Dr. Samore is special assistant to the President and White House coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism. He was the director of the Council on Foreign Relations (2006 to 2009); vice president for global security and sustainability at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (2005); and a researcher at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (2001 to 2005). He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University.