Miles Pomper

Senior Fellow

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Washington DC
202.601.2351

Activities

Miles Pomper is a Senior Fellow in the Washington DC office of CNS. His work focuses on nuclear energy, nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear arms control. He holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Areas of Research

• Nuclear energy
• Nuclear nonproliferation and arms control
• Nuclear security

Background

Before joining CNS he served as Editor-in-Chief of Arms Control Today from 2003-2009. Previously, he was the lead foreign policy reporter for CQ Weekly and Legi-Slate News Service, where he covered the full range of national security issues before Congress, and a Foreign Service Officer with the US Information Agency.

Education

• BA in History from Columbia University
• MA in international affairs from Columbia University
• MA in journalism from Northwestern University

CNS Work

• CNS Experts Available for Comment on North Korea’s Rocket Launch
  On December 12, North Korea successfully launched the Unha-3 SLV.
• Critical Questions: Urgent Decisions for the Second Obama Administration
  CNS experts propose nonproliferation and disarmament priorities.
• Expert Insights: 2012 International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) General Conference
  In the lead up to the 2012 General Conference, CNS and VCDNP have prepared a series of Fact Sheets on the on-going issues facing IAEA member states.
• Bringing Belarus Back to the Table
  How can Washington persuade Minsk to let go of its Highly Enriched Uranium?
• New START Ratification: A Bittersweet Success
  Concessions made to win approval challenge Obama’s nonproliferation agenda.
• NATO Summits Fail to Resolve Key Disarmament Issues, but Create New Opportunities
  NATO and NATO-Russia Summits bring modest opportunities for progress in the coming years.
• Reducing & Regulating Nonstrategic (Tactical) Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Moving Forward?
  MAY 10, 2010: A panel discussion held between sessions of the RevCon.
• 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.
• Obama’s Moscow Visit Highlights Progress and Obstacles
  Obama and Medvedev agreed on a framework to guide their negotiators in a new strategic arms agreement.
• Report from the 2009 NPT Preparatory Committee
  A report on the third and final preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting for the 2010 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) review conference.

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Select Bibliography (Recent)

• “The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Modern World: Trends and Changing Regimes,” in International Politics in Times of Change, Nicholas Tzidakis, Ed. Springer 2012.

• “How to Unsnag US-South Korea Nuclear Negotiations,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 25, 2012.

• “Nuclear Power and Proliferation: The Risks of the Nuclear Renaissance,” in Nuclear Power and Energy Security in Asia, Rajesh Basrur, Cole Harvey, Koh Swee Lean Collin, eds., (New York, NY: Routledge, 2012).

• “The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: How Much of a Success?” Academic Paper Series, Korea Economic Institute, May 23, 2012.

• “Domestic and International Politics of Spent Fuel in South Korea: Are We Approaching Meltdown?” with Seong-Won Park and Lawrence Scheinman, Academic Paper Series: On Korea, Vol. 4, Korea Economic Institute, 2011.

• “Going Global: Issues Facing South Korea as an Emerging Nuclear Exporter,” with Chen Kane and Stephanie Lieggi, Tomorrow’s Northeast Asia: Joint US-Korea Academic Studies, Volume 21, Korea Economic Institute, 2011.

• “The IAEA’s Political Balancing Act,” with Michelle Dover, World Politics Review, September 2011.

• “Bringing Belarus Back to the Table,” WMD Junction, September 20, 2011.

• “Toward the Global Norm: Supporting the Minimization of Highly Enriched Uranium in the Civilian Sector,” with Cole J. Harvey and David Slungaard, Issue Brief No. 12, Asan Institute, June 2011.

• “Japan’s Nuclear Crisis: The Fine Line between Security and Insecurity,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 22, 2011.

• “Nuclear Power and Spent Fuel in East Asia: Balancing Energy, Politics and Nonproliferation,” with Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Stephanie Lieggi, and Lawrence Scheinman, The Asia-Pacific Journal vol. 25, June 21, 2010.

• “US International Nuclear Energy Policy: Change and Continuity,” Nuclear Energy Futures Paper #10, Centre for International Governance Innovation, January 2010.

• “Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Moving Forward?” with Johan Bergenas, William Potter, and Nikolai Sokov, April 2010.

• “Managing U.S. Missile Defenses and Russian Concerns,” with Dennis Gormley and Nikolai Sokov, Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, July 14, 2009.

• “Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe,” with William Potter and Nikolai Sokov, December 2009.

• “The Russian Nuclear Industry: Status and Prospects,” Nuclear Energy Futures Paper #3, Centre for International Governance Innovation, January 2009.

• “Congress, Culture, and the Caspian,” with David King, in The Limits to Culture: Foreign Policy, Islam, and the Caspian, Brenda Shaffer, ed., (Cambridge, MA: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2006).