Hans M. Kristensen
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Hans M. Kristensen is director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists
. He writes about nuclear weapons policy there; he is coauthor of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, and the World Nuclear Forces appendix in Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual SIPRI Yearbook.
His research especially relies on using the Freedom of Information Act to compel U.S. government agencies to release documents. He maintains an on-line overview of the number of nuclear weapons in the world, and writes frequently on the FAS Strategic Security Blog.
He is critical of the development and deployment of nuclear weaponry. In 2005 he discovered a draft document on a Pentagon
website
that proposed a change in U.S. nuclear doctrine to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. Even though Secretary Rumsfeld
had not approved the change, its publication provoked a reaction from some members of Congress.
Hans M. Kristensen (born April 7, 1961) is director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists
. He writes about nuclear weapons policy there; he is coauthor of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, and the World Nuclear Forces appendix in Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual SIPRI Yearbook.
His research especially relies on using the Freedom of Information Act to compel U.S. government agencies to release documents. He maintains an on-line overview of the number of nuclear weapons in the world, and writes frequently on the FAS Strategic Security Blog.
He is critical of the development and deployment of nuclear weaponry. In 2005 he discovered a draft document on a Pentagon
website
that proposed a change in U.S. nuclear doctrine to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. Even though Secretary Rumsfeld
had not approved the change, its publication provoked a reaction from some members of Congress.
Hans M. Kristensen (born April 7, 1961) is director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists
. He writes about nuclear weapons policy there; he is coauthor of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, and the World Nuclear Forces appendix in Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual SIPRI Yearbook.
His research especially relies on using the Freedom of Information Act to compel U.S. government agencies to release documents. He maintains an on-line overview of the number of nuclear weapons in the world, and writes frequently on the FAS Strategic Security Blog.
He is critical of the development and deployment of nuclear weaponry. In 2005 he discovered a draft document on a Pentagon
website
that proposed a change in U.S. nuclear doctrine to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. Even though Secretary Rumsfeld
had not approved the change, its publication provoked a reaction from some members of Congress.
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a nonpartisan, 501 organization intent on using science and scientific analysis to attempt make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs...
. He writes about nuclear weapons policy there; he is coauthor of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nontechnical online magazine that covers global security and public policy issues, especially related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction...
, and the World Nuclear Forces appendix in Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual SIPRI Yearbook.
His research especially relies on using the Freedom of Information Act to compel U.S. government agencies to release documents. He maintains an on-line overview of the number of nuclear weapons in the world, and writes frequently on the FAS Strategic Security Blog.
He is critical of the development and deployment of nuclear weaponry. In 2005 he discovered a draft document on a Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
website
Website
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that proposed a change in U.S. nuclear doctrine to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. Even though Secretary Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to...
had not approved the change, its publication provoked a reaction from some members of Congress.
Professional history
- 2005–present: Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- 2002-2005: Consultant to the Nuclear Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Washington, D.C.
- 1998-2002: Senior Researcher, Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. - 1997-1998: Special Advisor, Danish Defence Commission, Danish Ministry of DefenceMinistry of Defence (Denmark)The Ministry of Defence of Denmark is a ministry in the Danish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of the Danish Defence minister, including the armed forces and the emergency management sector...
. - 1997: Consultant, Danish National Radio.
- 1996: Consultant, Western States Legal Foundation, Berkeley, California.
- 1991-1996: Senior Researcher, Military Information Unit, Greenpeace International, Washington, D.C.
- 1987-1991: Regional Coordinator (Nordic Countries), Nuclear Free Seas Campaign, Greenpeace International, CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark. - 1987: International Coordinator, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace International, LewesLewesLewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
, United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - 1982-1986: National Coordinator, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace Denmark.
Hans M. Kristensen (born April 7, 1961) is director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a nonpartisan, 501 organization intent on using science and scientific analysis to attempt make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs...
. He writes about nuclear weapons policy there; he is coauthor of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nontechnical online magazine that covers global security and public policy issues, especially related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction...
, and the World Nuclear Forces appendix in Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual SIPRI Yearbook.
His research especially relies on using the Freedom of Information Act to compel U.S. government agencies to release documents. He maintains an on-line overview of the number of nuclear weapons in the world, and writes frequently on the FAS Strategic Security Blog.
He is critical of the development and deployment of nuclear weaponry. In 2005 he discovered a draft document on a Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
that proposed a change in U.S. nuclear doctrine to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. Even though Secretary Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to...
had not approved the change, its publication provoked a reaction from some members of Congress.
Professional history
- 2005–present: Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- 2002-2005: Consultant to the Nuclear Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Washington, D.C.
- 1998-2002: Senior Researcher, Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. - 1997-1998: Special Advisor, Danish Defence Commission, Danish Ministry of DefenceMinistry of Defence (Denmark)The Ministry of Defence of Denmark is a ministry in the Danish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of the Danish Defence minister, including the armed forces and the emergency management sector...
. - 1997: Consultant, Danish National Radio.
- 1996: Consultant, Western States Legal Foundation, Berkeley, California.
- 1991-1996: Senior Researcher, Military Information Unit, Greenpeace International, Washington, D.C.
- 1987-1991: Regional Coordinator (Nordic Countries), Nuclear Free Seas Campaign, Greenpeace International, CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark. - 1987: International Coordinator, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace International, LewesLewesLewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
, United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - 1982-1986: National Coordinator, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace Denmark.
Hans M. Kristensen (born April 7, 1961) is director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a nonpartisan, 501 organization intent on using science and scientific analysis to attempt make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs...
. He writes about nuclear weapons policy there; he is coauthor of the Nuclear Notebook column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nontechnical online magazine that covers global security and public policy issues, especially related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction...
, and the World Nuclear Forces appendix in Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual SIPRI Yearbook.
His research especially relies on using the Freedom of Information Act to compel U.S. government agencies to release documents. He maintains an on-line overview of the number of nuclear weapons in the world, and writes frequently on the FAS Strategic Security Blog.
He is critical of the development and deployment of nuclear weaponry. In 2005 he discovered a draft document on a Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
that proposed a change in U.S. nuclear doctrine to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. Even though Secretary Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to...
had not approved the change, its publication provoked a reaction from some members of Congress.
Professional history
- 2005–present: Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- 2002-2005: Consultant to the Nuclear Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Washington, D.C.
- 1998-2002: Senior Researcher, Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. - 1997-1998: Special Advisor, Danish Defence Commission, Danish Ministry of DefenceMinistry of Defence (Denmark)The Ministry of Defence of Denmark is a ministry in the Danish government. It is charged with overall planning, development, and strategic guidance of the entire area of responsibility of the Danish Defence minister, including the armed forces and the emergency management sector...
. - 1997: Consultant, Danish National Radio.
- 1996: Consultant, Western States Legal Foundation, Berkeley, California.
- 1991-1996: Senior Researcher, Military Information Unit, Greenpeace International, Washington, D.C.
- 1987-1991: Regional Coordinator (Nordic Countries), Nuclear Free Seas Campaign, Greenpeace International, CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark. - 1987: International Coordinator, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace International, LewesLewesLewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
, United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - 1982-1986: National Coordinator, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace Denmark.
External links
- Federation of American Scientists (FAS biography)
- List of Publications (FAS index)
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS index)
- http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/news.html Hans M. Kristensen in the news (FAS overview)
- Presentations by Ivan Oelrich, Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris at the press briefing, April 8, 2009 (mp3 audio file)