“The Arms Control Association and all of the staff I've worked with over the years … have this ability to speak truth to power in a wide variety of venues.”
Thomas Countryman, Board Chairman
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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Recent Publications and Citations
https://www.armscontrol.org/media-citations/national-interest/2017-09-20
September 20, 2017
https://www.armscontrol.org/media-citations/2017-09-11
September 11, 2017
https://www.armscontrol.org/media-citations/2017-08-18-0
August 18, 2017
https://www.armscontrol.org/blog/2017-08-18/congressional-republicans-trying-undermine-us-russia-relations
August 18, 2017
https://www.armscontrol.org/media-citations/2017-08-14-0
August 14, 2017