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PLENARY SESSION II: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Potential Impact of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
William POTTER, Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, United States Dr. William Potter currently holds several positions: he is a Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies and a Founding Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). He is also Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the International Advisory Board of PIR Center (Moscow). In previous years Dr. Potter has served as a consultant to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the RAND Corporation, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been a member of several committees of the National Academy of Sciences, including its Nonproliferation Panel. He served for five years on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and the Board of Trustees of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research. He has been an advisor to the delegation of Kyrgyzstan at every NPT Review Conference and Preparatory Committee meeting since 1995. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Record

PLENARY SESSION II: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Potential Impact of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

William POTTER, Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, United States

Dr. William Potter currently holds several positions: he is a Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies and a Founding Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). He is also Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the International Advisory Board of PIR Center (Moscow).

In previous years Dr. Potter has served as a consultant to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the RAND Corporation, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been a member of several committees of the National Academy of Sciences, including its Nonproliferation Panel.

He served for five years on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and the Board of Trustees of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research. He has been an advisor to the delegation of Kyrgyzstan at every NPT Review Conference and Preparatory Committee meeting since 1995.

He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan.

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