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Dr. Fred Charles Iklé (born August 21, 1924) is a Distinguished Scholar with the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1964 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and historian David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University....
. Iklé's expertise is in defense and foreign policy; nuclear strategy; and the role of technology in the emerging international order. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C....
 and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Iklé served as a Commissioner on the National Commission on Terrorism
National Commission on Terrorism

The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century , also known as the Hart-Rudman Commission or Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security, was chartered by Secretary of Defense William Cohen in 1998 to provide a comprehensive review of US national security requirements in the 21st century....
, which produced the Report of the National Commission on Terrorism
Report of the National Commission on Terrorism

The Report of the National Commission on Terrorism, also known as the Bremer Commission, "Countering The Changing Threat of International Terrorism", Pursuant to Public Law 277, 105th Congress, was published June 2000....
 in June 2000, and he served for nine years as Director of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Prior to joining CSIS in 1988, Fred Iklé was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the United States Secretary of Defense and the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters concerning...
 in the Ronald Reagan
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 administration and before that was Director for the U.S.






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Dr. Fred Charles Iklé (born August 21, 1924) is a Distinguished Scholar with the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1964 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and historian David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University....
. Iklé's expertise is in defense and foreign policy; nuclear strategy; and the role of technology in the emerging international order. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C....
 and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Iklé served as a Commissioner on the National Commission on Terrorism
National Commission on Terrorism

The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century , also known as the Hart-Rudman Commission or Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security, was chartered by Secretary of Defense William Cohen in 1998 to provide a comprehensive review of US national security requirements in the 21st century....
, which produced the Report of the National Commission on Terrorism
Report of the National Commission on Terrorism

The Report of the National Commission on Terrorism, also known as the Bremer Commission, "Countering The Changing Threat of International Terrorism", Pursuant to Public Law 277, 105th Congress, was published June 2000....
 in June 2000, and he served for nine years as Director of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Prior to joining CSIS in 1988, Fred Iklé was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the United States Secretary of Defense and the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters concerning...
 in the Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
 administration and before that was Director for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was established as an independent agency of the United States government by the Arms Control and Disarmament Act , September 26, 1961, a bill drafted by presidential adviser John J....
 (1973-1977). He also co-chaired the bipartisan Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy, which published Discriminate Deterrence in January 1988. In 1975 and 1987, Iklé received the highest civilian award of the Department of Defense, the Distinguished Public Service Medal. In 1988, he was awarded the Bronze Palm.

Iklé has served as Chairman of the Board of the Telos Corporation and as a Director of the Zurich-American Insurance Companies. He is a Director of CMC Energy Services serves as Governor of the Smith Richardson Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation

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 and as a Director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.

He is the author of several books and numerous articles on defense, foreign policy, and arms control, including How Nations Negotiate and Every War Must End. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park, Chicago neighborhood of Chicago. Although an older university by the same name existed prior to its founding, the modern University of Chicago credits its founding to the oil magnate John D....
 and speaks French and German.

Iklé's newest work Annihilation From Within was published November 2006 by Columbia University Press.

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