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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

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.