Philip H. "Phil" Gordon (born 1964) is an American diplomat, foreign policy expert, and the current Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
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Gordon received a Bachelor of Arts in French and philosophy from Ohio University. He studied European studies and international economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, earning an M.A. in 1987 and a Ph.D in 1991.
Gordon has held teaching and lecturing positions at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Singapore; and the German Society for Foreign Affairs in Bonn.[1] He served as Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton.[2]
In 2000, he became a fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Gordon was a senior foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama during the 2008 Presidential campaign. In March 2009, Obama nominated him to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.[2] A key moment in his confirmation hearings was Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)'s questioning of his position on the Armenian Genocide: In previous publications, Gordon had written that acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide would cause undue disruption in U.S.-Turkish relations.[3]
Gordon has published articles in The New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde.[4]
He has also authored several books, including:
He has also translated Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 book Testimony: France, Europe, and the World in the Twenty-First Century.
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Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs May 15, 2009 – Present |
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