James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs,favoring Atlanticism,founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosperity. It is headquartered in Washington,D.C. It is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington,D.C.,United States,with campuses in Bologna,Italy,and Nanjing,China. It is consistently ranked one of the top graduate schools for international relations in the world. The school is devoted to the study of international relations,diplomacy,national security,economics,and public policy. The school has hosted world leaders on a regular basis for public debate in international affairs.
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is an international non-governmental organization that focuses on sustainable development projects and disaster relief and recovery. The organization was founded in 1945 to collect and send aid to people living in post-World War II Europe. Today,LWR helps communities living in extreme poverty adapt to the challenges that threaten their livelihoods and well-being,and responds to emergencies with a long-term view. It is a member of the Corus International family of faith-based international development organizations,which include IMA World Health,CGA Technologies,Ground Up Investing,and LWR Farmers Market Coffee.
The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE),previously known as the Institute for International Economics (IIE),is an American think tank based in Washington,D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981 and is currently led by Adam S. Posen. The institute conducts research,provides policy recommendations,and publishes books and articles on a wide range of topics related to the US economy and international economics.
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City.
Alexander Russell "Sandy" Vershbow is an American diplomat and former Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Victoria Jane Nuland is an American diplomat currently serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Nuland,a former member of the foreign service,served as the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State from 2013 to 2017 and US Permanent Representative to NATO from 2005 to 2008. She held the rank of Career Ambassador,the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She is the former CEO of the Center for a New American Security,(CNAS),serving from January 2018 until early 2019,and is also the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University,and a member of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy. She served as a nonresident fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution and senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group.
James Eugene Goodby is an author and former American diplomat.
James Blair Cunningham is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. Cunningham has served in various diplomatic positions,including Chief of Staff to NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner (1989–1990),Deputy Advisor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations (1990–1992),Director of the State Department's Office of European Security and Political Affairs (1993-1995),Deputy Chief of Mission,Embassy of the United States in Rome (1996–2001),Acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2001),Consul General of the United States to Hong Kong and Macau (2005-2008) and the United States Ambassador to Israel (2008–2011).
Ivo H. Daalder,is President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and has served since July,2013. He was the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from May 2009 to July 2013. He is a specialist in European security. He was a member of the staff of United States National Security Council (NSC) during the administration of President Bill Clinton,and was one of the foreign policy advisers to President Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign.
The United States and Norway have a very long tradition of positive relations.
The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is a think tank based in Brussels,Belgium that undertakes research "leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe today". It was established in 1983.
Lawrence E. Butler was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia from 2002 to 2005.
Robert Edwards Hunter is an American government employee and foreign policy expert who served as United States ambassador to NATO during the Clinton administration.
W. Robert Pearson is a former Foreign Service Officer who served as United States Ambassador to Turkey (2000–2003) and later as Director of Human Resources in the Foreign Service until his retirement in 2006. He became the fourth President of the nonprofit International Research &Exchanges Board (IREX) in November 2008.
Damon M. Wilson is an American foreign policy expert and the President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy,an independent grant-making foundation supporting freedom and democracy around the world. From 2011 to 2021,he was the Executive Vice President at the Atlantic Council,a nonpartisan think tank focused on international cooperation. A former civil servant,Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council during the second term of President George W. Bush.
Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick is an American diplomat.
Steven Michael Shepro is a former lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as the 21st deputy chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee. He assisted the chairman's role as principal adviser to the NATO secretary general and senior military spokesman of the 29-nation alliance. He also advised the deputy secretary general,led coordination of nuclear,biological and chemical matters,and,in the chairman's absence,directed daily operations and the business of the Military Committee,NATO's highest military authority.
Wayne J. Bush is an American diplomat who was Assistant Secretary General for Executive Management at NATO in 2013.
