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Home page  About CSIS Affiliated Advisers and Experts Tiiu Kera
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Tiiu KeraSenior Associate (Non-resident), Russia and Eurasia Program |
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Tiiu Kera came to CSIS in February 2002 where she worked on issues related to countries emerged from the former Soviet Union, both their domestic matters and their reintegration with the international community. Her current focus is on the Baltic countries' performance as NATO and European Union members, their relations with their neighbors, and Russian foreign policy in the region. She also participates in the Program's project on military dialogue with Russia. Prior to CSIS, she served 28 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Major General. Her final position on active duty was as Deputy Chief, Central Security Service, National Security Agency (NSA), Fort Meade, MD. As the principal advisor on military cryptology to the Director, NSA, she oversaw military contributions to NSA's signals intelligence and information assurance services to national and military decision makers. Prior to her assignment to NSA, she was the Director of Intelligence at Headquarters U.S. Strategic Command. As the first U.S. Defense Attache resident in Lithuania, she represented the U.S. defense leadership to the Lithuanian ministry of defense and armed forces, advised the U.S. ambassador on defense matters, and managed U.S. security assistance programs. As a Fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, she lectured on national military strategy development and studied events in the Soviet Union and East Europe. Her fellowship paper concerned the U.S. perceptions of Soviet nationality politics. She also served at Headquarters U.S. Air Force on security issues in the former Warsaw Pact and development of military-to-military relationships with those countries, the Joint Staff as a strategic planner, and Tactical Air Command on military personnel utilization. She has held fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Juri Lellep Estonian Students' Fund. She received Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Valparaiso University and Indiana University and graduated from the National War College. |
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