RAND Experts on NATO Summit

RAND Corporation experts are available to discuss a variety of subjects related to the upcoming NATO summit, scheduled for May 20-21 in Chicago. Among the topics they can discuss:

• NATO won in Libya, with non-U.S. allies in the lead. Could it do it again?
• What are the chances NATO will be able to stay the course in Afghanistan?
• President Putin has decided not to attend the summit. Are NATO-Russia relations on the rocks again?
• Will the European financial crisis critically hinder the alliance?
• How will Francois Hollande's election change NATO's future?

Amb. James Dobbins is director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center and served as assistant secretary of state for Europe in the Clinton administration. He is also a former special adviser to both the president and the secretary of state for the Balkans, and former ambassador to the European Community.

Amb. Charles Ries is vice president, international, at RAND and served as U.S. ambassador to Greece, and as principal deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs, under President George W. Bush.

Stephen Larrabee holds the RAND Distinguished Chair in European Security and formerly served on the U.S. National Security Council staff as a specialist on Soviet-East European affairs and East-West political-military relations. He is lead author of "Revitalizing the Transatlantic Security Partnership: An Agenda for Action" and the commentary "Russia Protests Are Overblown by West—Putin Is Here to Stay."

Christopher Chivvis is a political scientist who was responsible for the NATO-Russia portfolio in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2010-2011. He is the author of "Recasting NATO's Strategic Concept: Possible Directions for the United States" and a forthcoming book that examines NATO's 2011 intervention in Libya.

For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Joe Dougherty at RAND's Office of Media Relations at jdougher@rand.org or (703) 413-1100, ext. 5137.