WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Robert J. Einhorn, former U.S. assistant secretary of nonproliferation, has been named senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Einhorn served in the U.S. government for 29 years. As assistant secretary for nonproliferation at the U.S. Department of State, he had oversight of issues such as the nonproliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, missile delivery systems, and advanced conventional arms.
Earlier, Einhorn had been deputy assistant secretary for nonproliferation in the State Department's Political-Military Bureau, and a senior adviser on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff from 1986 to 1992.
He served at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1972 to 1984, where he dealt with strategic arms issues, nuclear testing limits, chemical and biological weapons constraints, nonproliferation, and other security issues, and represented the agency in the START talks.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
