Peter Perenyi
Fellow for International
Security
Peter Perenyi has extensive
experience in international and other security
issues. As a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, he
was involved in negotiations concerning several
arms control Treaties, the independence of
Namibia, and the Helsinki agreements on human
rights, security and other European issues. He
is currently a Senior Analyst at ANSER, a
not-for- profit consulting firm, where he has
specialized in homeland security and defense,
as well as arms control.
Mr. Perenyi joined State in 1966 after active duty as a Reserve Infantry officer in the U.S. Army. After a first posting in South Africa, he served in the pacification and rural development program in Vietnam, where he was the first civilian to run a district advisory team in the Mekong Delta region.
His arms control work included developing initial concepts for a U.S. - proposed inspection measure, which eventually led to the first mandatory inspections of Soviet forces (under an agreement currently known as the "Vienna Document"). In 1987-1990, as Principal Officer of a consulate in Poland, during strikes, elections, and the transition to Solidarity rule, he developed contacts with Communist officials and Solidarity regional leaders. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency representative to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces talks with Russia. He subsequently directed a division of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research responsible for analyzing developments during the enlargement of European multilateral institutions, including the EU and NATO.
After joining ANSER, in 1996, Mr. Perenyi participated in drafting the Department of Defense Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support and several related Studies. He also authored a study for Defense on the future of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. After Russia threatened to withdraw from that Treaty, he was brought into the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for a two year assignment as a temporary Defense employee. There he managed issues related to CFE and other European conventional arms control agreements. He represented OSD in most interagency and NATO meetings and in several meetings with Russia at the Assistant Secretary level.
Mr. Perenyi joined State in 1966 after active duty as a Reserve Infantry officer in the U.S. Army. After a first posting in South Africa, he served in the pacification and rural development program in Vietnam, where he was the first civilian to run a district advisory team in the Mekong Delta region.
His arms control work included developing initial concepts for a U.S. - proposed inspection measure, which eventually led to the first mandatory inspections of Soviet forces (under an agreement currently known as the "Vienna Document"). In 1987-1990, as Principal Officer of a consulate in Poland, during strikes, elections, and the transition to Solidarity rule, he developed contacts with Communist officials and Solidarity regional leaders. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency representative to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces talks with Russia. He subsequently directed a division of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research responsible for analyzing developments during the enlargement of European multilateral institutions, including the EU and NATO.
After joining ANSER, in 1996, Mr. Perenyi participated in drafting the Department of Defense Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support and several related Studies. He also authored a study for Defense on the future of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. After Russia threatened to withdraw from that Treaty, he was brought into the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for a two year assignment as a temporary Defense employee. There he managed issues related to CFE and other European conventional arms control agreements. He represented OSD in most interagency and NATO meetings and in several meetings with Russia at the Assistant Secretary level.
