James Goldgeier

James M. Goldgeier is the Dean of the School of International
Service at American University. His research focuses on contemporary
international relations, American foreign policy, U.S.-Russia
relations, the European Union and NATO.

Goldgeier’s books include: America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11(co-authored with Derek Chollet), Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy
toward Russia after the Cold War (co-authored with Michael McFaul);
and Not Whether But When: The U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO.

Alongside collaborators at Duke University and the University of
California, Berkeley, Goldgeier leads the Bridging the Gap initiative,
which encourages and trains scholars to produce research that is
relevant to the policymaking communities.

Prior to joining American University, Goldgeier was a professor of
political science and international affairs at George Washington
University. He taught previously at Cornell University, and has held
appointments at Stanford University’s Center for International
Security and Cooperation, the State Department, the National Security
Council staff, the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign
Relations, the Library of Congress, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the
Hoover Institution, and the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic
Academy.