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American international relations scholar
Richard Fontaine is an American foreign policy analyst currently serving as CEO of the
Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
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Education
Born in
New Orleans , Fontaine holds a BA in international relations from
Tulane University and a MA in International affairs from
Johns Hopkins University SAIS .
Career
Fontaine started his foreign policy career as a staff member focusing on the Middle East and South Asia at the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee . Between 2003 and 2004, he was the associate director for Near Eastern Affairs at the
White House National Security Council during the
George W. Bush administration .
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Fontaine served as a foreign policy advisor to the
John McCain 2008 presidential campaign from 2004 to 2008 and later became the
Senate Armed Services Committee 's minority deputy staff director.
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He was appointed a senior fellow and senior advisor at CNAS in 2009 and became president in 2012, succeeding
John Nagl .
[4] In 2019, he was named CNAS' CEO, succeeding
Victoria Nuland .
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Fontaine was also an adjunct professor at
Georgetown SFS ' security studies program.
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Publications
Articles
Israel’s War of Regime Change Is Repeating America’s Mistakes,
Foreign Affairs , June 17, 2024 (co-authored with
David Petraeus and
Meghan O'Sullivan )
[7]
The Axis of Upheaval,
Foreign Affairs , April 23, 2024 (co-authored with Andrea Kendall-Taylor)
[8]
Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy,
Foreign Policy , February 5, 2024 (co-authored with
Stephen J. Hadley )
[9]
Election Interference Demands a Collective Defense,
Foreign Affairs , August 7, 2023
[10]
China's Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity,
The Atlantic , February 13, 2023
[12]
The Case Against Foreign Policy Solutionism,
Foreign Affairs , February 8, 2021
[16]
Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson,
Foreign Policy , April 24, 2018 (co-authored with
Jamie Fly )
[17]
The Uses and Misuses of Historical Analogy for North Korea,
The Atlantic , October 3, 2017 (co-authored with Vance Serchuk)
[18]
References
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"Richard Fontaine" . www.cnas.org . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
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"Richard Fontaine on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | C-SPAN.org" . www.c-span.org . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
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"Richard Fontaine" (PDF) . Under Secretary of Defense for Policy . Retrieved September 9, 2023 .
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b McDuffee, Allen (2012-05-17).
"CNAS names Richard Fontaine, former McCain adviser, as its new president" . Washington Post . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
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"CNAS Names Richard Fontaine as CEO" . www.cnas.org . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
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"Richard Fontaine" . Spirit of America . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
^ Petraeus, David; O’Sullivan, Meghan L.; Fontaine, Richard (2024-06-17).
"Israel's War of Regime Change Is Repeating America's Mistakes" . Foreign Affairs .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2024-06-17 .
^ Kendall-Taylor, Andrea; Fontaine, Richard (2024-04-23).
"The Axis of Upheaval" . Foreign Affairs . Vol. 103, no. 3.
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2024-04-24 .
^ Fontaine, Stephen J. Hadley, Richard (2024-02-12).
"Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy" . Foreign Policy . Retrieved 2024-02-06 . {{
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^ Fontaine, Richard (2023-08-07).
"Election Interference Demands a Collective Defense" . Foreign Affairs .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
^ Fontaine, Richard (2023-07-12).
"The Myth of Neutrality" . Foreign Affairs .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
^ Fontaine, Richard (2023-02-13).
"China's Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
^ Curtis, Richard Fontaine, Lisa (2023-01-31).
"To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition" . Foreign Policy . Retrieved 2023-09-09 . {{
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link )
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"Ukraine War Should Slow But Not Stop the U.S. Pivot to Asia" . Bloomberg.com . 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2024-01-05 .
^ Fontaine, Richard (2022-01-14).
"Washington's Missing China Strategy" . Foreign Affairs .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
^ Fontaine, Richard (2021-02-08).
"The Case Against Foreign Policy Solutionism" . Foreign Affairs .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .
^ Fly, Richard Fontaine, Jamie (2023-12-27).
"Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson" . Foreign Policy . Retrieved 2023-12-25 . {{
cite web }}
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link )
^ Serchuk, Richard Fontaine, Vance (2017-10-03).
"The Uses and Misuses of Historical Analogy for North Korea" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-09-09 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
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"CNAS Commentary: A Bipartisan National Security Agenda for an Election Year" . Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs . Retrieved 2023-09-09 .