Dr. David Kay is a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and a consultant with a concentration on counter terrorism and weapons proliferation. He was previously a member of the Department of State’s International Security Advisory Board, and has served on a number of official U.S. government delegations and government and private advisory commissions.
Dr. David Kay is a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and a consultant with a concentration on counter terrorism and weapons proliferation.
Dr. Kay was previously a member of the Department of State’s International Security Advisory Board. In 2003, while he was working at the Central Intelligence Agency, Dr. Kay led the search appointed by President Bush for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. In the aftermath of the first Gulf War he served as the IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector, leading numerous inspections into Iraq following the end of the Gulf War to determine Iraqi nuclear weapons production capability.
He has served on a number of official U.S. government delegations and government and private advisory commissions, including the Defense Science Board, U.S. State Department’s Advisory Commission on International Organizations, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Advisory Group on Conflicts in International Relations, and the U.S. Delegation to the UN General Assembly. He is also the recipient of the IAEA’s Distinguished Service Award and the U.S. Secretary of State’s Commendation.
He is an expert in matters relating to proliferation and terrorism issues, particularly weapons of mass destruction.
Dr. Kay has frequently testified before Congress, and his articles have appeared widely in U.S. media and a number of scholarly journals. He also has been a radio and television commentator on nuclear and defense matters.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Master’s in International Affairs and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.