BA, Oberlin College; MPhil and DPhil, University of Oxford; Rhodes Scholar. Formerly: Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Special Assistant to President G. W. Bush; Senior Director, Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council; Visiting Professor, International Studies, Hamilton College; with Department of Defense; Vice-President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution; Director, Policy Planning, US Department of State; Ambassador. Author or editor of 12 books on American foreign policy and one book on management including, most recently, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order. Recipient of awards.