You are cordially invited to a lecture on the topic of
WMD terrorism and the American response
with
Brad Hammitt
Foreign Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration
Thursday, January 8
4:30 PM
The Institute of World Politics
1521 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Parking map
Please contact sdwyer@iwp.edu with any questions.
Please note that this event is off the record.
Brad Hammitt joined the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) in 2002 where he supported the Office of Weapons Material Protection. He has managed nuclear security projects at two of the world’s largest nuclear materials production facilities in the Russian Federation and other nuclear security projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mr. Hammitt received the Secretary of Energy’s Honor Achievement Award and the NNSA Administrator’s Achievement Award in 2009 for his work in the Russian Federation. Currently, he provides oversight for several nonproliferation projects to improve maritime security in the Far East and Africa.
Prior to joining DOE/NNSA he served as a fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Cooperative Threat Reduction Policy Office. Mr. Hammitt received an M.A. in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute for International Studies and a Certificate in Nonproliferation Studies from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He also co-authored, “Goons, Gunmen and Gendarmerie: Toward a Reconceptualization of Paramilitary Formations.”