Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY (2006-)

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1 MICHAEL A. LEVI CURRENT POSITION Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY (2006-) EMPLOYMENT Non-Resident Science Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, September 2004 January Science and Technology Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, May August Director, Strategic Security Project, Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Washington, DC, December May Deputy Director, Strategic Security Project, FAS, Washington, July December EDUCATION PhD, University of London (King s College), War Studies (2006). Dissertation: Rethinking Nuclear Terrorism. Advisors: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman and Professor Peter Zimmerman. M.A., Princeton University, Physics (2001). Completed all PhD requirements but dissertation; focused on string theory and cosmology. Advisors: Professor Paul Steinhardt and Nathan Seiberg (Institute for Advanced Study). B.Sc.(Honours), Queen s University (Kingston), Mathematical Physics (1999). Thesis: Cosmic Censorship of Shell-Focusing Singularities. BOOKS AND MAJOR MONOGRAPHS Michael A. Levi and Michael B. d Arcy, Untapped Potential: US Science and Technology Cooperation with the Islamic World (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, April 2005) (Monograph, 110 pp.) Michael A. Levi and Michael E. O Hanlon, The Future of Arms Control (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2005) (Book, 190pp.) Michael A. Levi, Fire in the Hole: Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Options for Counterproliferation (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002) (Monograph, 36 pp.) 1

2 JOURNAL ARTICLES Sole Author Unless Otherwise Noted Oltre la soglia: status e responsabilità (Nuclear Rights and Nuclear Responsibilities), Aspenia, Vol. 27, Bunker Busting Nuclear Weapons, Scientific American, Vol. 291, No. 2, August Dreaming of Clean Nukes?, Nature, Vol. 428, No. 2, April 22, 2004, p.892. Learning to Love the Tiny Bomb?, Foreign Policy, March/April 2004, pp Deterring Nuclear Terrorism, Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 20, No. 3, Spring Mini-Nukes, Internationale Politik, January 2004, pp Weapons Scientists as Whistle Blowers, World Policy Journal, Winter 2003/04. Preventing Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism, Proceedings of the 12 th Hwarangdae International Symposium (Seoul, South Korea: Korea Military Academy, November 2003) The Case Against New Nuclear Weapons, Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 3, Spring 2003, pp [Reprinted in Paul J. Bolt et al., eds., American Defense Policy (Baltimore, MD: JHU Press, 2005).] Michael Levi and Henry Kelly, Weapons of Mass Disruption, Scientific American, Vol. 287, No. 5, November 2002, pp TESTIMONY Averting Nuclear Terrorism, House International Relations Committee, April 14, Agent Defeat Weapons, National Academy of Sciences, April 27, STUDY GROUP REPORTS CISAC (Stanford) and PS&GS (Princeton), Preventing Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Terrorism (Palo Alto, CA: CISAC, 2005). CISAC (Stanford), Container Security Report (Palo Alto, CA: CISAC, 2003). OP-EDS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES, AND SHORT MONOGRAPHS Sole Author Unless Otherwise Noted Keep the Nuclear Watchdog Neutral, Washington Post, December 9,

3 Michael B. d Arcy and Michael A. Levi, Science and Diplomacy, Washington Times, August 17, Complex Future for US Weapons, Physics World, August The United States and Europe at the NPT Review Conference, Brookings Center on the United States and Europe Analysis Paper Series, May Michael Levi and Michael O Hanlon, Arms Control and American Security, Current History, April Peter Zimmerman and Michael Levi, Wie kann man Iran an der Atomruestung hindern? (How can one stop Iran from getting the atomic bomb?), Die Zeit, October 8, There is no absolute right to nuclear energy, Financial Times, September 22, Senate should check doubts about Goss, Newsday, August 13, Uncertainty and WMD, Washington Post, July 25, Without Agency, The New Republic, May 3, Michael A. Levi and Susan E. Rice, Nuclear clients: don t overlook the unusual suspects, International Herald Tribune, April 5, Ivo H. Daalder and Michael A. Levi, Iran s nuclear program: the U.S. and EU have to come together, International Herald Tribune, February 27, Ivo H. Daalder and Michael A. Levi, A new strain on alliance, Los Angeles Times, November 28, A nuclear mixed message, New York Times, November 20, Enabler, The New Republic, October 6, Ivo H. Daalder and Michael A. Levi, How to counter Iran s nuclear threat, Financial Times, September 24, A nuclear option that America does not need, Financial Times, August 15, Michael A. Levi and Michael E. O Hanlon, A global solution is needed for illicit weapons, Financial Times, July 11, Image issue: stolen Iraqi uranium, Newsday, June 13, Royal Pain, The New Republic, June 2,

4 Mislabeling WMD, Chicago Tribune, May 26, Uncontainable, The New Republic, May 26, Fallout, The New Republic, February 17, Nuclear Dangers Beyond Iraq, New York Times, September 23, Michael Levi and Theresa Hitchens, Perilous Nuclear Tunnel Vision, Los Angeles Times, July 21, Henry Kelly and Michael Levi, Nix the Mini-Nukes, Christian Science Monitor, March 28, In addition to the above, I write a monthly online column on science and security for The New Republic; I have written over twenty installments to date. I also contribute to TPMCafe.com. SELECTED MAJOR ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada, William E. Taylor Fellowship, (declined ). United Kingdom, Overseas Research Scholarship, (declined ). King s College London, MacArthur Foundation Studentship, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), PGS-B, (declined) Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), PGS-A, Princeton University 250 th Anniversary Science Fellowship, 1999 Princeton University Tuition Fellowship, (declined ). Elected Commonwealth Scholar to the United Kingdom, 1999 (declined) Queen s University (Kingston), Governor General s Silver Medal (1999) MEDIA TV Interviews: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, CBC, CTV, BBC, Al Jazeera (Doha), Alalam (Tehran), several other US and international outlets. Radio Interviews: NPR, BBC, CBC, several other US and international outlets. 4

5 Print Interviews: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Times, Time, Newsweek, US News & World Report, National Journal, Nature, Science, Associated Press, Reuters, many other US and international outlets. Interviewee in several documentaries on nuclear security, including key advisor to Dirty Bomb, an Emmy-nominated PBS/Nova special. Technical advisor to the 2 nd season of 24, the critically acclaimed television drama. 5