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Ambassador Robert Blackwill
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a Directors’ Luncheon with Ambassador Robert Blackwill, Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) for Strategic Planning under President George W. Bush, on Wednesday, September 6th.
As Deputy NSA, Ambassador Blackwill was responsible for government-wide policy planning operations to help develop and coordinate the mid- and long-term direction of American foreign policy. Ambassador Blackwill also served as Presidential Envoy to Iraq, and had particular responsibility for assisting in the formulation and implementation of U.S. policies regarding Afghanistan and Iran.
Ambassador Blackwill went to the National Security Council after having served as the U.S. Ambassador to India. Prior to serving as Ambassador, Blackwill was the Belfer Lecturer in International Security at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He spent 14 years at Harvard, including in the position of Associate Dean of the Kennedy School.
From 1989 to 1990, Ambassador Blackwill served as Special Assistant to President George Bush for European and Soviet Affairs, during which time he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to German unification.
Ambassador Blackwill is currently President of Barbour Griffith & Rogers International. He is the author of many books and articles on international security and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Board of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Nixon Center.