National Defense University, Washington D. C.
Expertise:
• NATO’s Strategic Concept
• Meaning and Importance of Article 5
• NATO in a Changing Security Environment
Johannes Binnendijk is currently the Vice President for Research of the National Defense University and Theodore Roosevelt Chair in National Security Policy. He is also the Founding Director of the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University. In government, he served on the National Security Council as the Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control (1999–2001), as the Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University (1994–1999) as the Principal Deputy Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff (1993–1994), and as the Legislative Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1981-1985). In academia he was the Director of Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study for Diplomacy (1991-1993) and the Deputy Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Dr. Binnendijk received a doctorate in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1972). He is author or co-author of about 100 publications and reports.
