Biography - John Siebert
John SiebertExecutive Director
Project
Ploughshares
John Siebert has
been the Executive
Director of Project
Ploughshares since
2005. Project
Ploughshares, founded in 1976,
is located in Waterloo, Ontario.
Its work includes research
and policy development on
nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation,
outer space security,
the control and reduction of
conventional weapons, and
critical evaluation of Canada’s
foreign and defense policy from a
human security framework. Prior
to joining Project Ploughshares,
John worked for several NGOs on
public policy issues. From 1982-
1986 he was a Foreign Service
Officer with the Department of
External Affairs and International
Trade, which included a
posting to Canada’s Embassy
in Washington, DC. Since 2004
Project Ploughshares has acted
as the managing partner for the
international research consortium
that produces the annual Space
Security Index (spacesecurity.
org). The goal of the SSI is to
improve transparency with
respect to space activities
and provide a common,
comprehensive knowledge base
to support the development of
national and international policies
that contribute to space security,
defined as “the secure and
sustainable access to, and use of,
space and freedom from spacebased
threats. |
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