Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor for security and defense policy at The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Author of The Long Game: How Obama Defied Washington and Redefined America’s Role in the World
Former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota
Affiliated faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School
Represented the 15th District of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress
Senior policy advisor at DLA Piper
Contributor on CNN
Specializes in international relations theory, international security, and international organizations
Served as assistant secretary-general and special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2001 to 2003
Senior fellow and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Peace Institute since 1996
former President of Refugees International
His career with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spanned twenty-seven years.
During his time with UNHCR, he acted as the Charge de Mission in Guatemala; the Regional Representative for Mexico, Cuba and Central America; the Head of Donor Relations and Resource Mobilization Service; Regional Representative for the Pacific; Regional Representative for China and Mongolia; and the Regional Representative for the United States of America and the Caribbean
Assistant professor in the Department of Politics at Drexel University and specializes in International Relations
Former Postdoctoral research fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University
Leading expert on U.S. and international economic sanctions and national security issues
Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C.
Lawyer, Private Practice
Wilfried Guth Professor of Constitutional Political Economy and Competition Policy at Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany
Published in international scholarly journals in both economics and political science, including the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the Journal of Peace Research
His Ph.D thesis on “Public Pensions and Immigration: A Public Choice Approach” was awarded the 2005 Award of the Research Network on Pensions of the German Federal Pension Insurance
Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law
Co-Director of the Washburn Law International and Comparative Law Center
Served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Naval Officer
Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at Stanford University
Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) at Stanford University
Was appointed the twenty-sixth National Security Advisor by United States President Donald Trump on February 20, 2017.
Author of the award-winning book Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam.
Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at the School of International Service, American University, and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times
Served President Barack Obama as National Security Advisor and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In her role as National Security Advisor from July 1, 2013, to January 20, 2017, Ambassador Rice led the National Security Council Staff of approximately 400 defense, diplomatic, intelligence and development experts.
Served as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in the Trump Administration
Author of the book, War and the Art of Governance, published by Georgetown University Press in 2017
Adjunct instructor at the Sacred Heart University
Former United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans within the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
Former Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy
Joined the Obama Administration on day one, serving from 2009 to 2013 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council and from 2013 to 2014 as White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control
Worked at Stanford University, at Harvard University, and at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Former Philadelphia’s City Solicitor
Named in "100 Most Influential Philadelphians," by Philadelphia Magazine, and “Best of the Bar,” by the Philadelphia Business Journal
Confirmed as the 32nd Deputy Secretary of Defense on April 30, 2014
Served as Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
From 2009 to 2013, served as the Undersecretary of the Navy
In 2008, served on President-elect Barack Obama’s Department of Defense Transition Team as leader of the Department of the Navy issues team
Cameroonian political leader, activist, and entrepreneur.
Internationally recognized for her expertise in leadership and strategy, her understanding of Africa’s development issues, and her strong stance for its women and youth.
Her focus is on political transitions that enable countries to go from decades of autocratic rule towards governance that is democratic, inclusive, and equitable in the distribution of resources and access to opportunity.
