James P Seevers

Title

Director of Research

Department

INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF DIPLOMACY
General profile

Phone

202-965-6612

Location

1316 36th St NW

Bio

James P. Seevers is Director of Research at Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, a position he assumed in September 2005.

For fifteen years prior to joining the Institute, Mr. Seevers was a State Department Foreign Service Officer, gaining wide-ranging foreign policy experience through his work on South Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Capitol Hill. He served as a political officer in Indonesia during its 1996-99 democratic transition, participated in U.N.-led efforts to reunify Cyprus during 2001-03, and worked most recently on enhancing the U.S.-India strategic partnership. Mr. Seevers also has extensive Congressional experience, having worked both in the Senate and at the Congressional Research Service.

Education

  • Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (1988) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
  • Bachelor of Arts (1985) Tufts University,