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Christopher S. Chivvis

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Political Scientist

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Education

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

Biography

Christopher Chivvis is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research interests include transatlantic relations, European security, and nation-building. Chivvis 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 International Affairs, the Journal of Contemporary History, the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, and Survival, among others, and his op-eds have appeared in the Washington Times and International Herald Tribune. Chivvis received his Ph.D. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Research Focus

Transatlantic relations and European security; nation-building and postconflict reconstuction; NATO, Balkans, France, Germany; political economy

Recent Projects

  • NATO strategic concept
  • Local factors in nation-building
  • Pakistan's security
  • European security policy in Africa
  • European civilian-military operations

Selected Publications

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

Christopher S. Chivvis, "The Making of Macedonia", Survival, 50(2), 2008

Christopher S. Chivvis, "What Role for Germany in Iraq?", SWP Research Paper, (Aug), 2008

Christopher S. Chivvis, "Les visions Americaines de l'Otan (American Visions of NATO)", Politique Etrangere, 3(Fall), 2007

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

Biography

Christopher S. Chivvis is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research interests include transatlantic relations, European security, and nation-building. Chivvis 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 International Affairs, the Journal of Contemporary History, the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, and Survival, among others, and his op-eds have appeared in the Washington Times and International Herald Tribune. Chivvis received his Ph.D. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Research Focus

Transatlantic relations and European security; nation-building and postconflict reconstruction; France; NATO, Balkans, France, Germany; political economy

Recent Projects

  • NATO strategic concept
  • Local factors in nation-building
  • Pakistan's security
  • European security policy in Africa
  • European civilian-military operations
  • French security policy
  • Germany's Russia policy

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

Languages

French, German, Spanish

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