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David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change
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Phone: +1-212-434-9495
E-mail: mlevi@cfr.org
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New York, NY
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Climate change; energy policy; weapons of mass destruction; homeland security; arms control and proliferation; technology and foreign policy; science and technology in the Islamic world.
Experience:Nonresident Science Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution (2003-2004); Director, Strategic Security Project, Federation of American Scientists (2001-2003); Deputy Director, Strategic Security Project, Federation of American Scientists (2001).
Honors:William E. Taylor Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Canada (2005-2008).
Selected Publications:On Nuclear Terrorism (Harvard University Press, 2007); Untapped Potential: U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation with the Islamic World (coauthor, Brookings Institution Press, 2005); The Future of Arms Control (coauthor, Brookings Institution Press, 2005); "Weapons of Mass Disruption," Scientific American (2002); "Intelligence and WMD," Washington Post (2003); "Bunker-Busting Nuclear Weapons," Scientific American (2004).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
September 24, 2008
Op-Ed
USA Today
Michael A. Levi and Scott G. Borgerson discuss the views of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin on climate change.
September 2008
Council Special Report No. 39
Council Special Report
This new Council Special Report says North Korea merits Cold War-style methods of deterrence as its leaders might deliberately transfer nuclear materials to a terrorist group.
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September 22, 2008
News Release
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September 22, 2008
Transcript
Perspective on the Presidential Foreign Policy Debate.
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September 12, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the influence of Brazil and Venezuela on U.S. energy policy, as well as the effects of climate change on U.S.-Latin America relations.
This symposium was made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
See more in Americas, Climate Change, Energy
September 12, 2008
Transcript
Third session of a forum on Latin American influence on U.S. policies and politics with an emphasis on energy.
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September 2, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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September 2, 2008
Video
Watch experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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August 27, 2008
Audio
Watch experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.
These events were underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.https://secure.stage.cfr.org/admin/publication/publication_edit.php?id=17249
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August 27, 2008
Transcript
A Roundtable discussion on the foreign policy challenged that the next presidential administration will face.
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July 3, 2008
Transcript
A CFR confrence call on climate change and the upcoming G-8 Summit.
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July 3, 2008
Audio
Listen to CFR senior fellows Michael A. Levi and Sebastian Mallaby discuss prospects for progress on climate change at the G8 summit.
See more in Climate Change, Global Governance
June 24, 2008
Video
Watch experts discuss U.S. policy options with regard to China's environmental strategy.
See more in United States, Climate Change, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 24, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss U.S. policy options with regard to China's environmental strategy.
See more in China, Climate Change, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 24, 2008
Transcript
Experts discuss climate change, China, and energy policy options for the United States.
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June 13, 2008
Interview
Michael A. Levi, who directed CFR's Independent Task Force on global climate change, says the United States needs to demonstrate how reducing carbon emissions can be balanced with economic growth.
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June 13, 2008
Transcript
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June 13, 2008
Transcript
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June 2008
Task Force Report No. 61
Task Force Report
Against the backdrop of increasing attention to climate change in the presidential campaigns, debate of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill in the Senate, and preparations for this summer’s G8 summit, this report recommends an overhaul of U.S. domestic and foreign policy to confront the challenges of climate change.
See more in Climate Change, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 25, 2008
Podcast
Michael Levi, CFR fellow for science and technology, says the next president needs a strong domestic approach to climate change to be credible internationally.
See more in United States, Climate Change, U.S. Election 2008
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
Complete list of CFR Books.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
In this report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of military space competition between the United States and China and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in space.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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