Alexander Alden is an American national security official and business executive with expertise in U.S. foreign policy, defense strategy, and emerging technologies. He has held senior roles in the U.S. Department of State, National Security Council, and Department of Defense focusing on defense policy, transatlantic relations, and technological innovation.
Career
editAlden is a senior counselor at Palantir Technologies where he focuses on expanding collaboration with allied and partner governments. His business development activities are focused on defense and security partnerships across Europe. He also serves as a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Strategy Initiative.[1]
At the U.S. Department of State, Alden served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations where he was responsible for anticipating, preventing, and responding to conflict that undermines U.S. national interests.[2] As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs he was the senior official responsible for strengthening US-EU relations and for countering Chinese regional influence.[3] In this role he spearheaded the first high-level US-EU Dialogue on China.[4] Alden was transferred to the Department of State after having worked at the U.S. National Security Council as senior director for emerging technologies and as director for defense policy.[5] He also served as special assistant for policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.[6]
Outside of government service, Alden was the national security editor for American Affairs, Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and project director at the Center for Naval Analyses.[7][8] In private consulting, he provided advice to government and corporate clients as managing director of the Rimland Strategies Group and manager of analysis at the Avascent Group.[9]
Education
editAlden earned a M.A. in political science from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in political science and philosophy from Southern Illinois University.
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Alden". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "About Us – Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations".
- ^ "Alexander Alden".
- ^ "Launch of the U.S.-EU Dialogue on China". 26 October 2020.
- ^ Gramer, Robbie (2024-11-15). "In Latest Post-Impeachment Move, Trump Administration Shifts a Loyalist to the State Department". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "Alexander Alden".
- ^ "Masthead". American Affairs. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "2018 Lincoln Fellows". The Claremont Institute. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "Alexander Alden". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
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