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Intelligence and Arms Control: An Interview with Kelsey Davenport

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Education, News, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2015

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Kelsey Davenport, the Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, where she provides research and analysis on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan and on nuclear security issues. Vince and Kelsey discuss the complexity of the arms control process, the role of intelligence in verifying the status of nuclear weapon states, and the hope for a future without the danger of nuclear proliferation.

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Museum in Washington, D.C. I'm Dr. Vins Hoat, the museum's historian and curator.

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Every month, the museum brings you interesting talks with authors,

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scholars, and practitioners who live in the world of global espionage.

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Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence.

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So we are joined today by Kelsey Davenport, who is the Director for Non-proliferation

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policy at the Arms Control Association, where she provides research and analysis on the nuclear

1:59.4

and missile programs in Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan and on nuclear security issues.

2:06.4

Kelsey also reports on developments in these areas for Arms Control today.

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She joined the Arms Control Association August 2011 as the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow.

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Prior to coming to the Arms Control Association, Kelsey worked for a think tank in Jerusalem researching regional security issues and Track 2 diplomatic negotiations.

2:23.7

She holds a master's degree in peace studies from the Crock Institute for International Peace

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Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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And Kelsey graduated Sumacum Laud from Butler University with a BA and

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