Ivo H. Daalder, special adviser on national security at the 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. 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 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).
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
