Joseph F. Pilat
Global Fellow
Professional Affiliation
Program Manager, National Security Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Expert Bio
Education
Ph.D. in History (European and Russian), August 1982, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; M.A. in Government, May 1975; B.A. in Philosophy, June 1973
Experience
Senior Advisor, National Security Office, Office of the Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2006-present. Providing policy support to Laboratory Director, senior leadership and division programs, administering and conducting analyses for the Laboratory, DOE/NNSA, and other U.S. government agencies, particularly in the areas of arms control, nonproliferation, counterproliferation and counterterrorism.
Member, Steering Committee, University of California's Institute on Conflict and Cooperation, 2007-present.
Member, Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection (PR&PP) Working Group, Gen IV International Forum, 2006-present.
Expertise
Nuclear weapons; nonproliferation; arms control and disarmament; terrorism; counterterrorism; international security
Major Publications
- "Causes of Terrorism" in Proceedings of a CICA/STR International Conference, Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, September 27 – 30, 2007, 2008.
- "Nuclear Safeguards and the Security of Nuclear Materials," in Nuclear Safeguards, Security And Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy, Elsevier, 2008. (Co-author.)
- "Evaluating International Safeguards Systems," in Nuclear Safeguards, Security And Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy, Elselvier, 2008. (Co-author.)
- Atoms for Peace: A Future after 50 Years? (Woodrow Wilson Center and The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007)
- NATO and the NPT (NATO Defense College, 2007)
- "The End of the NPT Regime?" International Affairs (2007)
Previous Terms
Senior Scholar, " The History of Nonproliferation", Jul 1, 2008 - May 30, 2013