John Isaacs
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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John Isaacs is the Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on national security issues in Congress, Iraq, missile defense, and nuclear weapons.
Isaacs is one of the leaders of the nation's arms control community and has long been an expert on the workings of Congress. He has represented Council for a Livable World, the Center's sister organization, on Capitol Hill since 1978. Isaacs previously served as a Legislative Assistant on foreign affairs to Representative Stephen Solarz (D-NY), a Legislative Representative on foreign policy and defense budget for Americans for Democratic Action, and a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam.
Isaacs has published articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Christian Science Monitor, Nuclear Times, Arms Control Today, American Journal of Public Health, and Technology Review.
Isaacs holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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ISAACS IN THE NEWS
John Isaacs Interviewed about START on Russia Today
On February 1, John Isaacs, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, talked about some of the issues delaying a new START agreement and President Obama's commitment to maintaining a safe, secure, and effective nuclear stockpile with Russia Today.
John Isaacs Interviewed about START on Russia Today
On January 28, John Isaacs, executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said “Here we are, almost 20 years after the Cold War ended, and both the US and Russia still have huge [numbers of] – many tens of thousands – nuclear weapons. There are about 23,000 nuclear weapons across the globe, and Russia and the US have over 90% of them."
John Isaacs Interviewed about the Doomsday Clock on Wisconsin Public Radio
On January 14, John Isaacs, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, was interviewed about the Doomsday Clock and nuclear weapons on Wisconsin Public Radio.
RECENT ARTICLES BY ISAACS
Dec 4, 2009 Commitment to Nuclear Non-Proliferation: New Directions under the Obama Administration
In this speech delivered to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, John Isaacs argues that we have entered an era of great change on nuclear weapons issues. The election of Barack Obama as President has provided an opportunity for unprecedented transformation. If we do not see substantial progress in the next six months, however, the President’s vision will be in jeopardy.
Jul 22, 2009 Bargaining Chip or Gas Mask? Prospects for Missile Defense
In this full-length article published by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, John Isaacs and Travis Sharp review the history of missile defense since World War II in search of insights that can be applied today. Isaacs and Sharp argue that President Obama retains two viable options for U.S. missile defense in Europe: “The Bargaining Chip" or "The Gas Mask."
Jul 2, 2009 Backgrounder on Obama-Medvedev July 2009 Moscow Summit
From July 6 to 8, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev will meet in Moscow for their first full summit. High on their agenda is the impending expiration of the landmark 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and the ongoing negotiations to replace it with a new strategic arms reduction agreement.
Jun 23, 2009 Will the Senate Support New Nuclear Arms Reductions?
The one major piece of President Obama's arms control agenda that could be completed this year is a follow-on agreement to START. Most arms control experts agree that ratification with more than 67 Senate votes will be necessary to build momentum for more controversial treaties to follow. John Isaacs and Kingston Reif dissect the domestic politics of START in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online.
Apr 28, 2009 President Obama: 100 Days of Significant Progress
With 100 days now behind him and more than 1,000 left to go in his first term, President Barack Obama has given us much to celebrate – especially when compared to the dismal years of the Bush administration. John Isaacs offers a progress report on the Obama administration.
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