Senior Research Scholar

301-405-7605
mleitenb@umd.edu

Expertise
Arms Control, biological weapons

Milton Leitenberg, trained as a scientist, moved into the field of arms control in 1966. In 1968, Leitenberg was the first American to work at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). He also worked with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and the Center for International Studies' Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. His research is widely published. He has authored two major studies at CISSM, Biological Weapons Arms Control (1996) and Participation of Japanese Military Forces in UN Peacekeeping Operations (1996). He is currently writing a book on armed humanitarian intervention in wars and conflicts and is also involved in a study of the Soviet and Russian biological weapons program.