Richard J. Danzig
CNAS Board of Directors
Senior Advisor, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Richard Danzig’s primary activity is as a consultant to U.S. Intelligence Agencies and the Department of Defense on national security issues. He is a Senior Advisor to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Chair of the Advisory Panel for Idaho National Laboratories’ Innovation Center, and a member of the Toyota Research Institute Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Homeland Security Secretary’s Advisory Council, a Trustee of Reed College and of the RAND Corporation, a Director of the Center for a New American Security and a Director of Saffron Hill Ventures (a European investment firm)
In recent time he has been a director of National Semiconductor Corporation (NY Stock Exchange) and Human Genome Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ). He has also served as The Chairman of the Board of The Center for a New American Security, Vice Chair of RAND, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and the Secretary of Defense’s Defense Policy Board, and a member of the Aspen Strategy Group
Dr. Danzig served as the 71st Secretary of the Navy from November 1998 to January 2001. He was the Under Secretary of the Navy between 1993 and 1997. From the spring of 2007 through the Presidential election of 2008, Dr. Danzig was a senior advisor to Senator Obama on national security issues.
Dr. Danzig was born in New York City in 1944. He received a B.A. degree from Reed College, a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, and Bachelor of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Upon his graduation from Yale, Dr. Danzig served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White.
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Technology Roulette
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“Technology Roulette: Managing Loss of Control as Many Militaries Pursue Technological Superiority” Report Launch
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A more connected military means new battlefield glitches, too
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New Cybersecurity Primer by the Center for a New American Security
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Understanding Vulnerabilities Key To Improving US Cybersecurity Posture
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