James M. Lindsay
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James M. Lindsay is the Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations
(CFR) and a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy. He is also the award-winning coauthor of America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy and former Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs at the National Security Council
. In 2008, he was the principal author of a Department of Defense
funded $7.6 million Minerva Research Initiative
grant entitled "Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa." He is the author of a CFR blog on American foreign policy, The Water's Edge.
and political science
(highest distinction, highest honors) from the University of Michigan
and an M.A.
, M. Phil.
, and Ph.D.
from Yale University
.
He has authored, co-authored, or edited more than fifteen books and fifty journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of American foreign policy and international relations
. His book with Ivo H. Daalder
, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy, was awarded the 2003 Lionel Gelber Award
, named a finalist for the Arthur S. Ross Book Award, and selected as a top book of 2003 by The Economist
.
With Henry J. Aaron and Pietro S. Nivola, he co-edited Agenda for the Nation, which Choice Magazine named “Outstanding Academic Book of 2004.” In 2001, with Michael O'Hanlon
, he wrote Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense.
He is the author of Congress and the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy, published in 1994; and Congress and Nuclear Weapons, published in 1991. He has also contributed articles to the op-ed pages of many major newspapers, including the New York Times
, the Washington Post
, and the Los Angeles Times
.
at The University of Texas at Austin as well as the first Tom Slick Chair for International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
. From 2003 to 2006, he was Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 1999 to 2003, he served as Deputy Director and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution
. From 1987 to 1999, he was a professor of political science
at the University of Iowa
, where he was the recipient of the Collegiate Teaching Award and of the James N. Murray Faculty Teaching Award. In 1996-1997, he was Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council
.
He has also served as a consultant to the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission)
and as a staff expert for the United States Institute of Peace’s
Congress-mandated Task Force on the United Nations. He has been a fellow at the Center for International Affairs and the Center for Science and International Affairs, both at Harvard University
. He was a recipient of the Pew
Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs in 1990 and an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations
in 1995.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
(CFR) and a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy. He is also the award-winning coauthor of America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy and former Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs at the National Security Council
National Security Council
A National Security Council is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security...
. In 2008, he was the principal author of a Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
funded $7.6 million Minerva Research Initiative
Minerva research initiative
The Minerva Research Initiative was announced in 2008 by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. Minerva looks to tap into the community of area specialists and other university researchers, particularly those who work on Islam, Iraq, China, and related areas....
grant entitled "Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa." He is the author of a CFR blog on American foreign policy, The Water's Edge.
Academic Work
Lindsay holds an A.B. in economicsEconomics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
(highest distinction, highest honors) from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
, M. Phil.
Master of Philosophy
The Master of Philosophy is a postgraduate research degree.An M.Phil. is a lesser degree than a Doctor of Philosophy , but in many cases it is considered to be a more senior degree than a taught Master's degree, as it is often a thesis-only degree. In some instances, an M.Phil...
, and Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
.
He has authored, co-authored, or edited more than fifteen books and fifty journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of American foreign policy and international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
. His book with Ivo H. Daalder
Ivo H. Daalder
Ivo H. Daalder, has been the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since May 2009. He is a specialist in European security...
, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy, was awarded the 2003 Lionel Gelber Award
Lionel Gelber Prize
The Lionel Gelber Prize was founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber. The prize is a literary award for the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. A prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner...
, named a finalist for the Arthur S. Ross Book Award, and selected as a top book of 2003 by The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
.
With Henry J. Aaron and Pietro S. Nivola, he co-edited Agenda for the Nation, which Choice Magazine named “Outstanding Academic Book of 2004.” In 2001, with Michael O'Hanlon
Michael O'Hanlon
Michael Edward O'Hanlon is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, specializing in defense and foreign policy issues. He began his career as a budget analyst in the defense field.-Education and early career:...
, he wrote Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense.
He is the author of Congress and the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy, published in 1994; and Congress and Nuclear Weapons, published in 1991. He has also contributed articles to the op-ed pages of many major newspapers, including the New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, the Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, and the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
.
