Deputy Director of the Center for Nonproliferation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and co-author of Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats; former Special Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden for Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation; former Director for Nonproliferation on the National Security Council
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