Fred Iklé

Fred Charles Iklé ( born August 21, 1924 in Sils im Engadin / Segl, † November 10, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland) was an American Undersecretary of State.

Fred Iklé was born in Switzerland and grew up in St. Gallen. He studied at the University of Zurich before he emigrated to the United States in 1946 and Professor of Political Science at MIT was.

From 1973 to 1977, Iklé Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. From 1981 to 1987 he was Under Secretary for Defense Policy. He proposed to arm the Islamic resistance fighters with Stinger anti-aircraft missiles in the war in Afghanistan, it was reacted with the National Security Decision Directive 166.

Together with Albert Wohlstetter, he wrote in the U.S. Department of Defense, the strategy of Discriminate Deterrence. After his retirement he worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Fred Iklé was married and the father of two daughters. He is the cousin of former Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Kopp.

Writings (selection )

• How nations negotiate. Harper & Row, New York 1964.
• Every was must end. Columbia University Press, New York 1970.