James Francis Dobbins Jr. (born May 31, 1942) is an American diplomat who served as
United States Ambassador to the
European Union (1991–1993), as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (2001), and as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (May 2013 – July 2014). He is a member of the
American Academy of Diplomacy. He was envoy to Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia. In 2001, he led negotiations leading to the
Bonn Agreement, and served as acting
Ambassador of the United States to Afghanistan
The United States ambassador to Afghanistan is the official diplomatic representative of the United States to Afghanistan. In the wake of the 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul transferred operations to Doha, Qatar. Si ...
during the transitional period. He was head of international and security policy for the
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation (from the phrase "research and development") is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed ...
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Education
Dobbins graduated with a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs from the
School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University.
Works
"Iraq: Winning the Unwinnable Wars", ''Foreign Affairs'', January/February 2005"Who Lost Iraq?", ''Foreign Affairs'', September/October 2007"Counterinsurgency in Iraq", ''Senate Armed Services Committee'', 2-26-09
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The RAND Corporation. By James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Benjamin Runkle, Siddharth Mohandas, 2009.
Bibliography
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References
External links
UNJobs.org list of Dobbins authorshipsVideo discussion with Dobbins and Mark Leon Goldberg
on Bloggingheads.tv
"An Interview with James Dobbins", ''Frontline'', Sept. 26, 2003
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1942 births
Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to the European Union
People from New York City
Ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan
United States Special Envoys
United States Foreign Service personnel
20th-century American diplomats
21st-century American diplomats