Kingston Reif
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
202-546-0795 ext. 2103
kreif AT armscontrolcenter DOT org
Kingston Reif is the Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, where his work focuses on arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear weapons, and preventing nuclear terrorism.
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. Prior to joining the Center in 2008, Reif interned at Medact in London, where he authored a report on the Iraqi health crisis in the wake of the U.S. invasion, and served as a research assistant at Brown University. He was also a guest columnist for the Brown Daily Herald for which he wrote op-ed columns on such topics as the foreign policy of the Bush administration, the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and civilian suffering in Iraq. Reif has published letters and articles on nuclear weapons policy in such venues as the Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, Survival, Defense News, and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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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REIF IN THE NEWS
Kingston Reif publishes Op-Ed in DoD Buzz
On March 16, Kingston Reif, deputy director of nuclear non-proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Travis Sharp, research associate at the Center for a New American Security, published an Op-Ed on nuclear weapons reductions and missile defense in DoD Buzz.
Kingston Reif Quoted on Nonproliferation Budget in Global Security Newswire
On December 23, Kingston Reif, deputy director of nuclear nonproliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said "The U.S. isn't going to able to achieve the sort of lofty goal the Obama administration laid out in the Prague speech and during the [presidential] campaign ... of securing all vulnerable fissile materials in four years without a much larger commitment to these programs."
Kingston Reif Interviewed about New START by Daily Kos
On December 20, Kingston Reif, deputy director of nuclear nonproliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, discussed New START in a front page interview with Daily Kos.
RECENT ARTICLES BY REIF
Mar 17, 2010 Keep Your Rosaries Off My Deterrence
The United States is, and will continue to be, vulnerable to nuclear attack so long as nuclear weapons exist. But this doesn't mean that it can't keep its options open on missile defense and negotiate a START follow-on agreement that will enhance American security. The two efforts are not mutually exclusive and framing them as such presents a false dilemma, Kingston Reif and Travis Sharp argue in DoD Buzz.
Mar 2, 2010 FY 2011 Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Funding
In his historic Prague speech on nuclear weapons, President Obama pledged that the United States would lead “a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years.” While last year's budget request was well below what is necessary to begin the hard work of achieving this lofty goal, the administration's Fiscal Year 2011 request includes significant increases for many key threat reduction and nonproliferation programs.
Feb 24, 2010 Fact Sheet: 2010 Nuclear Posture Review
The Nuclear Posture Review is scheduled for release sometime in March or April 2010. The review will set U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the next five to ten years and influence the implementation of President Obama's far-reaching agenda to reduce the role and number of nuclear weapons laid out in Prague. In this new factsheet, Kingston Reif and Chad O'Carroll examine the background, purpose, significance, and challenges of the Nuclear Posture Review.
Dec 10, 2009 Nuclear Weapons: The Modernization Myth
A comparison of U.S., Russian, Chinese, British, and French nuclear forces undermines the recurring argument that Washington is falling behind. As Kingston Reif explains in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, debunking this “modernization myth” demonstrates clearly that the U.S. nuclear arsenal remains second to none.
Dec 3, 2009 Pruning the Nuclear Triad? Pros and Cons of Bombers, Missiles, and Submarines
As the United States and Russia negotiate bilateral reductions in nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles, attention must be paid to the composition of each country’s strategic arsenal of nuclear-armed bombers, land-based missiles, and submarine-based missiles. This fact sheet considers the arguments traditionally made about the strengths and weaknesses of each leg of the nuclear triad.
Nov 23, 2009 Playing Chess With Russia: An Update on the New START Agreement
In this interview published on Daily Kos, Kingston Reif discusses New START and the obstacles faced by the United States and Russia, which include verification issues, missile defense, advanced conventional weapons systems, and upload capacity.
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