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Celeste A. Wallander, Asst. Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs


Celeste A. Wallander


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Celeste Ann Wallander (born 1961) is an American international relations advisor who currently serves as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the United States Department of Defense.[1][2]

Celeste A. Wallander



Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Incumbent
Assumed office
February 22, 2022
President Joe Biden
Preceded by Robert Karem
Personal details
Born 1961 (age 60–61)
Political party Democratic
Education Northwestern University (BA)
Yale University (MA, PhD)



Education

Wallander received her B.A. summa cum laude in political science from Northwestern University in 1983. She received her M.A. (1985), M.Phil. (1986) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees in political science from Yale University.[3]

Career

Wallander was previously a professor of government at Harvard University (1989–2000), senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (2000–2001), director and senior fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2001–2006), and visiting professor at Georgetown University (2006–2008). Wallander founded the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security and the Eurasian Strategy Project.

Wallander was special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia and Eurasia on the National Security Council from 2013 to 2017. Earlier in the Obama Administration she served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from May 2009 to July 2012.[4] Wallander was an adviser to Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary campaign.

Publications
References
Sources


Source: Wikipedia



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