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Interviews

Arms Control Today Interviews with Leading Policymakers

Arms Control Today regularly conducts interviews with current and former members of government and international organizations about timely arms control and nonproliferation issues. Below are the full transcripts of these interviews conducted by Arms Control Association staff. Occasionally, a detailed article with additional analysis will accompany the interview; these can be found in the ACT archives.

2008

U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Mahley, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Threat Reduction, Export Controls, and Negotiations
February 2008.

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview with Nuclear Threat InitiativeCo-Chairman Sam Nunn
January 2008.

2007

British Ambassador Lyn Parker, chair of open-ended working group preparing for the 2008 Chemical Weapons Convention review conference
November 2007.

Strategic Command on Alert Status of U.S. Nuclear Arms
November 2007.

Ambassador Peter Burian, Slovakian Permanent Representative to the UN and Chairman of the UN Security Council 1540 Committee
November 2007.

OPCW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter
April 2007.

2006

Ambassador Masood Khan, President-designate of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention.
September 2006.

Richard Kidd, head of the U.S. delegation to the 2006 UN small arms and light weapons review conference and director of the Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
August 2006.

Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, President of the 2006 UN Small Arms Review Conference
July 2006.

Hans Blix, chairman of the WMD Commission and Noted International Arms Inspector
June 2006.

Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, U.S. Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
June 2006.

General James E. Cartwright, Commander of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM)
May 2006.

Robert Joseph, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
May 2006.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
January 2006.

2005

Jaap Ramaker, Special Representative To Promote The Ratification Process Of The CTBT
October 2005.

Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
September 2005.

Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
September 2005.

Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization
September 2005.

Odair Gonçalves, president of Brazil’s Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN)
September 2005.

Annalisa Giannella, the Personal Representative on Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction to EU High Representative Javier Solana
July 2005.

Stephen Rademaker, assistant secretary of state for arms control
April 2005.

Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
February 2005.

2004

Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte, president of 2005 NPT Review Conference
November 2004.

Hans Blix, chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
June 2004.

John S. Wolf, assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation
May 2004.

Mitchell Reiss, policy planning director for the Department of State
April 2004.

David Kay, former lead inspector of the Iraq Survey Group
April 2004.

Paula DeSutter, assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance
March 2004.

Stephen Rademaker, assistant secretary of state for arms control
January 2004.

2003

Linton Brooks, administrator of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration
December 2003.

John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security
November 2003.

Charles L. "Jack" Pritchard, former special envoy for negotiations with North Korea
November 2003.

Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
October 2003.

Hans Blix, former executive director of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
July 2003.

John R. Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security
April 2003.

2002

John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security
February 2002.

2000

Robert Grey, U.S. ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
November 2000.

Hans Blix, executive director of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
June 2000.

Tibor Toth, chairman of the Biological Weapons Convention Ad Hoc Group
May 2000.

Rolf Ekeus, former executive chairman of the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM)
February 2000.

1999

Jayantha Dhanapala, UN undersecretary-general for disarmament affairs
September 1999.

Richard Butler, executive chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM)
July 1999.

Dr. John Gee, acting director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
May 1999.

1998

Robert Grey, U.S. ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
November 1998.

Richard Butler, executive chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM)
September 1998.