James Phillip Rubin is an American former diplomat and journalist who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000. He wrote a regular column on foreign affairs for The Sunday Times of London,and has been Diplomatic Counselor to the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) since June 2021.
Warren Minor Christopher was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 63rd United States secretary of state from 1993 to 1997.
Michèle Angélique Flournoy is an American defense policy advisor who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy under President Bill Clinton and under secretary of defense for policy under President Barack Obama.
The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (T) is a position within the U.S. Department of State that serves as Senior Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Arms Control,Nonproliferation,and Disarmament.
Evelyn May Lieberman was an American public affairs professional who,during the Clinton administration,became the first woman to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff,and was the first United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Michael Joseph Morell is an American former career intelligence analyst. He served as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2010 to 2013 and twice as its acting director,first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013. He also serves as a professor at the George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government.
Philippe I. Reines is an American political consultant. He joined the Department of State as a senior advisor to Hillary Clinton when she became United States Secretary of State in January 2009,and was promoted to deputy assistant secretary of state for strategic communications in 2010.
Jeremy B. Bash is an American lawyer. He was the chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011) and the U.S. Department of Defense (2011–2013) under President Barack Obama. As a senior advisor to Leon Panetta in both roles,Bash worked on a number of key initiatives,including the creation of a new defense strategy,formation of two defense budgets,counterterrorism operations,a new cyber strategy,and a range of sensitive intelligence operations.
Thomas Edward Donilon is an American lawyer,business executive,and former government official who served as the 22nd National Security Advisor in the Obama administration from 2010 to 2013. Donilon also worked in the Carter and Clinton administrations. He is now Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute,the firm's global think tank.
U.S. President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017),also known as the Pivot to Asia,represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted the country's focus away from the Middle Eastern and European sphere and allowed it to invest heavily and build relationships in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries,especially countries which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China (PRC) either economically,geographically or politically to counter its rise as a rival potential superpower.
For purposes of U.S. foreign policy,South Asia consists of Bangladesh,Bhutan,India,the Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan,and Sri Lanka. The Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs was Nisha Desai Biswal.
Jerry MacArthur Hultin was the United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1997 to 2000. He was the president of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University from 2005 until 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Global Futures Group,which advises cities,states and countries on best practices in smart city development.
Eric David Newsom is an American diplomat and State Department official.
Frank Ruggiero is an American civil servant. He served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM). He now serves as Senior Vice President of Government Relations at BAE Systems.
Derek James Mitchell is an American diplomat with extensive experience in Asia policy. He was appointed by President Barack Obama as the first special representative and policy coordinator for Burma with rank of ambassador,and was sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on October 2,2011. On June 29,2012,the U.S. Senate confirmed him as the new United States Ambassador to Burma. On September 4,2018,Mitchell succeeded Kenneth Wollack as president of the National Democratic Institute,a position he served until September 2023.
Beacon Global Strategies LLC (BGS) is a Washington,DC–based strategic advisory firm founded by Jeremy Bash,Philippe Reines,and Andrew Shapiro in 2013. Philippe Reines left the firm as of September 2017. According to the firm's website,Beacon Global Strategies specializes in matters of international policy,foreign affairs,national defense,cyber,intelligence,and homeland security.
Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan is an American attorney serving since 2021 as the U.S. National Security Advisor. He previously served as Director of Policy to President Barack Obama,National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden and Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State. Sullivan also served as senior advisor to the U.S. federal government at the Iran nuclear negotiations and senior policy advisor to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign,as well as visiting professor at Yale Law School. On November 23,2020,President-elect Biden announced that Sullivan would be appointed the United States National Security Advisor. He took office on January 20,2021.
Derek Chollet is an American foreign policy advisor and author serving as chief of staff to the United States Secretary of Defense. He served as the counselor of the United States Department of State from 2021 to 2024. Previously,Chollet was the executive vice president for security and defense policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2012 to 2014,Chollet was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs,where he managed U.S. defense policy involving Europe,NATO,the Middle East,Africa,and the Western Hemisphere for Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel.
The Foreign Affairs Policy Board is an advisory board that provides independent advice and opinion to the secretary of state,the deputy secretary of state,and the director of policy planning on matters concerning U.S. foreign policy. The board reviews and assesses global threats and opportunities,trends that implicate core national security interests,tools and capacities of the civilian foreign affairs agencies,and priorities and strategic frameworks for U.S. foreign policy. The board meets in a plenary session several times a year at the U.S. Department of State in the Harry S. Truman Building.
