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1 LEE A. FEINSTEIN ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND POLICY EXPERIENCE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, INDIANA UNIVERSITY Founding Dean July 2014 present Bloomington, IN Lead School of Global and International Studies at flagship campus of Indiana University. Serve as professor of International Studies; Affiliated Faculty Member, Maurer School of Law and Russian and East European Institute. AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND September 2009 October 2012 Appointed by President Obama and Secretary Clinton in July 2009 and confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on September 19, 2009 to be the 25 th ambassador to the Republic of Poland. Led an embassy and consulate in Warsaw and Krakow of sixteen government agencies and departments, comprising 580 U.S. and international employees. THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Washington, DC Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Resident scholar-practitioner in Foreign Policy Program, focusing on foreign policy and national security; public international law; international institutions; nonproliferation; the United Nations; human rights; the laws of war; crimes against humanity; sovereignty and the use of force; and the impact of domestic factors on national security. HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT/OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT Arlington, VA National Security Director, Hillary Clinton for President; Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Obama for President Served as the senior campaign official responsible for the development of foreign and defense policy in Clinton campaign. Led network of former cabinet-level officials, retired general and flag officers, members of Congress, academics, and policy practitioners. Served as senior foreign policy advisor to candidate Obama in the general election, preparing foreign policy and national security briefings and media points. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Washington, DC Deputy Director of Studies, Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy and International Law Wrote and researched on public international law, international institutions, nonproliferation, sovereignty and the use of force. A leading authority on the concept of the responsibility to protect. Directed the Council s series of nonpartisan task force reports, co-chaired by senior policy practitioners, on critical issues in U.S. foreign policy U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Washington, DC Principal Deputy Director; Associate Director; Member, Policy Planning Staff Advised the senior leadership of the U.S. Department of State on strategic goals and objectives in nonproliferation and political-military issues. Represented the United States in nonproliferation negotiations with the United Nations, European Union, and other states and international organizations. As Principal Deputy, oversaw the research and policy agenda of the twenty-five senior members of the Secretary of State s Policy Planning Staff. Traveled extensively with the Secretary of State.

2 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Washington, DC Special Assistant for Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement Policy Prepared analytical memoranda and policy advice for senior Pentagon and White House officials on post-cold War opportunities and challenges in international peacekeeping and peace enforcement policy. ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION Washington, DC Assistant Director for Research Directed the research program at the leading non-governmental arms control organization. EDUCATION GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Georgetown University Law Center Juris Doctor, Graduated cum laude. Admitted to the practice of law in New York State and Washington, DC. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Graduate School and University Center Master of Arts, Political Science (Political Theory), Graduated with distinction. Adjunct Professor, Baruch College of the City University of New York. VASSAR COLLEGE A.B., American Culture, 1981 PUSHKIN INSTITUTE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE Moscow, USSR Studied Russian Language, 1980 BOOKS AND ARTICLES Means to an End: U.S. Interest and the International Criminal Court, with Tod Lindberg, Brookings Institution Press, 2010, paper Beyond Words: U.S. Policy and the Responsibility to Protect, in Gareth Evans, ed., The Responsibility to Protect: the Global Moral Compact for the 21 st Century, Palgrave, Darfur and Beyond, in Princeton N. Lyman et al, Beyond Humanitarianism, Council on Foreign Relations Press, China Has Obstructed International Efforts to Bring Peace to Darfur, in Current Controversies: Darfur, Gale, What Is Needed to Prevent Mass Atrocities, Special Report No. 22, Council on Foreign Relations (2007). UN-Divided, 82 National Interest 82 (2005). A Duty to Prevent, with Anne-Marie Slaughter, Issue Paper, United Nations Foundation (2004). A Duty to Prevent, with Anne-Marie Slaughter, 83 Foreign Affairs 136 (2004). American Interests and UN Reform, Report of the Task Force on the United Nations, United States Institute of Peace, co-chaired by Newt Gingrich and George Mitchell; principal author (2005).

