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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Lex Rieffel

Lex Rieffel

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Lex Rieffel is an expert on emerging markets finance, sovereign debt restructuring, international financial institutions, U.S. foreign assistance strategy, overseas volunteer service and Indonesia. He is a former U.S. Treasury official and teaches a graduate course at George Washington University.



Expertise

Developing countries; Emerging markets; Indonesia;International economics; Southeast Asia; Sovereign debt

  • Language Fluency:
  • French
  • Bahasa Indonesia

Background

Past Positions
Financial Consultant, Boston Institute for Developing Economies; Adjunct Professor, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University; Senior Advisor and Director, Institute of International Finance; International economist, U.S. Treasury Department; Program officer, Agency for International Development; Planning Analyst, International Paper Company; Peace Corps Volunteer (India); Lt(jg.), U.S. Navy

Education

M.A., M.A.L.D., the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1969; B.A., Princeton University, 1963

"A critical challenge for the next president of the United States will be to convince the rest of the world that we are more interested in being a reliable partner than a military superpower. The future security and prosperity of Americans will depend on the success of this effort, which can only be achieved through a mix of hard power and soft power instruments."

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