Chandrima Das is a senior fellow with the National Security and International Policy department at American Progress, where she focuses on multilateral affairs.
Most recently, Das served at the National Security Council (NSC) as the director of multilateral affairs, where she managed the U.S.-U.N. relationship, expanded partnerships with member states, and advanced more effective U.N. peacekeeping, peace-building, and conflict prevention mechanisms. She drove support for U.N. Security Council resolution 2719 to provide assessed funding for the African Union for Peace Support Operations as well as built capacity and support for the organization addressing conflicts on the continent. Das supported the creation of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team along with 10 other countries, including the Republic of Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and France, to publicly report on North Korea’s violations of the U.N. sanctions. She worked closely with interagency to coordinate the U.N. responses to the political and humanitarian crises in Sudan, Haiti, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the NSC.
Prior to serving at the NSC, Das was senior adviser at the U.S. State Department, where she provided strategic guidance in launching the Global Fragility Act, an unprecedented approach to prevent conflict and promote stability in fragile states. Previously, Das served as the senior director of peace and security policy at the Better World Campaign, the advocacy arm of the U.N. Foundation, where she spearheaded thought leadership and authored policy papers and field reports on U.N. peacekeeping and led congressional delegations to the field to see firsthand the work of the U.N. Das has authored many policy papers and articles, including at CNN, Mail and Guardian, Defense One, and The Hill. She resides in Washington, D.C., and is grateful for her two sweet but mischievous children and an amazing husband.