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Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations
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Phone: +1-202-509-8424
E-mail: jimg@gwu.edu
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Washington, DC
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Award-winning author, former State Department official, and staff member of the National Security Council. Professor of political science and international politics at George Washington University. Latest book is America Between the Wars (with Derek Chollet, PublicAffairs Books, June 2008).
Expertise:Transatlantic relations; U.S.-Russian relations; NATO; the European Union.
Experience:Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University; Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2007); Policy Research Scholar, George Washington Institute of Public Policy (2005-2007); Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations, Library of Congress (2005-2006); Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University (2001-2005); Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution (1999-2001); Acting Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University (1999-2000); Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution (1998-1999); Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council (1996); Foreign Affairs Officer, Office on the New Independent States, U.S. Department of State (1995-1996); International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (1995-1996); Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University (1991-1993); Visiting Fellow, Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University (1989-1990); Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley (1988).
Selected Publications:"Democracy Promotion's Discontent" (with Derek Chollet, Huffington Post, August 22, 2008); "Bush Rejects Bushism" (with Derek Chollet, The American Prospect, August 11, 2008); "What the Next U.S. President Means for Europe" (The Guardian, July 12, 2008); "Kennan had a vision. Things aren't so clear now" (with Derek Chollet, Washington Post Magazine, July 13, 2008); "McCain's Choice" (with Derek Chollet, The National Interest, July 2, 2008); "The (Bill) Clinton Legacy" (with Derek Chollet; Huffington Post; June 9, 2008); “Global NATO,” Foreign Affairs (coauthor, September/October 2006); “The Faulty Premises of the Next Marshall Plan,” Washington Quarterly (coauthor, Winter 2005-2006); “What to Do About Russia,” Policy Review (coauthor, October/November 2005); “Now’s Not the Time for Europe to Go Wobbly,” Washington Post (coauthor, 2005); “Dealing with Putin,” Weekly Standard (coauthor, 2005); “A New European Divide,” Washington Post (2004); “Nationalist Strategies and European Integration,” Perspectives on Politics (coauthor, 2004); Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy toward Russia after the Cold War (coauthor, Brookings Institution Press, 2003); Not Whether But When: The U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO (Brookings Institution Press, 1999); Leadership Style and Soviet Foreign Policy: Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
Related Links:
Jim Goldgeier discusses the presidential campaign debates on "The Federal Drive" with Tom Temim and Jane Norris (Federal News Radio, September 26, 2008)
Jim Goldgeier discusses America Between the Wars on VOA (September 13, 2008)
Jim Goldgeier on bigthink.com, "The Road to 9/11" (August 20, 2008)
Jim Goldgeier and Derek Chollett discuss America Between the Wars on Bloomberg Night Talk (July 28, 2008)
Jim Goldgeier discusses tensions within Eastern Europe on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
Jim Goldgeier discusses America Between the Wars with Larry Rifkin on WATR (July 16, 2008)
Opinio Juris Discussion of America Between the Wars (July 11, 2008)
James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet discuss their new book, America Between the Wars, at the Library of Congress (June 12, 2008)
James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet discuss their new book, America Between the Wars, at The Aspen Insitute (June 16, 2008)
James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet discuss their new book, America Between the Wars, on "The Leonard Lopate Show" (WNYC; June 24, 2008)
Video: James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet discuss their new book, America Between the Wars, at The Aspen Insitute (video; June 16, 2008)
James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet discuss their new book, America Between the Wars at NDN forum (March 12, 2008)
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
October 2, 2008
Audio
Listen to authors Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier discuss their new book and the importance of the events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History
September 29, 2008
Academic Module
In this CFR book, coauthors Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier explore how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the world we live in today. Goldgeier and Chollet reveal the ways that debates about America’s role in the world framed the intense political struggles between Republicans and Democrats.
September 22, 2008
Transcript
Perspective on the Presidential Foreign Policy Debate.
See more in United States, Congress, Foreign Policy History, Public Diplomacy
August 22, 2008
Op-Ed
Huffington Post
Given the tarnished record of George W. Bush’s “freedom agenda,” the idea of promoting democracy throughout the world is losing traction with both Democrats and Republicans, write James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet.
See more in Democracy Promotion, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Guardian UK
James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet remind America’s European friends that they should not be lulled into thinking that the exit of President Bush will mean that all of the tough problems will be solved and the hard work will be over. In fact, the work is just getting started.
See more in Europe/Russia, Presidency
July 14, 2008
Op-Ed
There seems to be rampant speculation among national security wonks about what kind of foreign policy doctrine the next president will espouse, write James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet. However, in today’s complex world the president would be better off without a “one-size-fits-all” doctrine for handling foreign affairs.
July 8, 2008
Op-Ed
Politico
“Conservatism is breaking apart,” say Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier, describing the rift that is forming between isolationists and nationalists in the Republican Party.
See more in Foreign Policy History
July 2, 2008
Op-Ed
National Interest
Senator John McCain may describe himself as a “realistic idealist,” but this formulation does little to paper over the very real schism among Republicans about the future direction of U.S. foreign policy, write James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
June 12, 2008
Podcast
The authors of a new book says it was the fall of the Berlin Wall, not the 9/11 attacks, that ushered in the biggest changes confronting U.S. foreign policymakers.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History, Grand Strategy
June 3, 2008
Transcript
Co-authors Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier discuss the state of American foreign policy and their book on international relations from the fall of the Berlin Wall to September 11th.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 23, 2008
Transcript
See more in United States, Europe/Russia, Global Governance
April 23, 2008
Audio
Listen to Pierre Hassner, emeritus research director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, discuss how changes in the international system have influenced the transatlantic relationship.
This symposium was made possible by the generosity of the European Commission and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
See more in United States, Europe/Russia
April 8, 2008
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
When NATO leaders met last week, they did tremendous damage to enlargement policy as a whole, argue Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Goldgeier.
See more in NATO
March 27, 2008
Audio
Listen to CFR experts discuss the upcoming NATO summit and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, NATO
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March 27, 2008
Transcript
See more in NATO
June 2008
Book
The authors weave a compelling narrative of how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 15, 2006
Op-Ed
Financial Times
See more in United States, Europe/Russia, NATO
November 27, 2006
Op-Ed
El Pais
See more in Afghanistan, NATO, Wars and Warfare, International Organizations
October 12, 2006
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in NATO, Wars and Warfare
September/October 2006
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Global Governance, International Organizations
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
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