Security and Defense Experts
Senior Researcher in the Military Research Unit, Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Al Ahram Foundation in Cairo Egypt
Dr. Abd El-Salam has been associated with the Al Ahram Center for over ten years. In addition, he has been a foreign and military affairs correspondent in the Cairo office of the newspaper Al Siassa Al Kuwaitia.
Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Throughout much of my career I have focused on the ways in which policy, institutions, and resource planning mesh in the field of national security. My work originally began in an academic environment, with a focus on Europe and the emergence of trans-European and trans-Atlantic institutions concerned with national security policies, procurement, and industry relations. That interest turned to a...
Founder and Senior Scholar, International Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation, Guatemala
Dr. Cynthia J. Arnson is director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her most recent work has focused on democratic governance, conflict resolution, citizen security and organized crime, international relations, and U.S. policy in the Western hemisphere. Arnson is a member of the editorial advisory board of Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, th...
Assistant Secretary and Chief Diplomatic Officer, Office of International Affairs, Department of Homeland Security
Alan Bersin commenced service as Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the Department of Homeland Security on January 3, 2012. In that capacity, he oversees the Department's international engagement and serves as the principal advisor to Secretary Janet Napolitano on all international affairs. Previously, Bersin served as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and...
Visiting Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.
Mr. Boyer is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. From August 2009 – December 2011, Mr. Boyer served in the Obama administration as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. His work in the bureau focused on Western Europe, public diplomacy, and public aff...
Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
Dr. Colgan completed his PhD at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Previously, he was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley, where he earned a Master’s in Public Policy. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (specializing in nuclear physics) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. In the past...
Associate Academic Director and Professor of History and Politics, University of California Washington Center, Washington, DC
My Ph.D. is in U.S. history, and in my scholarship I have sought to use historical subjects to shed light on contemporary political and public policy challenges facing the United States. My current project seeks to provide a broad history of defending America, focusing on the political, ideological and policy struggles surrounding "civilian defense" in World War II, the Cold War and beyo...