Dr Michael A. Levi is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for energy and the environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His research interests centre on energy, climate change, nuclear arms control, and international security.

Dr Levi is author of the book On Nuclear Terrorism and coauthor of the book The Future of Arms Control. His most recent publications include essays in Foreign Affairs on oil market volatility and on clean energy technology in China, India, and Brazil. He is currently working on a book on the future of energy that explores the intersection of economics, security, and climate change. He was previously a fellow at the Brookings Institution and Director of the Strategic Security Project at the Federation of American Scientists. He holds a PhD in war studies from the University of London (King's College), an MA in physics from Princeton University, and a BSc (Hons) in mathematical physics from Queen's University (Kingston). He lives in New York.