This Executive Master of International Studies event features Thomas Countryman, arms and security expert, on the elimination of nuclear weapons treaties between Russia and the U.S., and its implications for international security.

Thomas Countryman

Mr. Countryman was the acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. He served for 35 years as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service until January 2017, achieving the rank of minister-counselor, and was appointed in October 2016 to the position of acting undersecretary of state. He simultaneously served as assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, a position he had held since September 2011.

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