Christopher S. Chivvis

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Senior Political Scientist
Washington Office

Education

Ph.D., Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Overview

Biography

Chris Chivvis is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced international Studies (SAIS). His research interests include European and Eurasian security, NATO, military interventions, and nation-building.

Chivvis has served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy where he worked on Eurasian security issues and NATO-Russia cooperation. He has held research positions at the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) in Paris and at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, and taught graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University, New York University, and Sciences Po in Paris.

His articles have appeared in Current History, International Affairs, the Journal of Contemporary History, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, Survival, and the Washington Quarterly, among others. His op-eds have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, CNN.com, and elsewhere. Chivvis received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, SAIS.

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins, SAIS

Previous Positions

TAPIR fellow, French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) and German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Department of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Recent Projects

  • Libya's Postconflict Transition
  • NATO's Libya Intervention
  • Strategy Work in the Intelligence Community
  • Alternative Futures for Strategic Challenges
  • South Caucasus Security

Selected Publications

Chivvis, Christopher S., "Libya and the Future of Liberal Intervention," Survival, 54(6), 2012

Chivvis, Christopher S., "Libya's Downward Spiral," Foreign Policy, 2012

Christopher S. Chivvis and Paul K. Davis "Establishing Security," in Paul K. Davis et al., Dilemmas of Intervention, RAND (MG-1119-OSD), 2011

Chivvis, Christopher S., "Back to the Brink in Bosnia?" Survival, 52(1):1-14, 2010

Chivvis, Christopher S., "Quelle orientation futur pour l'Otan," Politique Etrangere, (4):791-803, 2009

Chivvis, Christopher S. and Thomas Rid, "The Roots of Germany's Russia Policy," Survival, 51(2), 2009

Chivvis, Christopher S., "Preserving Hope in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," Survival, 49(2), 2007

James Dobbins et. al, Europe's Role in Nation Building, RAND (MG-722-RC)

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Languages

French, German, Spanish

Recent Media Appearances

Commentary: Christian Science Monitor; CNN; International Herald Tribune; Washington Times

Political Science

Biography

Chris Chivvis is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced international Studies (SAIS). His research interests include European security, NATO, military interventions, and nation-building.

Chivvis has served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy where he worked on Eurasian security issues including missile defense cooperation and NATO-Russia relations. He previously held research positions at the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) in Paris and at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, and taught graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University, New York University, and Sciences Po in Paris.

His articles have appeared in Current History, International Affairs, the Journal of Contemporary History, the National Interest, Survival, and the Washington Quarterly among others. His op-eds have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, CNN.com, and elsewhere. Chivvis received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, SAIS.

Recent Projects

  • Libya's Post-Qaddafi Transition
  • NATO's Libya Intervention
  • Strategy Work in the Intelligence Community
  • Alternative Futures for Strategic Challenges
  • Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo

Selected Publications

Christopher S. Chivvis, "Libya and the Limits of Liberal Intervention," Survival, 54(6), 2012

Christopher S. Chivvis, "Libya's Downward Spiral," Foreign Policy, 2012

Christopher S. Chivvis, "America the Ambivalent Leader," Current History, (October), 2010

Christopher S. Chivvis, "Back to the Brink in Bosnia?" Survival, (March), 2010

Christopher S. Chivvis and Harun Dogo, "Getting Back on Track in Bosnia-Herzegovina," The Washington Quarterly, (October), 2010

Christopher S. Chivvis, The Monetary Conservative, Northern Illinois University Press, 2010

Christopher S. Chivvis, "Quelle orientation futur pour l'Otan," Politique Etrangere, (December), 2009

Christopher S. Chivvis and Thomas Rid, "The Roots of Germany's Russia Policy," Survival, (May), 2009

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Commentary

Turkey and Intervention in Syria — May 15, 2013

  • RAND.org

Unlearning the Lessons of Iraq — Mar 14, 2013

  • U.S. News & World Report

The Russia Gambit — Feb 26, 2013

  • Foreign Policy

Anxious Whispers in Tripoli — Feb 19, 2013

  • NYTimes.com on February 18, 2013 and in International Herald Tribune

NATO, US Must Shore Up Libya — Feb 15, 2013

  • Christian Science Monitor

Foreign Intervention in Mali Is Libya in Reverse — Jan 24, 2013

  • U.S. News & World Report

The Challenges of Libya's Post-Qadhafi Transition — Oct 25, 2012

  • U.S. News & World Report

Libya and the Future of Liberal Intervention — Oct 12, 2012

  • RAND.org and Survival

Libya's Downward Spiral — Sep 13, 2012

  • Foreign Policy

What It Would Take to Intervene in Syria — Jul 27, 2012

  • RAND.org and GlobalSecurity.org

Three Challenges Still Await NATO — May 24, 2012

  • RAND.org and GlobalSecurity.org

An Open Door in Libya — Oct 20, 2011

  • CNN

Europe's Empty Promises — Feb 24, 2010

  • ForeignPolicy.com

Biden's Task in Eastern Europe: Reassurance — Oct 20, 2009

  • The Christian Science Monitor

European Union at Cross Purposes in Kosovo — Apr 27, 2009

  • GlobalSecurity.org

Leaving the Nest — Apr 17, 2009

  • The National Interest online

Pro-American Yes, French Poodle No — May 7, 2007

  • International Herald Tribune

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