Charles Kupchan
Charles Kupchan is a leading expert on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, serving as Professor of International Affairs in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he contributes to research and policy discussions on global strategy, diplomacy, and transatlantic relations. A bestselling author, Kupchan has written numerous influential books and articles on international relations, strategic affairs, and global governance, bridging the worlds of academia and public policy. Kupchan served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council (NSC) during the Obama administration, playing a key role in shaping U.S. policy toward Europe. Previously, he served as Director for European Affairs on the NSC during the Clinton administration, and before that, he worked on the U.S. Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff.
Charles Kupchan Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor of International Affairs
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Senior Fellow
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Special Assistant to the President for NSA, Senior Director for European Affairs at NSC
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Assistant Professor of Politics
Academic History
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Ph.D., Politics
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M.Phil., Politics
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B.A., East Asian Studies
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Academic Exchange
Board of Directors, Aspen Italia
Board Member, Alfred Herrhausen Society
EARLY CAREER
Throughout his distinguished career, Charles Kupchan has held a series of prestigious academic and research appointments at leading institutions around the world.
He has served at Princeton University, Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, the Centre d’Étude et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) in Paris, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo.
From 2006 to 2007, Kupchan was appointed Henry A. Kissinger Scholar at the Library of Congress and also served as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where his research focused on U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
Later, from 2013 to 2014, he was a Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy, deepening his engagement in policy analysis and international strategy.
BOOKS
Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (2020)
No One’s World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn (2012)
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (2010)
The End of the America Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century (2002)
Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001)
Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999)
Atlantic Security: Contending Visions (1998)
Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe (1995)
The Vulnerability of Empire (1994), The Persian Gulf and the West (1987)