James Goldgeier

• Prior to joining American University, he was a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He taught previously at Cornell University, and has held appointments at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, the State Department, the National Security Council staff, the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Library of Congress, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Hoover Institution, and the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy. From 2001-2005, he directed GWU’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. His most recent book is America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 (co-authored with Derek Chollet), named “a best book of 2008” by Slate and “a favorite book of 2008” by The Daily Beast.
  
  Dean Goldgeier’s areas of expertise include contemporary international relations, American foreign policy, and transatlantic security.

• Book Currently Reading:

  Deborah Brautigam, The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa