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

• NPT Roundtable Discussion Co-hosted by CNS and the Malaysian Mission to the UN
  The event, entitled “The 2019 NPT PrepCom: What Is to Be Done?” was held on October 25, 2018 at the Malaysian Mission in New York.
• CNS International Advisory Council Focuses on US-Russia Relations
  This meeting invariably stimulates a lively and informed exchange of views across a range of topics. This year was no exception.
• The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives, 1991-1992
  An assessment of past performance and future relevance
• In Remembrance of Raymond Zilinskas
  We are very saddened by the recent passing of our long-time colleague and friend.
• UN High Representative for Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu Visits CNS
  She discussed new UN initiatives related to disarmament and nonproliferation education and the intersection of gender and nonproliferation.
• The Good Old Days of the Cold War: US–Soviet Cooperation on Nonproliferation
  Emphasis given to nonproliferation enabled cooperation during some of the most frigid moments of the Cold War.
• Once and Future Partners: The US, Russia, and Nuclear Non-proliferation
  Despite their Cold War rivalry, the US and the Soviet Union frequently engaged in joint efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
• An Agenda for Two Presidents
  A joint article by the directors of CNS and CENESS on the upcoming Russia–US summit.
• Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology
  A book co-edited by Matthew Bunn, William C. Potter, Leonard S. Spector, and Martin B. Malin.
• CNS Activities at the 2018 NPT PrepCom
  From April 23–May 4, 2018, the NPT Preparatory Committee convened in Geneva.

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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.