This marks the final issue for Arms Control Today editor Miles A. Pomper, who is leaving the Arms Control Association to become a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Daniel Horner, formerly a senior editor for Platts Nuclear Group, is succeeding him.
Pomper joined ACT in April 2003 and quickly led a redesign of the magazine to add new elements and broaden its appeal to a wider audience. He worked hard to encourage a more thorough debate on critical global security and nonproliferation issues by reaching out to new expert contributors and conducting on-the-record interviews with top policymakers, including Hans Blix, Mohamed ElBaradei, the Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright, former Senate Armed Services Chairman Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. At the James Martin Center, he will continue his work tracking U.S. and international efforts to address proliferation developments, including those that arise with the anticipated growth in nuclear energy generation.
Horner will assume the role of editor of ACT starting with the May issue. As a senior editor and reporter with Platts from 2001 to 2009, he wrote and edited articles for daily, weekly, and biweekly newsletters, including Nucleonics Week, on national and international issues dealing with nuclear power and proliferation. Prior to working with Platts, he was a managing editor with Exchange/Monitor Publications and deputy director of the Nuclear Control Institute, where he helped develop domestic and international strategies for the institute's efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Daryl G. Kimball, the Arms Control Association's executive director, said, "We'll miss Miles, and we thank him for his substantial contributions to Arms Control Today and to the field of arms control. We look forward to collaborating with him in the years ahead."