Wolfsthal began his career in government service at the
United States Department of Energy during the 1990s in a variety of positions, including in
North Korea, where he served in roles including as an on-site monitor under the 1994 "
Agreed Framework". In that post, he was the most senior
White House official setting and implementing U.S. Government policy on arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear policy. During his tenure at the
White House Office, he developed U.S. nuclear and nonproliferation policy. He was involved in crafting President Obama's Prague speech delivered in April 2009, served on the delegation to the
2010 Nuclear Security Summit, helped negotiate and gain Senate approval of the
New START arms control agreement with Russia, helped draft the 2010
Nuclear Posture Review and coordinated U.S. policy for the 2015
NPT Review Conference. The co-author of
Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction, he was described by the office of U.S. Vice President
Joe Biden as "a globally recognized expert on nuclear security and nonproliferation", He served previously as deputy director of the James C. Martin
Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the
Middlebury Institute of International Security at Monterey. Wolfsthal has taught at the
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced and International Studies,
Georgetown University, and the
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Wolfsthal is a senior advisor at
Global Zero. and non-resident fellow at the
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Wolfsthal has written op-ed columns for
Foreign Policy,
The New York Times, and
HuffPost. As of March 2017, Wolfsthal serves as a member of the
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board. == Publications ==