Bruce Blair is president of the World Security Institute, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2000 to promote independent research and journalism on global affairs. He is executive producer for Azimuth Media and Foreign Exchange with Dajit Dhaliwal, and publisher of Washington Profile, Washington Observer, Washington Prism, and Taqrir Washington. Blair is an expert on US and Russian security policies, specializing in nuclear forces and command-control systems. Blair, a MacArthur Prize awardee, has taught security studies at both Harvard and Yale universities. He is the author of numerous books and articles on security issues and is currently writing a book on US strategy policy.

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