RAND Expert Biography
James Dobbins
Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND National Security Research Division
Office
Washington
Expertise
Afghanistan, Balkans, Europe, Iraq, Middle East, NATO, trends and issues in international security, U.S.-foreign relations
Previous Positions
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe; Special Assistant to the President for the Western Hemisphere; Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for the Balkans; Ambassador to the European Community; Clinton administration's Special Envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo; Bush administration's first Special Envoy for Afghanistan; Bush administration's representative to the Afghan opposition in the wake of September 11, 2001
Education
Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Publications of Interest
The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building, James Dobbins et al., RAND Corporation, 2007
Ending Afghanistan's Civil War (testimony presented by J. Dobbins to the House Armed Services Committee, January 30, 2007), RAND Corporation, 2007
The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq, James Dobbins et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq, James Dobbins et al., RAND Corporation, 2003
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: ABC; Al-Ahram Weekly; BBC; Bloomberg; CBS; Channel News Asia; Chi-cago Tribune; Christian Science Monitor; CNBC; CNN; Copley News Service; Cox News Service; Financial Times; Foreign Affairs; Fox News; The Globe and Mail; Houston Chronicle; International Herald Tribune; Irish Times; Knight Ridder; NBC; Newsday; NPR; PBS; Phil-adelphia Inquirer; Pravda; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Reuters; South China Morning Post; Washington Post
Commentary: Financial Times; International Herald Tribune; New York Times; United Press International
Video Interviews: James Dobbins discusses "The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building"
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.


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