Background

• Mr. Daalder was born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1960. He is married and has two sons.
• Educated at Oxford and Georgetown Universities, Dalder received his Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Ivo has been a fellow at Harvard University's Center for Science and International Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

• Ivo is also 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.

• 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.

• Currently Daadler is a special adviser on national security at the Center for American Progress.

• Ivo 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. Other main research current areas are homeland security and a history of the National Security Council. (Source: CAP)

Professional Positions

• 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 also 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. (Source: CAP)
• Mr. Daalder is currently a 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.

Accomplishments

Major Media Appearances and/or Publications:

A specialist in American foreign policy, European security, and national security affairs, Daalder has authored ten books including:

• America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy
• Crescent of Crisis: U.S.-European Strategy for the Greater Middle East
• Protecting the American Homeland
• Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo
• Getting to Dayton: The Making of America's Bosnia Policy
• The United States and Europe in the Global Arena
• Assistant to the President: Advising the White House on National Security Policy
• Restoring Trust: The Challenge for American Leadership After Bush

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Additional Information

Biography Links

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