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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Seminar with Robert Blackwill, Henry Kissinger Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
Robert D. Blackwill is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. As Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Planning under President George W. Bush, Ambassador Blackwill was responsible for government-wide policy planning to help develop and coordinate the mid- and long-term direction of American foreign policy. He served as presidential envoy to Iraq and was the administration’s coordinator for U.S. policies regarding Afghanistan and Iran. Ambassador Blackwill went to the National Security Council (NSC) after serving as the U.S. ambassador to India from 2001 to 2003, and is the recipient of the 2007 Bridge-Builder Award for his role in transforming U.S.-India relations.
Prior to reentering government in 2001, he was the Belfer lecturer in international security at the Harvard Kennedy School. From 1989 to 1990, Ambassador Blackwill was special assistant to President George H.W. Bush for European and Soviet affairs, during which time he was awarded Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to German unification. Earlier in his career, he was the U.S. Ambassador to Conventional Arms Negotiations with the Warsaw Pact, Director for European Affairs at the NSC, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for political-military affairs, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs.
Blackwill is the author and editor of many articles and books on Asian security, transatlantic relations, Russia and the West and, the Greater Middle East. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Trilateral Commission and the Aspen Strategy Group, and on the board and the International Council of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY:
http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/events/blackwill.html
As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Belfer Center Seminars are strictly off-the-record. By requesting to attend the seminar, you agree that you will comply with the Belfer Center's strict policy against recording or disclosing the contents of the seminar. Your access is conditioned on your compliance with these restrictions. Should you violate these rules, the Center will pursue all available legal options and you will be excluded from all future events.
