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David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment
Contact Info:
Phone: +1-212-434-9495
E-mail: mlevi@cfr.org
Location:
New York, NY
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Author of On Nuclear Terrorism, released in November 2007. Currently directing a Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on climate change.
Expertise: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 (2004-2005); Science and Technology 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
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
February 18, 2008
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
SEED Magazine
Michael A. Levi argues that “too many scientists today wrongly assume that a lack of information is the biggest barrier facing terrorists or countries that might build nuclear bombs, and they overstate the risks involved in sharing information as a result.”
See more in United States, Defense Technology, Biotechnology, Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 31, 2008
| Speaker: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR fellow Michael A. Levi discuss mechanisms for preventing nuclear terrorism with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series. This call was made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 9, 2008
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
USA Today
Michael Levi writes that “the mushroom cloud scenario has become a political fixture, as myths seem to be driving the debate.”
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Terrorism, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 13, 2007
Michael A. Levi, CFR Fellow for Science and Technology interviewed by Toni Johnson, Staff Writer
Interview
CFR Fellow Michael A. Levi says the Bali climate conference made some headway on deforestation but questions the rush to a deal on setting binding emissions targets.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change
December 10, 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
The New Republic
Michael Levi writes that the “the NIE won't actually alter the debate about Iran.”
See more in Iran, Intelligence, National Security and Defense, Weapons of Mass Destruction
December 7, 2007
| Speaker: | Joshua W. Busby, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin |
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology and author of "On Nuclear Terrorism," The Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
The transcript of a meeting on protecting U.S. security interests from climate change.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment, Climate Change
December 5, 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Podcast
CFR Fellow for Science and Technology Michael A. Levi discusses his new book, On Nuclear Terrorism, which highlights many of the obstacles potential nuclear terrorists face.
See more in United States, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism
December 5, 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
Washington Times
Michael Levi writes that “the revelation last week that Slovak and Hungarian police arrested three men suspected of selling uranium powder is sure to spark an investigation into how security at the source of those materials failed. It would be wise, though, to study not only how defenses failed but also how authorities succeeded in breaking up the plot.”
See more in Defense Strategy, Homeland Security, Weapons of Mass Destruction
November 20, 2007
| Speaker: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology; Director, Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Michael A. Levi, CFR's fellow for science and technology and director of the program on energy security and climate change, discuss his book, On Nuclear Terrorism.
See more in Technology and Foreign Policy, Proliferation, Weapons of Terrorism
November 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Book
In this book, Michael A. Levi draws from our long experience with terrorism and proposes new principles for understanding and defending against nuclear threats.
See more in Defense Strategy, Weapons of Terrorism
October 23, 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
Wired
See more in Weapons of Mass Destruction
September 18, 2007
| Speakers: | Rick Boucher, U.S. Representative from Virginia (D) Ernest J. Moniz, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Rick Boucher, U.S. representative from Virginia (D), and Ernest J. Moniz, professor of physics at MIT, discuss the current state of clean coal technology and specific climate change legislation under consdideration in Congress.
See more in Climate Change, Energy/Environment
September 17, 2007
| Speakers: | Ernest J. Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, MIT, and Driector, MIT Energy Initiative Rick Boucher, U.S. Representative (D-VA) |
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Transcript
Dr. Moniz and Representative Boucher discuss climate change legislation and clean coal technologies.
See more in United States, Climate Change, Energy/Environment, Energy
June 15, 2007
| Panelists: | Ruth Greenspan Bell, Resources for the Future Dan Rosenblum, Carbon Tax Center Angelina Howard, Nuclear Energy Institute |
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Transcript
This workshop examined the future of nuclear energy usage.
See more in Energy/Environment
Updated: April 20, 2007
Online Debate
CFR’s Michael A. Levi and Harvard’s Graham T. Allison consider the likelihood of catastrophic nuclear terrorism in the United States.
See more in United States, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Terrorism
April 12, 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Article
The New Republic
See more in Iran, Proliferation
March 30, 2007
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in Iran, Global Governance, International Law, Proliferation
March 23, 2007
| Authors: | Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
See more in Technology and Foreign Policy
January 25, 2007
| Authors: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in China, National Security and Defense, Society and Culture
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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