Ian Graig is the chief executive of Global Policy Group, a public policy consulting firm based in Washington, DC, that he helped establish in 1995. He previously held positions with SRI International and the Washington law firm of Tanaka Ritger & Middleton. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, where his doctoral studies focused on the Manhattan Project and the atomic scientists movement. He has written extensively on U.S. energy, environmental, climate, technology, and foreign policy.