University