3 Enhancing U.S. Leadership at the United Nations, Report of the Independent Task Force on the United Nations, co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and Freedom House, co-chaired by David Dreier and Lee H. Hamilton; staff director with Adrian Karatnycky (2003). SELECTED COMMENTARY Arresting Atrocity: Obama s Agenda to Prevent Genocide, with Tod Lindberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 September Leadership Changes at the European Union, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, 5 September Ukraine Can Take Inspiration from Poland s Post-Soviet Transformation, The National Interest, 4 June, Obama s Quiet Offensive, with Samuel Charap, Project Syndicate, 3 April Convene Major Transatlantic Powers to Stop Russia, with Richard Burt, The National Interest, 13 March To Blunt Russia, Time for American Natural Gas Diplomacy, with Paul Bledsoe, Reuters: The Great Debate, 5 March Ukraine s Future, with Richard Burt, The National Interest, 28 February Unrest Grows in Ukraine as Protestors Demand Change, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, 3 December Keeping Ukraine s Door Open to Europe, Transatlantic Take, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, 21 November Building Will and Capacity to Prevent More Darfurs, The Washington Post, 26 January 2007 Ban s First UN Test Darfur, Los Angeles Times, 16 January Got the Sticks. Now the Talks, International Herald Tribune, 30 March 2007 To Persuade Iran, Back Talks with Sanctions, International Herald Tribune, 11 November 2006 The Responsibility to Protect Darfuris, International Herald Tribune, 21 September 2006 How Peacekeeping in Lebanon Can Avoid Disaster, Financial Times, 7 August 2006 The Untested Doctrine, in Darfur: Crisis Guide, produced by MediaStorm and cfr.org. Winner of September 2008 Emmy Award for "New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Current News Coverage." Blog contributor, America Abroad, TPMCafe, SELECTED INVITED LECTURES AND PANELS More than 50 public presentations and lectures each year, including: Ten Years of RtoP: The Way Ahead: Implementation of a Normative Principle, The World Bank: Law, Justice and Development Week, 16 November Jagiellonian University, American Interests and Transatlantic Relations, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, October 23, Atlantic Council of the United States, Democracy Promotion and the East, Wroclaw Global Forum, Wroclaw, Poland, June 3, Atlantic Council of the United States, Transatlantic Relations and the Chicago NATO Summit, Washington, DC, March 8, Institute for Strategic Studies, Fifth Annual Forum for Euro-Atlantic Security, The Chicago NATO Summit and Transatlantic Relations, Krakow, Poland, February 9, Polish Institute of International Affairs, 9/11 TEN YEARS ON: Past Experiences and Future Challenges and Perspectives on Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century, Warsaw, September 11, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Finding a Balance for Poland, Europe, and the United States, Warsaw, May 28, Center for European Policy Analysis, U.S.-Central Europe Strategy Forum, October 27, University of Texas at Austin, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Governing a World in Crisis: Reforming the United Nations, February 19, 2009.

4 Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton Club, New York, Responsibility to Protect: Theory vs. Reality in Responding to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, October 14, The Brookings Institution, Searching for Peace and Justice in Sudan: The Role of the International Criminal Court, September 26, American Society of International Law, 102d Annual Meeting, Presidential Advisors Roundtable, co-sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, April 10, America Abroad Media Town Hall Meeting, Foreign Policy and the Presidential Election: America s Image Problem, April 7, Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Commission on Smart Power, St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, December 11, Paul H. Nitze, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Twenty-First Century Internationalism, Washington, DC, June 15, Stanford University, Hoover Institution, Sovereignty and Mass Atrocities, Washington, DC office, May 18, American Society of International Law, The Responsibility to Protect and Darfur, Washington, DC, April 17, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, International Law and Preventing Mass Atrocities, March 27, University of California - Berkeley, Human Rights Center, Conference on Stopping Mass Atrocities, Responsibility to Protect and International versus National Policy Perspectives, March 13, University of California at Los Angeles, Burkle Center for International Relations, Conference on Nuclear Weapons in a New Century. Presentation: Ad Hoc Multilateralism: The Security Council, Sanctions, and Interdiction, March 6, Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the International Crisis Group, Conference on the Responsibility to Protect: Engaging America, Implementing the Responsibility to Protect, Chicago, IL, November 17, Washington College of Law (American University), Critiques of the Responsibility to Protect, September 29, Frank Church Symposium, Keynote: Disease, Disaster, and Diplomacy, Idaho State University, March 1, Woodrow Wilson Center of the United States, Legitimacy and the Use of Force, Washington, DC, March 23, HONORS AND AWARDS Commander s Cross with Star, awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, October 2012 Carl E. Sanders Political Leadership Scholar, University of Georgia School of Law, Fall 2013 Council on Foreign Relations; Member since 1994 Superior Honor Award (Group) Department of State, 1999 GRANTS AND FUNDING U.S. Interest and the International Criminal Court, Jolie-Pitt Foundation, 2009 U.S. Interest and the International Criminal Court, Humanity United, U.S. Interest and the International Criminal Court, Connect U.S. Fund, OTHER ACTIVITIES MCLARTY ASSOCIATES present Washington, DC Senior Director; Senior Advisor, Europe and Eurasia Practice Provide advice to corporate and non-profit clients

5 HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST 2008 Washington, DC Consultant With research staff and its leadership, sharpened the organization s policy recommendations for a new administration in the areas of international justice, refugee policy, human rights, and detainee policy. CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Washington, DC Consultant Consultant to staff and leadership of non-partisan Center s efforts to promote the role of development in foreign policy. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM Washington, DC Member, State Department Transition Team Appointed by the President-Elect s transition team to serve as a member of the State Department transition. Led team responsible for policy on the United Nations, human rights, international legal issues, civilian response, and European policy. Prepared Secretary-designate Clinton for Senate confirmation. Prepared U.S. Permanent Representative Susan Rice for confirmation. Served as senior advisor to the Office of the Secretary of State prior to departure for Warsaw.

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