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Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa
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Phone: +1-212-434-9610
E-mail: jaholmes@cfr.org
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Veteran American diplomat with twenty-eight years in the U.S. Foreign Service at the State Department and seven embassies in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Expertise:U.S. foreign policy and its management, Africa, U.S. foreign assistance policy, multifaceted economic development.
Experience:President, American Foreign Service Association, Washington, D.C. (2005-2007); U.S. Ambassador, American Embassy, Republic of Burkina Faso, West Africa (2002-2005); Director, Economic Policy Office, Africa Bureau, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. (1999-2002); Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden; Deputy Director, Economic Sanctions Policy, U.S. Department of State; Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe; Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Singapore; Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassies in Kenya, Syria, and Egypt.
Languages:French (fluent), Swedish (fluent), Arabic (conversational)
Selected Publications:“President’s Views,” Foreign Service Journal (column, September 2005 – July 2007).
Current Research Projects
April 17, 2008
| Authors: | J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Associate Editor |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
J. Anthony Holmes and Sasha Polakow-Suransky argue that “by denying the crisis in Zimbabwe and perpetuating Mugabe’s egregious misrule, [Mbeki] is more likely to be remembered as the apologist who abandoned his own values.”
See more in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Elections
March 31, 2008
| Speaker: | Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR Adjunct Fellow for Africa Michelle D. Gavin discuss Zimbabwe's recent presidential and parliamentary elections.
See more in Zimbabwe, Elections
March 31, 2008
| Speaker: | Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Scholar on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | J. Anthony Holmes, Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Michelle Gavin explains the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe and the tallying process.
See more in Zimbabwe, Elections
![President Bush's Trip to Africa [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]](/content/publications/images/africabush_confcall.jpg)
February 12, 2008
| Speakers: | Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow For Global Health, Council On Foreign Relations J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow In Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council On Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, Cfr.Org |
Transcript
The speakers discuss American interests in the countries that President George W. Bush will visit in February 2008.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
February 12, 2008
| Speakers: | Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Council experts discuss President Bush’s February 2008 trip to Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia .
See more in Africa, Global Health, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 28, 2008
News Briefing
CFR experts offer their analysis of President George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1-212-434-9627
gsamore@cfr.org
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Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
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Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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jhill@cfr.org
The David Rockefeller Studies Program is the Council’s “think tank.” Its work is integral to achieving the Council’s goal of contributing to the foreign policy debate. Fellows in the Studies Program do this by researching, writing, and commenting on the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
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