- Fred Ikle
Dr. Fred Charles Iklé (born
August 21 ,1924 ) is a Distinguished Scholar with theCenter for Strategic and International Studies . [http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_experts/task,view/type,34/id,130/] Iklé's expertise is in defense and foreign policy; nuclear strategy; and the role of technology in the emerging international order. He is a member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.Iklé served as a Commissioner on the
National Commission on Terrorism , which produced theReport of the National Commission on Terrorism in June 2000, and he served for nine years as Director of the National Endowment for Democracy.Prior to joining CSIS in 1988, Fred Iklé was
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in theRonald Reagan administration and before that was Director for the U.S.Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1973-1977). He also co-chaired the bipartisan Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy, which published "Discriminate Deterrence" in January 1988. In 1975 and 1987, Iklé received the highest civilian award of the Department of Defense, the Distinguished Public Service Medal. In 1988, he was awarded the Bronze Palm.Iklé has served as Chairman of the Board of the Telos Corporation and as a Director of the Zurich-American Insurance Companies. He is a Director of CMC Energy Services serves as Governor of the
Smith Richardson Foundation and as a Director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.He is the author of several books and numerous articles on defense, foreign policy, and arms control, including "How Nations Negotiate" and "Every War Must End". He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago and speaks French and German.Iklé's newest work "Annihilation From Within" [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/023113/0231139527.HTM] was published November 2006 by Columbia University Press.
References
*Ikle, Fred Charles "Annihilation From Within" (Columbia University Press 2006)
*Ikle, Fred Charles "Every War Must End" (Columbia University Press, 1971, 1991, 2005 with new prefaces)
*Ikle, Fred Charles "How Nations Negotiate" (Harper and Row, 1968)
*Ikle, Fred Charles "The Social Impact of Bomb Destruction" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1958)DR. IKLE LIVES IN BETHESDA, MDExternal links
* [http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_experts/task,view/type,34/id,130/ Ikle's biography at the CSIS web site]
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