Research and Government Positions
From 2006 to 2009, Lindsay was the inaugural director of The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and LawThe Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is a nonpartisan, multidisciplinary global affairs research center at The University of Texas at Austin. The Center is named for renowned lawyer and public servant Ambassador Robert S...
at The University of Texas at Austin as well as the first Tom Slick Chair for International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is a graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin that was founded in 1970 to offer professional training in public policy analysis and administration for students interested in pursuing careers in government and public affairs-related areas...
. From 2003 to 2006, he was Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 1999 to 2003, he served as Deputy Director and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
. From 1987 to 1999, he was a professor of political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, where he was the recipient of the Collegiate Teaching Award and of the James N. Murray Faculty Teaching Award. In 1996-1997, he was Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council
National Security Council
A National Security Council is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security...
.
He has also served as a consultant to the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission)
National Commission on Terrorism
The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century , also known as the Hart-Rudman Commission or Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security, was chartered by Secretary of Defense William Cohen in 1998 to provide a comprehensive review of US national security requirements in the 21st century...
and as a staff expert for the United States Institute of Peace’s
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
Congress-mandated Task Force on the United Nations. He has been a fellow at the Center for International Affairs and the Center for Science and International Affairs, both at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He was a recipient of the Pew
Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. The Center and its projects receive funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts. In 1990, Donald S...
Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs in 1990 and an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
in 1995.
Professional Boards, Committees, and Organizations
- Council on Foreign RelationsCouncil on Foreign RelationsThe Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
, 2000-Present - Editorial Board, International Studies Quarterly, 1999-2002
- Executive Committee, Midwest Consortium for International Security, 1992-1999
- Editorial Board, PS: Political Science & Politics, 1993-1996
- Editorial Board, International Studies Perspectives, 2004 - Present
Books
- Agenda for the Nation, with Henry J. Aaron and Pietro S. Nivola (2004)
- America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy, with Ivo H. Daalder (2003)
- Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense, with Michael E. O'Hanlon (2001)
- Congress and the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy (1994)
- Congress and Nuclear Weapons (1991)
- Congress Resurgent: Foreign and Defense Policy on Capitol Hill (ed. With Randall B. Ripley)
- U.S. Foreign Policy After the Cold War (ed. With Randall B. Ripley)
- Dynamics of Democracy, 4ed. (with Peverill Squire, Cary Covington, and Eric R.A.N. Smith)
Articles
- "After Iran Gets the Bomb" Foreign AffairsForeign AffairsForeign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
, March/April 2010.
Op-eds
- "Turning Away" Baltimore Sun, December 17, 2009
- "A Radical Change", with Ivo H. Daalder, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, September 26, 2004
- "An Alliance of Democracies", with Ivo H. Daalder, The Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, May 23, 2004 - "Unbinding Prometheus", with Ivo H. Daalder, TimeCanada.com, March 29, 2004
- "Unilateralism Disgraced", with Ivo H. Daalder, American Prospect, October 1, 2003
- "The President's Thorny Olive Branch", with Ivo H. Daalder, The Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2003
- "Nuclear Wal-Mart?", American Prospect, September 1, 2003
- "Hawks Pander to Home-grown Concerns", with Ivo H. Daalder, Australian Financial Review, January 13, 2003
- "Iraq Not Top of Agenda for US Public", Australian Financial Review, October 14, 2002
- "It's Still Baseball and Apple Pie", with Ivo H. Daalder, Australian Financial Review, September 10, 2002
Interviews
- Lindsay: The Foreign Policy Debate, Council on Foreign Relations Interview, September 29, 2008
- Bush Presidency Clouded by Iraqi Missteps, 'Missed Opportunity' Council on Foreign Relations Interview, January 29, 2008
- Bush’s State of Union Address Underscores President’s ‘Political Weakness’, Council on Foreign Relations Interview, February 1, 2006
- Iraq Completely Dominates Bush’s Second Term, Council on Foreign Relations Interview, December 19, 2005
- Successful Constitution Vote in Iraq Crucial to Bush Administration’s Iraq Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Interview, October 11, 2005
- "CAMPAIGN 2004 Editorial Briefing", Council on Foreign Relations Interview, December 11, 2003
News Releases
- James M. Lindsay Named Vice President and Director of Studies of the Council on Foreign Relations, July 10, 2003
- Brookings Institution: James M. Lindsay Joins Brookings, September 1, 1999