Expertise
U.S. foreign policy; Europe; terrorism; national security; Middle East
Background
Past Positions
Senior Fellow, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (2001-2006); Senior Fellow, the United States Institute of Peace (2000); Director for Transnational Threats, the National Security Council, the White House (1998-1999); Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Presidential Speechwriter, the National Security Council, the White House (1994-1997); Germany Bureau Chief, the Wall Street Journal (1993-1994); Germany Correspondent, TIME Magazine (1990-1992); Staff Writer, TIME Magazine (1988-1989)
Education
M.A., Oxford University, 1985; B.A., Harvard College, 1983
"Terrorism in this case, Jihadist terrorism, is a very durable ideology. The best that I think we can hope for is that we’ll be able to significantly reduce the appeal of this ideology and get a lot of people who might otherwise have been tempted to follow in Bin Laden’s tracks not to do so."