Celeste A. Wallander

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Celeste A. Wallander
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
In office
February 22, 2022 –January 20, 2025

Celeste Ann Wallander (born 1961) is an American international relations advisor who had served as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the United States Department of Defense. [1] [2]

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Education

Wallander received her BA summa cum laude in political science from Northwestern University in 1983. She received her MA (1985), MPhil (1986) and PhD (1990) degrees in political science from Yale University. [3]

Career

Wallander was previously a professor of government at Harvard University (1989–2000), senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (2000–2001), director and senior fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2001–2006), and visiting professor at Georgetown University (2006–2008). Wallander founded the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security and the Eurasian Strategy Project.

Wallander was special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia and Eurasia on the National Security Council from 2013 to 2017. Earlier in the Obama administration she had served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from May 2009 to July 2012. [4] Wallander was an adviser to Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary campaign. [5]

Biden administration

On June 22, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Wallander to be assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. [6] Hearings were held before the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 13, 2022. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor on February 1, 2022. Wallander was confirmed by the entire Senate by a vote of 83–13 on February 16, 2022. [7]

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