Richard A. Falkenrath

Richard A. Falkenrath is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He served as Executive Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) and, before that, as a Research Fellow. He is the author and co-author of Shaping Europe's Military Order (1995), Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy (1996), America's Achilles' Heel:Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack (1998), and numerous journal articles and chapters of edited volumes. Falkenrath has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the German Society of Foreign Affairs (DGAP) in Bonn. He holds a PhD from the Department of War Studies, King's College, London, where he was a British Marshall Scholar, and is a summa cum laude graduate of Occidental College, Los Angeles, with degrees in economics and international relations. He is currently serving as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Policy and Plans, Office of Homeland Security.

		America's Achilles' Heel Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman and Bradley A. Thayer Paper / June 1998 This volume analyzes the nature and limits of the covert NBC threat and proposes a measured set of policy responses, focused on improving intelligence and consequence-management capabilities to reduce U.S. vulnerability. Price $32.00 | ADD TO CART
		Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy Containing the Threat of Loose Russian Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material Graham Allison, Owen R. Coté Jr., Richard A. Falkenrath and Steven E. Miller Paper / March 1996 This study by Graham Allison and three colleagues at Harvard's Center for Science and International Affairs warns that containing the leakage of nuclear materials—and keeping them out of the hands of groups hostile to the United States—is our nation's highest security priority. Price $26.00 | ADD TO CART
		Shaping Europe's Military Order The Origins and Consequences of the CFE Treaty Richard A. Falkenrath Paper / February 1995 Price $28.00 | ADD TO CART