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Jordan Tama

Assistant Professor
School of International Service

  • Additional Positions at AU

    Research Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
  • Dr. Jordan Tama specializes in the U.S. foreign policy making process, presidential-congressional relations, intelligence reform, counterterrorism policy, and blue-ribbon commissions. He is the author of Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He has also published articles in a variety of scholarly and popular publications. Dr. Tama has served as a speechwriter for former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton, and as a member of the Intelligence and Counterterrorism Expert Advisory Groups for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.

  • Degrees

    PhD, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; MPA, International Relations, Princeton University; B.A., Williams College

  • OFFICE

  • SIS - School of International Service
  • SIS
  • Tuesday, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-2332 (Office)
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Teaching

  • Fall 2012

    • SIS-419 Adv Topics in Int'l Relations: President, Congress & For Pol
    • Description
    • SIS-653 Topics in U.S. Foreign Policy: U.S. Natl Security Strategy
    • Description

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises (Cambridge University Press, 2011).
  • "In Defense of the Back-Room Deal," The New York Times (October 19, 2011).
  • "How an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group Could Help," Progressive Policy Institute Policy Brief (September 2011).
  • "Three Cheers for Blue-Ribbon Panels," Wilson Quarterly (Summer 2011).
  • "The Power and Limitations of Commissions: The Iraq Study Group, Bush, Obama, and Congress," Presidential Studies Quarterly (March 2011).  
  • "Intelligent Design," Foreign Policy (January 11, 2010).
  • "The U.S. Congress and North Korea During the Clinton Years: Talk Tough, Carry a Small Stick," with Robert M. Hathaway, Asian Survey (September/October 2004).
  • "Is Europe Too Cautious?" Foreign Policy (January/February 2004).
  • A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress, with Lee H. Hamilton (Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2002).  

Media Appearances

       
  • NBC News, Washington Post, USA Today, Politico, FoxNews.com, Voice of America, RT America, Mark Levine's Inside Scoop

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship, 2011-12.
  • American University Faculty Research Support Grant, 2011.
  • Fellow, Truman National Security Project, 2005-present.
  • Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Research Fellowship, 2007-2009.
  • Woodrow Wilson School Doctoral Fellowship, 2004-2009.
  • Presidential Management Fellowship, Finalist (declined), 2004.  

Professional Presentations

  • "The Policy Making Value of Blue-Ribbon Commissions," Briefing to U.S. Senate Staff Members (June 24, 2011).
  • "Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises," Woodrow Wilson Center (May 19, 2011) and American University (April 13, 2011).
  • "Findings and Lessons from My Research on Commissions," Presentation to the Commission on Wartime Contracting (May 18, 2011).
  • "From Private Consultation to Public Crusade: Eisenhower's Legislative Strategies on Foreign Policy," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, 2010.
  • "More Than Deference: Eisenhower, Congress, and Foreign Policy," Second Annual Eisenhower Symposium, American University, Washington, DC, 2010.
  • "Explaining the Impact of National Security Advisory Commissions," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, 2008.

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: Foreign policy, national security strategy, terrorism, intelligence, Congress, the presidency, advisory commissions

Additional Information: Jordan Tama specializes in national security policy and the foreign policy-making process. He is the author of Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He has also published articles in a variety of scholarly and popular publications, including The New York Times, Newsday, Foreign Policy, The Wilson Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and The Hill. Tama has served as a speechwriter for former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton and as a member of the intelligence and counterterrorism expert advisory groups for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. His media appearances include NBC News, USA Today, FoxNews.com, Politico, and RT America.
 

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