James P. Seevers

Director of Studies and Training

James P. Seevers is Director of Research at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, a position he assumed in September 2005.

For 15 years prior to joining the Institute, Mr. Seevers was a State Department Foreign Service Officer, gaining wide-ranging foreign policy experience through his work on South Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Capitol Hill. He served as a political officer in Indonesia during its 1996-99 democratic transition, participated in U.N.-led efforts to reunify Cyprus during 2001-03, and worked most recently on enhancing the U.S.-India strategic partnership. Mr. Seevers also has extensive Congressional experience, having worked both in the Senate and at the Congressional Research Service. Mr. Seevers is a graduate of Tufts University with a B.A. in International Relations and earned a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Course(s) taught:

MSFS-630: Congressional Decision-Making and U.S. Foreign Policy, Spring 2009

Expertise:
Conflict Resolution, Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy, Democratization and Human Rights

Address:
3619 O Street NW

Telephone:
202-965-6612 x 210

Fax:
202-965-6636

E-mail:
jps67@georgetown.edu