Stephen D. Krasner

Dr. Stephen Krasner "was appointed as Director for Policy Planning by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on February 4, 2005.

"Prior to his appointment, Dr. Krasner was director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), deputy director of the Stanford Institute for International Studies (SIIS), an SIIS senior fellow, a senior fellow by courtesy at the Hoover Institution, and the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University. His work has dealt primarily with trends in state sovereignty, American foreign policy, and the political determinants of international economic relations.

"In 2001, Dr. Krasner served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff in the Department. In 2002, he was Director for Governance and Development at the National Security Council, where he worked primarily on the Millennium Challenge Account.

"Before going Stanford in 1981, Dr. Krasner taught at Harvard University and UCLA. At Stanford, he was chair of the political science department from 1984 to 1991, and he served as the editor of International Organization from 1986 to 1992.

"Dr. Krasner has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences (1987-88) and at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2000-2001). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

"Dr. Krasner’s major publications include Defending the National Interest: Raw Materials Investment and American Foreign Policy (1978); Structural Conflict: The Third World Against Global Liberalism (1985); and Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy (1999). Publications he has edited include International Regimes (1983); Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics (co-editor, 1999); and Problematic Sovereignty: Contested Rules and Political Possibilities (2001).

"Dr. Krasner received his BA in history from Cornell University, his MA in international affairs from Columbia University, and his PhD in political science from Harvard University." 


 * Director, US Institute of Peace (Appointed October 2008; he also served as a director from 2003-4)
 * Executive Committee, Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform
 * Executive Committee, Freeman-Spogli Institute
 * International Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding