Robert Cekuta Adjunct Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS Faculty

Degrees: BSFS, Georgetown University
Masters in International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management
Masters in National Security Strategy, National War College
Bio: U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan 2015 - 2018 with four decades of experience in the U.S. Foreign Service. Overseas assignments included Economic Minister in Berlin and Tokyo, Deputy Chief of Mission in Albania, and postings in Kabul, Vienna, Baghdad, Johannesburg, and Sana'a, Yemen. Positions in the State Department included Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities as well as Director for Economic Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy. As an economic officer, focused on trade, development, and energy security issues. Speaks German and has studied Albanian, Arabic, and Azerbaijani.

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