James F. Dobbins
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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
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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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