Mr. Fitzpatrick is Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Mr. Fitzpatrick came to IISS in 2005 after a distinguished 26-year career in the US Department of State. In his last posting, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation (acting), responsible for policies to address the proliferation problems posed by Iran, North Korea, Libya, Iraq, South Asia and other regions of concern. Among his duties, he also oversaw implementation of the Proliferation Security Initiative, advanced conventional arms and technology controls, proliferation sanctions, and export control cooperation programs. Mr. Fitzpatrick received an M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and also completed a one-year post-graduate program at the Japanese National Institute of Defense. He is the author of The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes (IISS Adelphi Paper 398, 2008) and has written numerous articles on non-proliferation and security issues.