William Potter

CNS Founding Director

[email protected]
Monterey, CA
831.647.3511

Activities

• Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor
  of Nonproliferation Studies
• Founding Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
• Member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Areas of Research

• Nuclear terrorism
• Forecasting proliferation developments
• US-Russian relations
• NPT review process
• NAM nuclear politics

Background

Dr. William Potter has served as a consultant to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the RAND Corporation, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

He has been a member of several committees of the National Academy of Sciences, including its Nonproliferation Panel.

He served for five years on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and the Board of Trustees of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research.

He has participated as a delegate at every NPT Review Conference and Preparatory Committee meeting since 1995.

CNS Work

• CNS Director Bill Potter Elected to Russian Academy of Sciences
  A prestigious recognition of his extraordinary achievements in WMD research, training, and education.
• In Remembrance of Ambassador Roland Timerbaev
  It is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of a giant in the field of nonproliferation diplomacy.
• In Remembrance of Director General Yukiya Amano
  It is with great sadness that I observe the passing of my friend, Yukiya Amano.
• Taking the Pulse at the Inaugural Meeting of the CEND Initiative
  A positive start for “Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament”
• In Remembrance of Senator Richard Lugar
  It is with deep sadness that I observe the passing of one of my heroes.
• In Remembrance of Dr. David Hamburg
  CNS is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. David A. Hamburg.
• Time for a Reality Check on Nuclear Diplomacy
  Former Governor Jerry Brown and CNS Director Bill Potter’s op/ed in the San Francisco Chronicle on the eve of the NPT PrepCom.
• Possible Wild Cards to Contemplate in Preparation for the 2019 NPT PrepCom
  A number of surprises are likely for the next NPT PrepCom. CNS flags six issues that merit attention.
• CNS and Partners Report at IAEA on Innovative Ways to Locate Orphan Radioactive Sources
  New technologies can help locate and secure dangerous material.
• Senior Diplomat from Jamaica Visits CNS
  Ms. Shorna-Kay Richards’s visit stimulated lively discussion at the Center on a host of issues related to disarmament, nonproliferation, and arms control.

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Bibliography

Books

• End of an Era: The United States, Russia, and Nuclear Nonproliferation (2021), co-authored with Sarah Bidgood
• Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement (2012)
• The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism (2005)
• Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options for Control (2000)
• Nuclear Profiles of the Soviet Successor States (1993)
• Soviet Decisionmaking for Chernobyl: An Analysis of System Performance and Policy Change (1990)
• Nuclear Power and Nonproliferation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (1982)

Editor

• Verification and SALT: The Challenge of Strategic Deception (1980)
• Verification and Arms Control (1985), and International Nuclear Trade and Nonproliferation (1990)

Co-Editor

• Once and Future Partners: The United States, Russia, and Nuclear Non-proliferation (2018)
• Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology (2018)
• Forecasting Nuclear Nonproliferation in the 21st Century (2 volumes, 2010)
• Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament (2009)
• The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism: A Supply Side Approach (2009)
• Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States (1999)
• Dismantling the Cold War: U.S. and NIS Perspectives on the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (1997)
• Soviet Decisionmaking for National Security (1984)
• The Nuclear Suppliers and Nonproliferation (1985
• Continuity and Change in Soviet-East European Relations (1989)
• International Missile Bazaar: The New Suppliers’ Network (1994)

Dr. Potter has contributed chapters and articles to over 130 scholarly books and journals.