Center for Arms Control

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Kingston Reif

Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation
202-546-0795 ext. 2103
kreif AT armscontrolcenter DOT org

Areas of Expertise: Nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear weapons, arms control, missile defense, defense budget, nuclear security, nuclear terrorism prevention, legislative process

Kingston Reif is the Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, where his work focuses on nuclear weapons, arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, preventing nuclear terrorism, missile defense, and the defense budget. He is an expert on the legislative process and closely monitors Congressional action on nuclear weapons policy, budgets, and related issues.

Reif originally came to the Center in 2008 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. From September 2008 until May 2009 he served as Dr. Morton Halperin’s research assistant on the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission. Reif returned to the Center in May 2009 as the Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation.

Reif writes a monthly column for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and edits the Nukes of Hazard blog. In addition, he has published articles and op-eds in Survival, Defense News, the Hill, the World Politics Review, and AOL Defense. A regular commentator in the media, he has been quoted in such publications as the New York Times, Time, Defense News, Global Security Newswire, FoxNews.com, US News and World Report, and has been interviewed on radio and TV, including on C-SPAN's Washington Journal program.

Reif holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University. He spent two years in the U.K. as a British Marshall Scholar where he received a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a M.Litt. in International Security Studies from the University of St. Andrews.

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Kingston in the News

Jun 6, 2013

Defense News Story on East Coast Missile Defense Site Quotes Kingston Reif

“Administration will surely recommend veto of NDAA if it includes GOP strat forces amendments currently being added to bill,” Kingston Reif of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation tweeted Wednesday evening.

May 22, 2013

Global Security Newswire Story on Nuclear Terrorism Treaty Legislation Quotes Kingston Reif

"Many other countries have indicated that they are waiting for the United States to complete ratification before moving ahead with their own ratification processes, since it was the United States that pushed for the amendment in the first place,” Kingston Reif, nuclear nonproliferation director at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Apr 23, 2013

Mother Jones Story on Funding Cuts to Non-Proliferation Quotes Philip Coyle & Kingston Reif

The Global Threat Reduction Initiative is a "core material security program to ensure that terrorists can't their hands on nuclear weapons-usable material," explains Kingston Reif, director of nonproliferation programs at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

Apr 18, 2013

The Richard Fowler Show Discusses Proposed Cuts to Nonproliferation Funding with Kingston Reif

Director of Non-Proliferation Programs, Kingston Reif joins The Richard Fowler Show to discuss the President's proposed cuts to the non-proliferation budget

Recent Articles by Kingston

Jun 11, 2013

Do You Even Have to HASC: House Republicans Still Love the Bomb

Kingston Reif analyzes the key nuclear weapons, nonproliferation, and missile defense provisions in the House Armed Services Committee Version of the Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Authorization Bill.

Jun 4, 2013

Washington Times Letter: Shield taxpayers from missile defense

"Congress cannot continue to throw taxpayer money down the drain on programs that do not work and the military does not want," writes Kingston Reif for The Washington Times.

Jun 3, 2013

TIME OpEd: Jersey Shore 2.0: An East Coast Missile-Defense Site

"The truth is that expanding the current ground based midcourse defense system to the East Coast is unnecessary, technically dubious, and cost-ineffective," writes Kingston Reif for TIME.

May 21, 2013

It's smart to scale back nuclear weapons spending

Two Republican Senators think the United States should protect nuclear weapons outlays at all costs. They're wrong, writes Kingston Reif in his May column for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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