Micah Zenko
Douglas Dillon Fellow
Expertise
Conflict prevention; U.S. national security policy; military planning and operations; nuclear weapons policy
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Center for Preventive Action
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Panelists:
Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Michael E. Leiter, Senior Counsel to the Chief Executive Officer, Palantir Technologies; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies, Council Special Report No. 65Presider:
Karen J. Greenberg, Director, Center on National Security, Fordham Law School
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Panelists:
Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Michael E. Leiter, Senior Counsel to the Chief Executive Officer, Palantir Technologies; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies, Council Special Report No. 65Presider:
Karen J. Greenberg, Director, Center on National Security, Fordham Law School
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Academic Conference Call
U.S. Drone Policy
Speaker:
Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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Speakers:
Rose E. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, U.S. Department of State, Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow and Director, Arms Control Initiative, Brookings Institution, Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Clifford A. Kupchan, Director, Europe and Eurasia, Eurasia Group
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
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Speakers:
Rose E. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, U.S. Department of State, Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow and Director, Arms Control Initiative, Brookings Institution, Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Clifford A. Kupchan, Director, Europe and Eurasia, Eurasia Group
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
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Academic Conference Call
Drone Strikes, Cruise Missiles, and Political Outcomes
Speaker:
Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Contact/Media Information
Location
58 East 68th Street
New York, New York 10065
Media Bio
CFR Douglas Dillon Fellow in the Center for Preventive Action.
Email
mzenko@cfr.org
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Featured Press
Discussion about President Obama's speech 
On the Charlie Rose show, a panel of experts discussed President Obama's May 23, 2013 speech on drone strike and counterterrorism policies, including Micah Zenko of the Council on Foreign Relations; David Kilcullen, former advisor to Gen. Petraeus; David Ignatius of the Washington Post; Karen Greenberg of Fordham Law School;and Philip Mudd, former Deputy Director of the CIA and the FBI.
Drone Strikes and Diplomacy, from Yemen to Pakistan
On The Takeaway with John Hockenberry, Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a recent comprehensive report on drone strike policies, describes the diplomatic problems that arise from targeted killing.
Do Our Drone Policies Make Any Sense?
President Obama says he is free to use drones to attack senior members of al Qaeda who are planning to attack the United States. So far drones may have killed as many as 4,700 people, including American citizens. What, if any, limitations should be placed on the president in using drones to target and kill suspected terrorists? Council on Foreign Relations fellow Micah Zenko tells Jim Zirin that definitive standards are necessary to prevent drone attacks from spinning out of control.
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