The International Security Advisory Board

Dr. Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., president of IFPA, serves on the International Security Advisory Board of the Department of State. The Board includes expertise drawn from experience in government, business, and the scientific and academic communities. Membership on this board includes a range of outside experts capable of making various types of inputs to the policy process.

The purpose of the Board is to provide the Secretary of State and other senior Department officials with insight and advice on vital national security challenges, including issues such as WMD terrorism and counterproliferation. The ISAB is currently conducting a Study on China’s Strategic Modernization Programs and Priorities. Previous ISAB studies include:

• Proliferation Implications of the Global Expansion of Civil Nuclear Power [111 KB]
• Study on Discouraging a Cascade of Nuclear Weapons States [360 KB]
• Study on Space Policy [2,169 KB]
• Study on Building International Coalitions to Combat WMD Terrorism [182 KB]
• Review of the 2002 National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction [195 KB]