Kristensen, Hans M.
Biography
Hans M. Kristensen is Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists where he provides the public with analysis and background information about the status of nuclear forces and the role of nuclear weapons. He specializes in using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in his research and is a frequent consultant to and is widely referenced in the news media on the role and status of nuclear weapons.
Kristensen is co-author of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the World Nuclear Forces overview in the SIPRI Yearbook. The Nuclear Notebook is, according to the publisher, “widely regarded as the most accurate source of information on nuclear weapons and weapons facilities available to the public.” His publications are available at http://www.nukestrat.com/pubs.
Between 2002 and 2005, Kristensen was a consultant to the nuclear program at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C, where he researched nuclear weapons issues and wrote the report “U.S. Nuclear Weapons In Europe” (February 2005) and co-authored numerous articles including “What’s Behind Bush’s Nuclear Cuts” (Arms Control Today, October 2004) and “The Protection Paradox” (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2004). Between 1998 and 2002, Kristensen directed the Nuclear Strategy Project at the Nautilus Institute in Berkeley, CA, and he was a Special Advisor to the Danish Ministry of Defense in 1997-1998 as a member of the Danish Defense Commission. He was a Senior Researcher with the Nuclear Information Unit of Greenpeace International in Washington D.C from 1991 to 1996, prior to which he coordinated the Greenpeace Nuclear Free Seas Campaign in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden.
Publications:
Blog: Strategic Security Blog
2009 From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence
2006 Chinese Nuclear Forces and U.S. Nuclear War Planning
In the News:
Nuclear Information Project in the News - Complete List of News Clips
2010 April 16: The Seattle Times - Obama, Medvedev Sign Nuclear Weapons Treaty
2010 April 15: Dallas Morning News - Arms Treaty to Bring More Work Pantex's Way
2010 April 13: U.S. News and World Report - A Change for U.S. Nuclear Strategy
2010 April 12: Globe and Mail - Q+A With Hans Kristensen
2010 April 12: Bloomberg/BusinessWeek - Obama Prods Leaders on Curbing Nuclear Terror Threat
2010 April 9: The Guardian - The Dodgy Accounting of Nuclear Diplomacy
2010 April 7: Washington Post - New Nuclear Arms Policy Shows Limits U.S. Faces
2010 April 7: TIME - Obama's Nuclear Strategy - What's Different
2010 April 7: Physics Today - Obama's Nuclear Posture Review
2010 April 6: Wall Street Journal - U.S. Narrows Role of Nuclear Arms
2010 March 31: Global Security NewsWire - New START Seen Permitting Extra Warhead Deployments
2010 March 30: New York Times - Arms Control May Be Different On Paper and On The Ground
2010 March 30: TIME - U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty: Small Step On A Long Road
2010 March 29: Global Security NewsWire - Obama Intervened Frequently In Arms Control Talks
2010 March 24: Associated Press - Treaty to Cut U.S.-Russia Nukes; Signing In 2 Weeks
2010 March 22: TIME - Stakes Rise As U.S. and Russia Stall Over Nukes
