GSPP Faculty
Michael Nacht
Areas of Expertise/Interest:
- International Relations
- Public Policy
- National Security Policy
- Public Management
Biographical Statement:
Michael Nacht concentrates on US national security policy and management strategies for complex organizations. He has written on US-Russian nuclear arms competition, missile defense, US-China strategic relations, broader issues of American foreign policy, international education, and formulation and implementation of management strategies. After unanimous US Senate confirmation, he served as a nuclear arms negotiator in the Clinton administration, participating in five presidential summits with the Russian and Chinese presidents. After 9/11, he chaired advisory panels of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation. Previously he was Dean and Professor of the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs and was founding co-editor of International Security while Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He was dean of GSPP from 1998-2008. He is on leave of absence to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs in the Department of Defense after receiving US Senate confirmation by unanimous consent. His areas of responsibility include cyber security, countering weapons of mass destruction proliferation, nuclear weapons and missile defense policy, and space policy.
