Jon Alterman
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy (CSIS)
Director, Middle East Program (CSIS)
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Expertise
Middle East, North Africa
Fulton Armstrong
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Fellow, American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
BS, Linguistics, BA, Spanish, Georgetown University
Areas of Expertise
International relations, intelligence, Latin America, U.S. policy processes
The Hon. James E. Baker
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Professor, Law, College of Law
J.D., Yale Law School, 1990
James-Christian Blockwood
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Executive Vice President, Partnership for Public Service
M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Expertise
National security, international relations, leadership and management, strategic planning and foresight
Bennett Caplan
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
President, Global Management Trade Services
Head of Secretariat, FIVS
MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Areas of Expertise
International trade, international alcohol beverage regulations and policy
Christopher Casey
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Analyst of International Trade and Finance Section, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Expertise
History of international relations, international law, international economic policy, refugee law, and human rights
James Cunningham
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Israel and the United Nations
B.A., Syracuse University
Areas of Expertise
National security, international relations, counter terrorism
Robert Daly
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director, Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Areas of Expertise
Modern China, U.S.-China relations, U.S. foreign policy
Bejoy Das Gupta
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Chief Economist, eCurrency
D.Phil., Christ Church (Oxford)
Areas of Expertise
Global macro and capital flows, digital finance and emerging markets
Paul Fekete
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior International Trade Advisor, USAID
MA, Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Expertise
International trade policy, trade and development issues, trade capacity building, Aid for Trade and World Trade Organization (WTO) issues
Philip French
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Chair of International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS), U.S. Department of State
Part-time Coordinator, Department of State’s Political Military Action Team
B.A., University of California, Riverside, 1978
Areas of Expertise
U.S. foreign policy, international relations, Latin America
William Hederman
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Advisor, QCoeffecient
Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Jacobson
Assistant Dean, Washington Programs, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Nina Jankowicz
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Global Fellow, Wilson Center
M.A., Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Areas of Expertise
Russia and Eastern Europe, disinformation, democratic development
James Keagle
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director, Transforming National Security seminar series, National Defense University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Expertise
National and international security strategies and policies, American government policy and processes, emerging technologies and artificial intelligence
Melinda Kimble
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Vice President, UN Foundation
M.P.A., Harvard University
Areas of Expertise
Global environmental policy (including climate change), global public health, international economics
Stephen Lennon
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Overall Site Coordinator, International Organization for Migration
M.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A., Columbia University
Areas of Expertise
Contingency operations including post-conflict political transition, counter insurgency and stability operations.
Mary E. Lovely
Professor, Economics Department
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Areas of Expertise
International trade and investment, China's trade and sustainable development
Ryan McCarthy
Maxwell Dean’s Scholar in Residence
24th U.S. Secretary of the Army (2019-2021)
Areas of Expertise
Defense
Sean McFate
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Professor, The National Defense University, College of International Security Affairs
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
Ph.D., London School of Economics (LSE)
Areas of Expertise
Grand strategy, national security, future warfare
Kathleen McInnis
Adjunct Faculty, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Specialist in International Security, Congressional Research Service
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Transatlantic Security Initiative and Forward Defense Practice.
Ph.D., Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
Robert B. Murrett
Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Deputy Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law
M.S.S.I., National Defense Intelligence College
Areas of Expertise
National security, international relations, military and defense strategy, leadership
Sean O'Keefe
University Professor
Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership
Distinguished Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Areas of Expertise
Public management, national security policy and strategy, public finance and public budgeting, financial management, technology development and innovation management, executive leadership
Kristen Patel
Professor, Policy Studies
Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs
M.A., Duke University
Areas of Expertise
Intelligence
Barbara Petzen
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director, Training Initiatives, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Director, Middle East Connections
Ed.M., University of Illinois
Areas of Expertise
Leadership, communication, learning design
Shawn Powers
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Chief Strategy Officer, U.S. Agency for Global Media
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Sara Reckless
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Transition Advisor, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
M.A., The Fletcher School
Areas of Expertise
Political transitions, conflict prevention and stabilization, countering violent extremism
Tammy Schultz
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director of National Security and Professor of Strategic Studies, U.S. Marine Corps War College
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Areas of Expertise
National security, defense policy, U.S. government civilian power
Jamie Shea
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Visiting Professor, the Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Member, Group of Strategic Advisors, NATO Special Operations Forces Command, SHAPE, Belgium
Ph.D., University of Surrey; Ph.D., National School of Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania.
Michael Shurkin
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director of Global Programs, 14 North Strategies
Founder and President of Shurbros Global Strategies
Ph.D., Yale University
Arthur Sidney
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Vice President of Public Policy, Computer & Communications Industry Association
LL.M., American University, Washington College of Law
Areas of Expertise
International trade, technology policy, public policy, Congress, agencies and the courts
Michael J. Williams
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Director, Master of Arts in International Relations, Executive Master's in International Relations programs
Ph.D., London School of Economics & Political Science, 2006
Erol Yayboke
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director and Senior Fellow, Project on Fragility and Mobility
M.P.A., LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
Areas of Expertise
Climate change, geopolitics and international Security, governance and rule of law, human mobility, humanitarian assistance, international development, technology and innovation, U.S. development policy