Jim Wurst is the Program Director of the Middle Powers Initiative program. As the former President of the United Nations Correspondents’ Association, Jim is a veteran journalist of international security issues, having been a reporter for the UN Wire, Global Security Newswire, and the Inter Press Service, as well as a contributor to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,former Editor of Disarmament Times and Disarmament Campaigns, a newsmagazine based in The Hague. An experienced advocate, Jim also worked within the non-governmental community, including the Council on Economic Priorities, the Arias Foundation for Peace and Progress and was also Program Director of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, the US affiliate of International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.
Jim has a long-standing relationship with MPI, serving as its United Nations representative for several years after its founding, and playing a major role in several of MPI's strategy consultations at The Carter Center.
