Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde is a senior vice president, director of the Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD), and holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a leading global think tank. Mr. Runde also served as the acting director for the CSIS Americas Program from 2020-2022. His work is oriented around U.S. leadership in building a more democratic and prosperous world. Among his many other contributions, Mr. Runde was as an architect of the BUILD Act, contributed to the reauthorization of the U.S. EXIM Bank in 2018, and was an architect of Prosper Africa, a U.S. government initiative to deepen the United States' commercial and development engagement in Africa. He has been a leading voice on the role and future of the World Bank Group and U.S. leadership in the multilateral system. Prior to CSIS, Mr. Runde held leadership roles at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Runde worked in commercial banking at Citibank in Argentina and in investment banking at Alex. Brown & Sons. Mr. Runde was granted the Officer’s Cross in the Order of Isabel la Católica, a Spanish civil order. Currently, he serves on the board of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), Spirit of America, and the Ashesi University Foundation. Mr. Runde is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bretton Woods Committee. He is also a columnist for The Hill and hosts a CSIS podcast series, Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, & Foreign Policy with Dan Runde. Mr. Runde is also the author of the book The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power (Bombardier Books, 2022). He previously chaired two U.S. government advisory committees: the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid at USAID and the Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee at the U.S. EXIM Bank. Fluent in Spanish, he graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and holds a master’s in public policy from Harvard University.
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Here's What Would Happen If We Stopped Supporting Ukraine | Opinion
Daniel F. Runde in News Week — September 21, 2023
Who is Penny Pritzker, new US special representative for Ukraine's economic recovery?
Daniel F. Runde in The Kyiv Independent — September 16, 2023
Brock Bierman, et al.: To preserve support for Ukraine, we need charities to commit to a code of conduct
Daniel F. Runde in Chicago Tribune — August 18, 2023
Blinken's trip to the Caribbean could signal a new chapter for U.S. foreign policy
Daniel F. Runde in NPR — July 8, 2023
China and Russia are closer than ever. So why is Ukraine relying on Chinese tech firms?
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — May 9, 2023
Why American industry should invest in Ukraine
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — April 21, 2023
US should step up to make sure President Lasso can finish his term
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — April 19, 2023
US power abroad: Development, ‘soft’ power, and Washington conservatives
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — March 29, 2023
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Congressional Visit to Ukraine, Poland, and Moldova with Elizabeth Hoffman
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde and Elizabeth Hoffman — November 29, 2023

Shifting Mindsets to Enable Entrepreneurship in the Developing World with Professors Shad Morris and Chad Carlos
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 15, 2023

The Role of AGOA in Accelerating Africa’s Digital Transformation
Report by Daniel F. Runde and Thomas Bryja — November 7, 2023
Moldova’s Moment
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde — November 2, 2023
Freedom as a Path to Prosperity with Dan Negrea and Joseph Lemoine
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 1, 2023

Critical Minerals and National Security with Veronika Shime
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — October 24, 2023

Russia's Democratic Future with Ilya Ponomarev
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — October 4, 2023

The Waterfall’s Shadow in the Mekong Region
Brief by Benjamin Jensen Daniel F. Runde and Thomas Bryja — September 29, 2023
The Next Five Years of the DFC: Ten Recommendations to Revamp the Agency
Report by Erin L. Murphy Daniel F. Runde Romina Bandura and Noam Unger — September 27, 2023
Why the Developing World and All of Us Need Trade and the WTO
Event — September 22, 2023