Gary Samore

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Arms Control Initiative
Gary Samore

Gary Samore is a nonresident senior fellow in the Arms Control Initiative with the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence. He is also the executive director for research at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government. Samore served as President Obama’s special assistant to the president and White House coordinator for weapons of mass destruction nonproliferation and counterterrorism.  He is an expert on nuclear weapons, arms control and nonproliferation as well as nuclear security and energy. | View Full Bio

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Experience

Current Positions

  • Executive Director of Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Past Positions

  • Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism (2009-2013)
  • Vice President and Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (2006-2009)
  • Vice President for Global Security and Sustainability, MacArthur Foundation (2005-2006)
  • Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies (2001-2005)
  • Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls, U.S. National Security Council (1996-2001)
  • Deputy to Ambassador at Large Robert Gallucci, U.S. State Department (1994-95)
  • Deputy Director, Office of Regional Nonproliferation, Political Military Bureau, U.S. State Department (1993-1994)
  • Special Assistant to Ambassador at Large Richard T. Kennedy, U.S. State Department (1987-1993)
  • Research Analyst, Special Projects Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1984-1987)
  • RAND Corporation Consultant (1980-1982)

Education

  • B.A. Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1975)
  • M.A. Government, Harvard University
  • Ph.D. Government, Harvard University (1984)

Language Fluency

  • English

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