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
- Implications of US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
The latest blow to the global arms control architecture. - In Remembrance of Martin B. Malin
It is with deep sadness that CNS notes the recent passing of Dr. Martin (Marty) Malin. - Senior Diplomats Visit CNS
Enhancing nonproliferation cooperation in the field and in the classroom. - In Remembrance of Lisa Owens Davis
CNS mourns the passing of a brilliant former student and nonproliferation aficionado. - Time to Renew the Reagan-Gorbachev Principle
“A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” - US-Russian Dialogue on Arms Control: Does It Have a Future?
Disagreements and political strife do not preclude shared interests and opportunities for cooperation. - 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”
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.
