Experts available to discuss nuclear weapons

October 10, 2006

Reporters and Editors: MIT faculty experts are available to discuss reports of the recent nuclear test in North Korea. To arrange interviews, please contact Elizabeth Thomson, MIT News Office, thomson@mit.edu, 617-258-5402.

Owen Cote, Jr.

Security studies, military doctrine and forces, WMDs

Owen Cote, Jr. is associate director of the MIT Security Studies Program. His expertise is in U.S. defense policy and international security. He has written often about the U.S. Navy (doctrine and capabilities), WMDs (what they are and are not) and nuclear weapons.

Geoffrey Forden

Weapons of mass destruction, strategic weapons analyst

Geoffrey Forden is a research associate in MIT's program in Science, Technology and Society. His current research includes analyzing how proliferators acquire the know-how and industrial infrastructure to produce weapons of mass destruction. In 2002-2003, he served with the United Nations agency responsible for verifying and monitoring the dismantlement of Iraq's WMDs.

Jim Walsh

Terrorism, international security; nuclear policy, Iran, North Korea

Jim Walsh is a research associate at MIT's Security Studies Program. An expert on international security, especially topics involving weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, the Middle East and East Asia, he has visited Iran and North Korea and studies those countries' nuclear ambitions. He also works on other WMD proliferation issues.