CNS Distinguished Fellow
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Background
Prior to joining CNS, from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Leonard Spector served as Assistant Deputy Administrator for Arms Control and Nonproliferation at the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
His principal responsibilities at the NNSA included development and implementation of:
- Arms control and nonproliferation policy with respect to international treaties
- US domestic and multilateral export controls
- Inspection and technical cooperation activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency
- Civilian nuclear activities in the United States and abroad
- Initiatives in regions of proliferation concern, including the canning of plutonium-bearing spent nuclear fuel in North Korea and Kazakhstan
- Transparency provisions of bilateral agreements with Russia covering the purchase of weapons-grade uranium and the cessation of plutonium production
Prior to his service at the NNSA, Mr. Spector directed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he established the Program on Post-Soviet Nuclear Affairs at the Carnegie Moscow Center and organized one of the leading annual international conferences on non-proliferation issues. Earlier in his career, Mr. Spector served as Chief Counsel to the Senate Energy and Nonproliferation Subcommittee and as a Special Counsel at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mr. Spector is the author or co-author of six books and numerous articles on nonproliferation and comments frequently on this subject in the media. His current research focuses on the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria, mechanisms for restraining Iran’s nuclear program, and tools to prevent nuclear commodity smuggling.
While with CNS from late 2005 to April 2008, Mr. Spector served as Editor-in-Chief of the monthly web journal WMD Insights and later led the Center’s Project on Nonproliferation Policy and Law. His most recent works include an in-depth study, co-authored with Egle Murauskaite, “Combatting Nuclear Commodity Smuggling: A System of Systems,” CNS Occasional Paper 20, November 2014, and co-editing with William Potter, Matthew Bunn, and Martin Malin, Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear-Related Technologies (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). He is currently completing a report on outlawing state-sponsored illicit nuclear procure networks and pursuing recovery of purloined nuclear goods.
CNS Work
- NFWZ ClearinghouseWilliam Potter, Leonard Spector, Lawrence Scheinman, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Nikolai Sokov April 28, 2010 Introduction Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones (NWFZs) are recognized as important tools of international nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. In 2009, both the Central Asian NWFZ Treaty and the African NWFZ Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba) entered into force. NWFZs now cover 116 countries including the entire territory of the southern hemisphere. The Central Asian ...
- Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership
A major study by CNS addresses four emerging issues in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation where Germany can contribute significantly. - US Nonproliferation PolicyJuly 20, 2006 Testimony of Leonard S. Spector Deputy Director Center for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on International Relations US House of Representatives Thank you, Mr. Chairman for the opportunity to testify this morning on U.S. nonproliferation policy. As we meet, the United States and its friends face a moment of ...
- CNS Testimony: US Nonproliferation PolicyTestimony of Leonard S. Spector, CNS Deputy Director, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on International Relations US House of Representatives
- The G-8 Global Partnership and the Gleneagles SummitJune 30, 2005 Testimony of Leonard S. Spector Deputy Director Center for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation It is a great privilege to testify before the Subcommittee this afternoon. My colleagues at the Monterey Institute Center for Nonproliferation Studies and I have been closely watching the ...
Bibliography
- Tracking Nuclear Proliferation 1995: A Guide in Maps and Charts (with Mark McDonough and Evan Medeiros, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1995)
- Nuclear Ambitions: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons, 1989-1990 (Westview Press, 1990)
- The Undeclared Bomb: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons, 1987-1988 (Harper Business 1990)
