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Alexander T. J. Lennon

Editor in Chief, The Washington Quarterly and Fellow of International Security Program

Associated Research Focus:

International Security
Proliferation Prevention

Associated Programs:

CSIS Commission on Smart Power
Democracy Promotion in Future U.S. Grand Strategy
The Washington Quarterly

Expertise:

Strategic U.S. foreign and security policy; grand strategy and foreign and security policy of the major powers (China, India, Europe, Japan, Russia); role of think tanks in the major powers; national security implications of global climate change; nuclear proliferation prevention

Contact:

(202) 775-3272
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Alexander Lennon is the editor-in-chief of CSIS’s flagship journal, The Washington Quarterly, focusing on global strategic trends and their public policy implications. Lennon is also a fellow in the CSIS International Security Program, where he focuses on the grand strategy and foreign and security policies of the contemporary major powers—the United States, China, Europe, India, Japan, and Russia—as well as nuclear proliferation prevention strategy. His current research focuses on the future of democracy promotion in U.S. grand strategy. He has recently completed work on the national security implications of global climate change and the regional risks of proliferation, especially in Iran and North Korea. He previously served at the U.S. Department of State, focusing on Middle Eastern affairs. Lennon has edited or coedited seven books, published numerous articles and op-eds, and is interviewed frequently by the media. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. He is also an adjunct professor in security studies at Georgetown University. Lennon holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, where his dissertation was on the role of track-two networks in U.S. nonproliferation policy. He holds an M.A. in national security studies from Georgetown University and an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University, where he was the national policy debate (NDT) champion.

 

CSIS Publications by Alexander T. J. Lennon


Critical Questions: The UN Climate Change Conference 12/20/2007
The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change 11/05/2007
What France Is Really Up To On Iran 09/20/2007

Alexander T. J. Lennon In the News


An op-ed published in the International Herald Tribune by Julianne Smith and Alexander Lennon was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor,"Could Climate Change Aggrevate Terrorism?" 12/05/2007
Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program, and Alexander Lennon, editor of the Washington Quarterly, had an op-ed published in the International Herald Tribune, "The Climate for Terror." 12/03/2007
Alexander Lennon, a fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by Reuters, "Bush Struggles to Stay Relevant in Climate Change Debate." 09/30/2007
Alexander Lennon, editor-in-chief of the Washington Quarterly at CSIS, published an op-ed in Newsday, "Danger of N. Korean Nukes: Exporting Them". 10/14/2006

Testimony by Alexander T. J. Lennon


The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change 09/27/2007
 

 

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