Nuclear terrorism refers to any person or persons detonating a nuclear weapon as an act of terrorism. Some definitions of nuclear terrorism include the sabotage of a nuclear facility and/or the detonation of a radiological device,colloquially termed a dirty bomb,but consensus is lacking. In legal terms,nuclear terrorism is an offense committed if a person unlawfully and intentionally "uses in any way radioactive material …with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury;or with the intent to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment;or with the intent to compel a natural or legal person,an international organization or a State to do or refrain from doing an act",according to the 2005 United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative,generally referred to as NTI,is a non-profit organization located in Washington,D.C. The American foreign policy think tank was founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and philanthropist Ted Turner and describes itself as a "nonprofit,nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity."
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Yukiya Amano was a Japanese diplomat and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Amano previously served as an international civil servant for the United Nations and its subdivisions.
Joseph Estey Macmanus is an American diplomat who served as Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that,he served as the U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna from 2012 to 2014,as well as interim coordinator for efforts to implement President Barack Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. He was President Donald Trump's nominee to become United States Ambassador to Colombia. This nomination was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in May 2018,but was returned to the President at the close of the 115th Congress without consideration by the full Senate. In May 2019,it was announced that Philip Goldberg would replace Macmanus as nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Colombia.
Bonnie Denise Jenkins is an expert on arms control and nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and currently serves as the under secretary of state for arms control and international security affairs. During the Obama administration,she was the U.S. Department of State's coordinator for threat reduction programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
Bathsheba "Sheba" Nell Crocker is an American diplomat who is currently serving as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 2014 to 2017.
Laura Farnsworth Dogu is an author and diplomat who is the United States Ambassador to Honduras. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua in the Obama administration.
Virginia Evelyn Palmer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate,beginning the assignment in January 2015.
C.S. Eliot Kang is an American diplomat and member of the Senior Executive Service. He currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) at the U.S. Department of State. From January to July 2021 and January 2017 to January 2018,Kang served as acting ISN Assistant Secretary and also exercised the authority of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. He also served as acting ISN Assistant Secretary from January to June 2009.
Leena Al-Hadid is a Jordanian diplomat,ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Austria,the Czech Republic,Slovakia,Hungary,and Slovenia. She also serves as Jordan's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations in Vienna. In 2018–2019,she was the elected chairperson of the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors.
Kent Doyle Logsdon is an American diplomat who has served as the U.S. ambassador to Moldova since February 2022. He previously served as the U.S. chargéd'affaires for Germany.
Vivian N. R. Okeke is a Nigerian former diplomat. She was Ambassador to Austria,Slovakia,and international bodies based in Vienna.
Julie D. Fisher is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Cyprus since February 2023.
Lisa A. Carty is an American diplomat who serves as United States ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in the Biden administration.
Constance J. Milstein is an American attorney and businesswoman who serves as the United States ambassador to Malta since October 2022.
