Editing Jon Wolfsthal

{{Short description|American security analyst}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office              = [[United States National Security Council|Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs]]
| president           = [[Barack Obama]]
| termstart           = 2014
| termend             = 2017
| image               = Jon Wolfsthal (2015).png
| caption             = Wolfsthal in 2015
| spouse              = [[Shanthi Kalathil]]
| education           = [[Emory University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
}}

'''Jon Wolfsthal''' is an American security analyst currently serving as director of global risk at the [[Federation of American Scientists]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon Wolfsthal |url=https://fas.org/expert/jon-wolfsthal/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Federation of American Scientists |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Education ==
Wolfsthal graduated from the [[New Lincoln School]] in Manhattan and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from [[Emory University]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214173118/http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/34|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2017|title=Jon Wolfsthal|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref> He then attended graduate school at [[George Washington University]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUvWuTvaeuMC&q=Jon+Wolfsthal+emory&pg=PA430|title=Avoiding the Abyss: Progress, Shortfalls, and the Way Ahead in Combating the WMD Threat|last1=Schneider|first1=Barry R.|last2=Davis|first2=Jim A.|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99033-6|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Wolfsthal began his career in government service at the [[United States Department of Energy]] during the 1990s in a variety of positions, including in [[North Korea]], where he served in roles including as an on-site monitor under the 1994 "[[Agreed Framework]]".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/opinion/14wolfsthal.html?_r=0 Behind Enemy Reactors], Jon B. Wolfsthal, ''New York Times'', 2006-10-14. Accessed 2013-10-07.</ref><ref name="miis-appoints" />

From March 2009 to March 2012, Wolfsthal served as a special advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security in the [[Office of the Vice President of the United States]] under Vice President [[Joe Biden]] and as Director for Nonproliferation at the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].<ref name="vp-appoints" />

From 2014 to 2017, Wolfsthal served as a special assistant to [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]] and Senior Director for Arms Control and Nonproliferation on the [[United States National Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/trump-inf-nuclear-treaty.html|title=U.S. Suspends Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia|last1=Sanger|first1=David E.|date=2019-02-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-15|last2=Broad|first2=William J.|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2017/05/a2f90e3e6c49-opinion-one-year-after-historical-visit-to-hiroshima.html|title=OPINION: One year after historical visit to Hiroshima|last=NEWS|first=KYODO|website=Kyodo News+|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref> In that post, he was the most senior [[White House]] official setting and implementing U.S. Government policy on arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear policy. During his tenure at the [[White House Office]], he developed U.S. nuclear and nonproliferation policy. He was involved in crafting President Obama's Prague speech delivered in April 2009, served on the delegation to the [[2010 Nuclear Security Summit]], helped negotiate and gain Senate approval of the [[New START]] arms control agreement with Russia, helped draft the 2010 [[Nuclear Posture Review]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/features/defenseReviews/NPR/2010_Nuclear_Posture_Review_Report.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-01-23 |archive-date=2017-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125114934/https://www.defense.gov/portals/1/features/defensereviews/npr/2010_nuclear_posture_review_report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and coordinated U.S. policy for the 2015 [[NPT Review Conference]].<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/avc/newstart/ United States Department of State]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/11/fact-sheet-prague-nuclear-agenda|title=FACT SHEET: The Prague Nuclear Agenda|date=2017-01-11|language=en|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>

The co-author of ''Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction'', he was described by the office of U.S. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] as "a globally recognized expert on nuclear security and nonproliferation",<ref name="vp-appoints">[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/Vice-President-Biden-Announces-Key-Staff-Appointments/ Vice President Biden Announces Key Staff Appointments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711145821/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Vice-President-Biden-Announces-Key-Staff-Appointments |date=2011-07-11 }}, www.whitehouse.gov, 2013-03-29. Accessed 2013-10-07.</ref> He served previously as deputy director of the James C. Martin [[Center for Nonproliferation Studies]] at the [[Monterey Institute of International Studies|Middlebury Institute of International Security at Monterey]].<ref name="miis-appoints">[http://cns.miis.edu/activities/120309_jon_wolfsthal_deputy_director.htm Jon Wolfsthal Appointed New CNS Deputy Director] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002214013/http://cns.miis.edu/activities/120309_jon_wolfsthal_deputy_director.htm |date=2013-10-02 }}, Monterey Institute for International Studies. Undated, some time before 2012-04-01. Accessed 2013-10-07.</ref>

Wolfsthal has taught at the [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies|Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced and International Studies]], [[Georgetown University]], and the [[Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey]]. Wolfsthal is a senior advisor at [[Global Zero (campaign)|Global Zero]]. and non-resident fellow at the [[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jon-wolfsthal/|title=Jon Wolfsthal|last=Wolfsthal|first=Jon|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalzero.org/about-us/team/|title=Meet the Team|website=Global Zero|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesimonsfoundation.ca/sites/default/files/Report%20of%20the%202017-2018%20Graduate%20Research%20Awards%20for%20Disarmament%20Arms%20Control%20and%20Non-Proliferation%20Award%20Winners%20Seminar_1.pdf|title=2017-2018 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation|last=|first=|date=1 March 2018|website=|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>

Wolfsthal has written op-ed columns for ''[[Foreign Policy]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', and ''[[HuffPost]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/opinion/14wolfsthal.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Behind Enemy Reactors|last=Wolfsthal|first=Jon B.|date=2006-10-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jon-wolfsthal|title=Jon Wolfsthal {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffpost.com|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>

As of March 2017, Wolfsthal serves as a member of the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]' Science and Security Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thebulletin.org/science-and-security-board|title=Science and Security Board|last=|first=|date=March 30, 2017|website=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|access-date=}}</ref>

== Publications ==
Project Atom 2023: A Competitive Strategies Approach for U.S. Nuclear Posture through 2035, ''[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]'', September 30, 2023 (co-authored with Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan MacKenzie, Robert Soofer, Tom Karako, Franklin Miller, Leonor Tomero, and [[Oriana Skylar Mastro]])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Heather |last2=Hartigan |first2=Kelsey |last3=MacKenzie |first3=Lachlan |last4=Soofer |first4=Robert |last5=Karako |first5=Tom |last6=Mastro |first6=Oriana Skylar |last7=Miller |first7=Franklin |last8=Tomero |first8=Leonor |last9=Wolfsthal |first9=Jon |date=2023-09-29 |title=Project Atom 2023 |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/project-atom-2023 |journal=[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Wolfsthal is married to [[Shanthi Kalathil]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Alex |last2=Sfondeles |first2=Tina |date=2021-12-08 |title=The ex-journo Biden’s tapped to confront China |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/12/08/the-ex-journo-bidens-tapped-to-confront-china-495375 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041201093315/http://ceip.org/files/about/Staff.asp?r=34 Official page at Carnegie Endowment]
* {{C-SPAN|85637}}

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