Kingston Reif

DIRECTOR OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
202-543-4100 x2103
kreif AT clw DOT org

Kingston Reif is the Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at Council for a Livable World, where his work focuses on arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear weapons, and preventing nuclear terrorism.

Reif originally came to the Council's sister organization, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, in 2008 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. From September 2008 until May 2009 he served as Dr. Morton Halperin’s research assistant on the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission. Reif returned to the Center in May 2009 as the Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation. Reif has published letters and articles on nuclear weapons policy in such venues as the Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, Survival, Defense News, the World Politics Review, and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He has also been quoted in such publications as the New York Times, Global Security Newswire, FoxNews.com, and DailyKos, and has been interviewed on radio and TV, including on C-SPAN's Washington Journal program.

Reif holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University. He spent two years in the U.K. as a British Marshall Scholar where he received a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a M.Litt. in International Security Studies from the University of St. Andrews.