Robert Joseph

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Robert G. Joseph (born 1949, Williston, North Dakota) is the United States Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, a post which carries ambassadorial rank and title.^[1] Prior to this post, Dr. Joseph was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, a position he held until January 24, 2007.^[2]

Contents 1 Education and career 2 Honors and Awards 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Education and career

Ambassador Joseph was nominated and enrolled at the United States Naval Academy from 1967 to 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War. He went on to complete his studies for his bachelor's degree at St. Louis University, graduating in 1971. He then enrolled in graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he received his master's degree in 1973. He was awarded a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1978.^[3]

Joseph has severed as a professor at a number of institutions; which include Carleton College, Tulane University, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was also a professor of National Security Studies and Director/Founder of the Center for Counterproliferation Research at the National Defense University. In 1993, he joined the faculty at the National War College.

Joseph has held several posts relating to security and nuclear policy. These posts include the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (nuclear policy), Director of Theater Nuclear Forces Policy, U.S. Department of Defense (International Security Policy), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy, and Ambassador to the U.S.-Russian Consultative Commission on Nuclear Testing under George H. W. Bush.^[4]

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. He became Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation and Homeland Defense within the National Security Council. For George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address Joseph was a supervising member for the portion of the address that dealt with intelligence regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Senator Dianne Feinstein had suggested that Bush administration members, such as Joseph, should be questioned as part of the Senate probe into pre-war intelligence handling.^[5] He left this post in 2005 to replace John R. Bolton as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.^[6]

[edit] Honors and Awards

In 2004, Joseph received the National Defense University President's Award for Individual Achievement as well as the National Nuclear Security Administration Gold Medal for Distinguished Service. Additionally, he has received the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award and multiple Senior Executive Service Meritorious Achievements citations.^[3]

[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] References

[edit] External links

• The Reorganization of Bureaus - Speech U.S. Department of State

Preceded by John R. Bolton

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security 2005–2007

Succeeded by John Rood (nominated)