Andrew J. Grotto

Senior National Security Analyst

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Andrew J. Grotto is a Senior National Security Analyst at American Progress, where he specializes in U.S. strategic policy and the proliferation of nuclear and biological weapons.

His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The UK Guardian, The Baltimore Sun, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and a variety of scholarly journals. Grotto recently co-authored “Restoring American Military Power: A Progressive QDR” (Center for American Progress, 2006), a comprehensive assessment of U.S. military strategy, and “Biosecurity: A Comprehensive Action Plan.”

He has lectured at Georgetown University on U.S. nuclear weapons policy, U.S. defense budgeting, and U.S. defense strategy. He is a frequent radio and television commentator on U.S. national security policy, particularly as it relates to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, U.S. nuclear weapons policy, and U.S. national security strategy. He is a 2006 Manfred Wörner Fellow with the German Marshall Fund, a member of the Unified Security Budget Task Force, and a member of a China Policy Task Force.

He received his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where he served as an editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law. He received his Master's Degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was a Gaines Fellow.