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Robert G. Joseph

Robert G. Joseph (born 1949, Williston, North Dakota) is the United States Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Prior to this post, Dr. Joseph was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. He resigned on January 24, 2007. Assistant Secretary of State John Rood has been nominated to succeed Robert Joseph.

1 Education
2 Career
3 Honors and Awards
4 Speeches
5 Bibliography
6 Memberships and Affiliations
7 External links

[edit] Education

1967-1969 U.S. Naval Academy

1971 St. Louis University: B.A.

1973 University of Chicago: M.A.

1978 Columbia University: Ph.D.

[edit] Career

Carleton College: Professor

Tulane University:

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: Professor

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: Former Research Consultant

1978 Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs: Assistant for Negotiations

1979 Assistant for General Purpose Forces

1980-1981Office of the Under Secretary of Defense: Assistant for Nuclear Policy

1982-1984Chief of Nuclear Policy/Plans section

1985-1987U.S. Mission to NATO: Director of Theater Nuclear Forces Policy

1987Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy

1987-1989 U.S. Department of Defense: Principal Deputy Assistant for International Security Policy (George H. W. Bush); Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy.

U.S. Commissioner to the Standing Consultative Commission and Ambassador to the U.S.-Russian Consultative Commission on Nuclear Testing

U.S.-Russian Consultative Commission on Nuclear Testing: Ambassador for George H.W. Bush

Standing Consultative Commission (ABM Treaty): U.S. Commissioner for George H.W. Bush

The WMD Challenge on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring a Joint U.S.-ROK Alliance Response Workshop: Participant

1992-2001 Professor of National Security Studies and Director/Founder of the Center for Counterproliferation Research at the National Defense University.

1993 Joined the faculty of the National War College.

2001-2005 National Security Council: Special Assistant to the President; Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation and Homeland Defense. Joseph was the National Security Council member supervising the portion of the 2003 State of the Union speech dealing with intelligence about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Senator Feinstein has suggested that Bush administration members such as Joseph should be questioned as part of the Senate probe into pre-war intelligence handling.

2005 Replaced John R. Bolton as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

In January of 2001, as George W. Bush prepared to take office, Joseph served on a panel for nuclear weapons issues sponsored by the National Institute for Public Policy, a conservative think tank. Other members of the panel included Stephen Hadley, William Schneider, and Stephen Cambone. This panel advocated using tactical nuclear weapons as a standard part of the United States defense arsenal.

[edit] Honors and Awards

2004 National Defense University President's Award for Individual Achievement

2004 The National Nuclear Security Administration Gold Medal for Distinguished Service

Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service (and Bronze Palm)

Multiple Senior Executive Service Meritorious Achievements citations

[edit] Speeches

The Reorganization of Bureaus to Better Address the Threat From Weapons of Mass Destruction and to Promote Democracy Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, On-The-Record Briefing, Washington, DC, July 29, 2005

[edit] Bibliography

2001 National Institute for Public Policy "Rationale and Requirements for U.S. Nuclear Forces and Arms Control" "The Case for National Missile Defense," Journal of Homeland Defense, October 2000

"The Role of Nuclear Weapons in U.S. Deterrence Strategy," In Small Wars and Insurgencies, Autumn 2000

"Counter-Proliferation in the Middle East," RUSI International Security Review, 2000

"NBC Military Planning: Lessons Learned from Analysis and Wargaming," In Countering the Proliferation and Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, McGraw-Hill, 1999

"U.S. Nuclear Policy in the 21st Century: A Fresh Look at National Strategy and Requirement," National Defense University Press, 1998

"The Case for Nuclear Deterrence Today," Orbis, Winter 1998 (with John Reichart)

"Nuclear Deterrence and Regional Proliferators," The Washington Quarterly, Summer 1997

"Proliferation, Counter-Proliferation and NATO," Survival, Spring 1996

"Deterrence and Defense in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment," Comparative Strategy, January-March 1996

"The Impact of NBC Proliferation on Doctrine and Operations," Joint Force Quarterly, Autumn 1996 "NATO's Response to the Proliferation Challenge," Strategic Forum, Number 66, March 1996

[edit] Memberships and Affiliations

National Defense University: Professor of National Security Studies; Founder of Center for Counterproliferation Research (now Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction).

National Institute for Public Policy: Director of Studies (December 2004-); Participant, U.S. Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Study

Center for Security Policy: Member, National Security Advisory Council