James Dobbins

james dobbins

Ambassador James Dobbins is a senior fellow and distinguished chair in diplomacy and Security at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. He has held State Department and White House posts including assistant secretary of state for Europe, special assistant to the president for the Western Hemisphere, special Adviser to the president, secretary of state for the Balkans and ambassador to the European community. He is the author of Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy.