Charles L. Thornton

Graduate Fellow

Charles (Chuck) Thornton is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. He is currently a Graduate Research Fellow in the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, focusing on arms control and nonproliferation issues. As an employee of Science Applications International Corporation, Chuck spent over six years helping the US Department of Defense manage the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Specifically, he supported program management and policy development for the Russian CTR nuclear weapons safety and security program. He continues to consult for DoD through SAIC. Chuck received his MA from The George Washington University in security policy and his BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Contact

Charles L. Thornton
clt@umd.edu

Recent Publications

Charles L. Thornton, "Cooperative Threat Reduction (The Nunn-Lugar Program)", (in Eric A. Croddy, James J. Wirtz, and Jeffrey A. Larson, eds., Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History, Volume 2, Nuclear Weapons, 75-77, 2005)

Charles L. Thornton, "Nuclear Warhead Storage and Transportation Security (Russia)", (in Eric A. Croddy, James J. Wirtz, and Jeffrey A. Larson, eds., Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History, Volume 2, Nuclear Weapons, 260-261, 2005)

Charles L. Thornton, "Conceptual Approach to Threat Reduction Expansion: Context and Principles", (Presentation to Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council, 07/27/2004)

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