Public Talk with Brad Potter, Senior Analyst for the Center of Global Security Research
Speaker Bio
A. Bradley Potter is a Senior Analyst at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is also a Visiting Scholar in the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His scholarship examines wartime decision-making, war termination, nuclear strategy, and U.S. foreign policy.
Prior to joining CGSR, Dr. Potter served in a variety of positions at the U.S. Department of State, including in the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs, Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, and Policy Planning Staff. He has also served in the U.S. Department of Defense in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Office of Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities. Earlier, he was the inaugural Stanton Visiting Scientist at the U.S. Air Force Academy, an adjunct policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, and an operations planner at the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).
He earned a PhD and MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a BS in international relations (with honors) and physics from the College of William and Mary.