Ivo H. Daalder

Special Adviser on National Security

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Ivo H. Daalder, special adviser on national security at Center for American Progress, is also senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair in International Security. His writings have appeared in numerous journals and the opinion pages of leading American and European newspapers.

Daalder is completing a major study with James M. Lindsay on the implications of American power and globalization for U.S. foreign policy, entitled Power and Cooperation: An American Foreign Policy for the Age of Global Politics. His other main research current areas are homeland security and a history of the National Security Council. Earlier in his career, Daalder was associate professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs, where he was also director of research at the Center for International and Security Studies. In 1995-96, he served as director for European affairs on President Clinton's National Security Council staff, where he was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy toward Bosnia. From 1998-2001, Daalder served as a member of the Study Group of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (the Hart-Rudman Commission), a multi-year examination of U.S. national security requirements and institutions.
Educated at Oxford and Georgetown Universities, Dalder received his Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a fellow at Harvard University's Center for Science and International Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He is the recipient of a Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs and an International Affairs Fellowship of the Council on Foreign Relations. Daalder is a member of the Academy of Political Science, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Daalder was born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1960. He is married to Elisa D. Harris, and they and their two sons live in the Washington, D.C. area.

Expertise: American Foreign Policy, National Security Policy, Europe

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A specialist in American foreign policy, European security, and national security affairs, Daalder has authored ten books, including (with James M. Lindsay) America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy, published this fall. His other recent books include Crescent of Crisis: U.S.-European Strategy for the Greater Middle East, co-edited with Philip Gordon and Nicole Gnesotto (Brookings 2006); Protecting the American Homeland (2002); Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo (2000); Getting to Dayton: The Making of America's Bosnia Policy (2000); and The United States and Europe in the Global Arena (1999). Assistant to the President: Advising the White House on National Security Policy, with I. M. Destler (forthcoming 2008) and Restoring Trust: The Challenge for American Leadership After Bush, with James M. Lindsay (forthcoming 2007) are also in progress.

 

Email: idaalder /@\ americanprogress.org