ACRS Oral History Project: Interview with Ariel Levite

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ACRS Oral History Project: Interview with Ariel Levite

Personal recollections and insights of a participants in the Middle East Arms Control and Regional Security process in the 1990s for building a Middle East regional security architecture.

By Ariel (Eli) Levite

Published on Nov 2, 2020

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

About the Author

Ariel (Eli) Levite

Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Technology and International Affairs Program

Levite was the principal deputy director general for policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007.

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Promoting Responsible Nuclear Energy Conduct: An Agenda for International Cooperation
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