home > the cfr think tank > experts > gary samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Contact Info:
Phone: +1-212-434-9627
E-mail: gsamore@cfr.org
Location:
New York, NY
Media downloads:
High-resolution photo (JPG, 682K)
One-page bio (PDF, 52K)
CV (PDF, 20K)
Former senior director for nonproliferation and export controls at the National Security Council and editor of three International Institute for Strategic Studies "dossiers" on weapons programs in Iraq, North Korea, and Iran.
Expertise:Nuclear proliferation and arms control, especially in the Middle East and Asia
Experience:Vice President for Global Security and Sustainability, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (2005-2006); Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies (2001-2005); Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls, National Security Council (1996-2001); Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls, National Security Council (1995-96); Deputy to Ambassador-at-Large Robert Gallucci, Department of State (1994-95); Acting Director/Deputy Director, Office of Regional Nonproliferation, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State (1993-94); Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-Large for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Policy, Richard T. Kennedy, Department of State (1978-93); Research Analyst, Special Projects Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1984-87); consultant, Rand Corporation (1980-82); teaching fellow, Government Department, Harvard University (1979-82).
Selected Publications:Repairing the Damage: Possibilities and Limits of Transatlantic Consensus (coauthor, Adelphi Paper 389, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2007); Iran’s Strategic Weapons Programmes: A Net Assessment (International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2005); North Korea’s Weapons Programmes: A Net Assessment (International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2004); Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Net Assessment(International Institute for Strategic Studies 2002); “The Korean Nuclear Crisis,” Survival (2003); “Ending Russian Assistance to Iran’s Nuclear Bomb,” Survival (2002); “Iraq,” Nuclear Proliferation After the Cold War (Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1994).
Speeches
Current Research Projects
June 27, 2008
Transcript
See more in Northeast Asia, North Korea, Technology and Foreign Policy, Missile Defense, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Terrorism
June 26, 2008
Interview
CFR's Gary Samore says North Korea's declaration on its nuclear activities and lifting of sanctions by the United States marks "a useful initial step" but more work needs to be done to ensure disarmament.
See more in United States, North Korea, Proliferation
April 23, 2008
Transcript
See more in United States, Europe/Russia, Middle East
April 23, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the U.S. and European approaches to dealing with challenges in the broader Middle East.
This symposium was made possible by the generosity of the European Commission and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
See more in United States, Europe/Russia, Middle East
April 23, 2008
Interview
Gary Samore, a senior arms-control negotiator in the Clinton administration, says the Bush administration has agreed to a compromise with North Korea on demands for it to confess the extent of its uranium-enrichment activities.
See more in North Korea, Diplomacy, Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 25, 2008
Interview
Gary Samore, a former top U.S. official on arms control policy, says Bush administration policymakers have concluded that North Korea has decided to delay any progress on nuclear disarmament until a new administration takes office in spite of pledges to the contrary.
See more in United States, North Korea, Arms Control and Disarmament
December 27, 2007
Audio
Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey discuss the implications of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
See more in Pakistan, Democracy and Human Rights
December 27, 2007
Transcript
CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey discuss the implications of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
See more in Pakistan, International Peace and Security
September 19, 2007
Interview
Gary Samore, an arms control official in the Clinton National Security Council and CFR’s director of studies, says it remains a mystery whether Syria was working with North Korea to receive nuclear technology. He adds, however, that it would make sense that Syria would be interested to develop some kind of deterrent, given that its neighbor, Israel, is said to have nuclear weapons.
See more in North Korea, Syria, International Peace and Security, Weapons of Mass Destruction
August 6, 2007
Op-Ed
JoongAng Daily
See more in United States, China, North Korea, Arms Control and Disarmament
July 9, 2007
Interview
Gary Samore, a former National Security Council official, says Iran is trying to forestall another round of UN Security Council sanctions and ultimately to stave off a possible military attack against its nuclear facilities.
See more in United States, Iran, Defense/Homeland Security
Volume 13, Issue 3, April 2007
Article
International Institute for Strategic Studies
See more in Iran, Conflict Prevention, Proliferation
May 9, 2007
Audio
Listen to Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for nonproliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, discuss his recently published dossier, Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and The Rise of Proliferation Networks.
See more in Pakistan, Proliferation
May 9, 2007
Transcript
The roundtable discussed the recent IISS dossier on nuclear black markets which gives a comprehensive assessment of the Pakistani nuclear program from which the Khan network emerged, and reviews the history of clandestine nuclear procurement activities by other states.
See more in Pakistan, Proliferation
Volume 2, Number 1, April 2007
Article
Global Asia
See more in North Korea, Proliferation
April 16, 2007
Interview
Gary Samore, a North Korea expert, says he believes Pyongyang will close down its Yongbyon reactor. But he says it will be difficult to proceed further because of North Korea’s continuing desire to be rewarded with light-water nuclear reactors.
See more in North Korea, Arms Control and Disarmament
April 11, 2007
Transcript
Note: Remarks as prepared for delivery
Paper for presentation at the Japanese Institute for International Affairs on April 11, 2007.
March 23, 2007
Transcript
Note: Remarks as prepared for delivery
Paper for presentation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies on March 21, 2007.
February 13, 2007
Interview
CFR's Gary Samore says the accord reached at the Six-Party Talks in Beijing was "a wise compromise" for the Bush administration.
See more in North Korea, Arms Control and Disarmament
February 6, 2007
Interview
CFR Director of Studies Gary S. Samore says the U.S. negotiator at the Six-Party Talks on North Korea appears to be acting with new flexibility.
See more in North Korea, Iran, Proliferation
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.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
Complete list of CFR Books.
This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
This report analyzes the debate over U.S. use of assurances against torture, explaining the contexts in which they are used, how they can be conveyed, and what they can contain, and recommends a number of ways to respond to criticism so that the United States can continue using assurances.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9627
gsamore@cfr.org
Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1.212.434.9753
jhill@cfr.org
The David Rockefeller Studies Program is CFR’s “think tank.” Its work is integral to achieving CFR’s goal of contributing to the foreign policy debate. Fellows in the Studies Program do this by researching, writing, and commenting on the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
Copyright 2008 by the Council on Foreign Relations. All Rights Reserved.
