Peter Lavoy

Peter Lavoy     (spook, “terror expert”)
Nationality	US
Alma mater	Oberlin College, UC Berkeley
Interests	South Asia
US MIC "terror expert".  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs In office 2011 - 2014 Employer Office of the Secretary of Defense  Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis In office 2008 - 2011 Employer Office of the Director of National Intelligence  Chairman of the National Intelligence Council In office 2008 - 2009 Employer Office of the Director of National Intelligence Preceded by Gregory Treverton  National Intelligence Officer for South Asia In office 2007 - 2008 Employer Office of the Director of National Intelligence  Director of Center for Contemporary Conflict and Senior Lecturer In office 2001 - 2007 Employer Naval Postgraduate School  Director for Counterproliferation Policy In office 1998 - 2000 Employer Office of the Secretary of Defense  Assistant Professor In office 1993 - 1997 Employer Naval Postgraduate School

Dr Peter R. Lavoy is a former high ranking U.S. "security" official. He was the senior expert on South Asia in the US intelligence community.

Career

He has worked in many parts of the system, including as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs. He was succeeded by Robin Fontes.

In 2003 Lavoy was director of the Center for Contemporary Conflict and co-director of the Regional Security Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School. From June 1998 to June 2000 he was director for Counterproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

After his government jobs ended in 2014, he became Senior Director, International Government Relations at ExxonMobil in 2017.

Lavoy is the author of Asymmetric Warfare In South Asia.

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