Richard Fontaine is an American foreign policy analyst currently serving as CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).[1][2]
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Tulane University (BA); Johns Hopkins University SAIS (MA) |
| Occupation | Foreign policy analyst |
| Employer | Center for a New American Security |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | www.cnas.org |
Education edit
Born in New Orleans, Fontaine holds a BA in international relations from Tulane University and a MA in International affairs from Johns Hopkins University SAIS.
Career edit
Fontaine started his foreign policy career as a staff member focusing on the Middle East and South Asia at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Between 2003 and 2004, he was the associate director for Near Eastern Affairs at the White House National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration.[3]
Fontaine served as a foreign policy advisor to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign from 2004 to 2008 and later became the Senate Armed Services Committee's minority deputy staff director.[4]
He was appointed a senior fellow and senior advisor at CNAS in 2009 and became president in 2012, succeeding John Nagl.[4] In 2019, he was named CNAS' CEO, succeeding Victoria Nuland.[5]
Fontaine was also an adjunct professor at Georgetown SFS' security studies program.[6]
Publications edit
Articles edit
- The Axis of Upheaval, Foreign Affairs, April 23, 2024 (co-authored with Andrea Kendall-Taylor)[7]
- Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, February 5, 2024 (co-authored with Stephen J. Hadley)[8]
- Election Interference Demands a Collective Defense, Foreign Affairs, August 7, 2023[9]
- The Myth of Neutrality, Foreign Affairs, July 12, 2023[10]
- China's Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity, The Atlantic, February 13, 2023[11]
- To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition, Foreign Policy, January 31, 2023 (co-authored with Lisa Curtis)[12]
- Ukraine War Should Slow But Not Stop the U.S. Pivot to Asia, Bloomberg Opinion, March 8, 2022 (co-authored with Robert D. Blackwill)[13]
- Washington's Missing China Strategy, Foreign Affairs, January 14, 2022[14]
- The Case Against Foreign Policy Solutionism, Foreign Affairs, February 8, 2021[15]
- Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson, Foreign Policy, April 24, 2018 (co-authored with Jamie Fly)[16]
- The Uses and Misuses of Historical Analogy for North Korea, The Atlantic, October 3, 2017 (co-authored with Vance Serchuk)[17]
- CNAS Commentary: A Bipartisan National Security Agenda for an Election Year, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, February 25, 2016 (co-authored with Michèle Flournoy)[18]
References edit
- ^ "Richard Fontaine". www.cnas.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Richard Fontaine on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Richard Fontaine" (PDF). Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ a b McDuffee, Allen (2012-05-17). "CNAS names Richard Fontaine, former McCain adviser, as its new president". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "CNAS Names Richard Fontaine as CEO". www.cnas.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Richard Fontaine". Spirit of America. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Kendall-Taylor, Andrea; Fontaine, Richard (2024-04-23). "The Axis of Upheaval". Foreign Affairs. Vol. 103, no. 3. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Fontaine, Stephen J. Hadley, Richard (2024-02-12). "Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Fontaine, Richard (2023-08-07). "Election Interference Demands a Collective Defense". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Fontaine, Richard (2023-07-12). "The Myth of Neutrality". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Fontaine, Richard (2023-02-13). "China's Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Curtis, Richard Fontaine, Lisa (2023-01-31). "To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ukraine War Should Slow But Not Stop the U.S. Pivot to Asia". Bloomberg.com. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Fontaine, Richard (2022-01-14). "Washington's Missing China Strategy". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Fontaine, Richard (2021-02-08). "The Case Against Foreign Policy Solutionism". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Fly, Richard Fontaine, Jamie (2023-12-27). "Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Serchuk, Richard Fontaine, Vance (2017-10-03). "The Uses and Misuses of Historical Analogy for North Korea". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "CNAS Commentary: A Bipartisan National Security Agenda for an Election Year". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 2023-09-09.