Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs

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United States Department of State position United States executive branch position under secretary position

The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing arms control, nonproliferation, and international security policy, including political-military affairs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs canonical	9
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security	1
under secretary of state for international security affairs	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T437647 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Context triple: [Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, subordinateTo, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs]

A. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
The Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing policies and programs that promote civilian security, democratic governance, and the protection of human rights worldwide.
B. Under Secretary for International Affairs
The Under Secretary for International Affairs is a senior U.S. Treasury official responsible for formulating and coordinating the United States’ international economic and financial policy, including engagement with foreign governments and global financial institutions.
C. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official who oversees regional and bilateral diplomacy worldwide, serving as the department’s third-ranking leader and principal adviser on political affairs.
D. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in Europe and Eurasia.
E. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs is the senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in the Near East region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Target entity description: The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing arms control, nonproliferation, and international security policy, including political-military affairs.

A. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
The Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing policies and programs that promote civilian security, democratic governance, and the protection of human rights worldwide.
B. Under Secretary for International Affairs
The Under Secretary for International Affairs is a senior U.S. Treasury official responsible for formulating and coordinating the United States’ international economic and financial policy, including engagement with foreign governments and global financial institutions.
C. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official who oversees regional and bilateral diplomacy worldwide, serving as the department’s third-ranking leader and principal adviser on political affairs.
D. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in Europe and Eurasia.
E. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs is the senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in the Near East region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of State position ⓘ United States executive branch position ⓘ under secretary position ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
domain	foreign policy of the United States ⓘ security policy of the United States ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	T (informal State Department designator for the Under Secretary’s office) ⓘ
inception	1990s ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
memberOf	senior leadership of the United States Department of State ⓘ
nativeLanguageName	Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ
officeType	sub‑Cabinet level position ⓘ
oversees	Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance ⓘ Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation ⓘ Bureau of Political‑Military Affairs ⓘ linked to: Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
partOf	United States Department of State ⓘ
policyArea	arms control ⓘ international security ⓘ national security ⓘ nonproliferation ⓘ political‑military relations ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	arms control policy ⓘ biological weapons nonproliferation ⓘ chemical weapons nonproliferation ⓘ conventional arms control ⓘ defense cooperation agreements ⓘ defense trade controls policy ⓘ international security policy ⓘ missile nonproliferation ⓘ nonproliferation policy ⓘ nuclear arms control ⓘ political‑military affairs ⓘ security assistance policy ⓘ strategic stability issues ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style	Under Secretary ⓘ
worksWith	National Security Council ⓘ linked to: National Security Council of the United States United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense United States intelligence community ⓘ linked to: United States Intelligence Community

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs → subordinateTo → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs → nativeLanguageName → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

John Bolton → positionHeld → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Office of the Under Secretaries of State → hasMember → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Office of the Under Secretaries of State → hasMember → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security ⓘ

linked to: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs

Office of the Under Secretaries of State → hasPart → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance → reportsTo → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs → reportsTo → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Ellen Tauscher → positionHeld → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

Under Secretary of State → hasMultipleVariants → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs ⓘ

William H. Donaldson → positionHeld → under secretary of state for international security affairs ⓘ