Expert By Topic
Experts by Topic
Jon WolfsthalCenter for Strategic and International StudiesAreas of Expertise:Iran, North Korea, | |
| Jon Wolfsthal is a fellow with the CSIS International Security Program. He is an expert on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with particular emphasis on nuclear weapons. He has focused 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 nonproliferation policy. Prior to his position at CSIS, he served for six years as the deputy director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and before that worked at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in a variety of positions. During his five years at DOE, he served as the government’s on-site monitor at North Korea’s nuclear complex at Yongbyon, worked to improve security at Russian nuclear facilities, and oversaw several programs to eliminate trade in weapons-usable nuclear materials. He last served as the special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation and National Security. | |
