James Dobbins

James Dobbins     (diplomat)
In 2014
Born	1942-05-31 New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Spouse	Toril Kleivdal
Member of	Council on Foreign Relations/Members
US diplomatic troubleshooter who worked for RAND. Supporter of internet censorship  United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan In office May 10, 2013 - July 21, 2014  United States Ambassador to Afghanistan In office December 17, 2001 - January 1, 2002 Acting  Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs In office January 2, 2001 - June 1, 2001  United States Ambassador to European Union In office 1991 - 1993

James Francis Dobbins, Jr. is a US diplomat who worked for RAND.

Career

He has held State Department and White House posts including assistant secretary of State for Europe, special assistant to the president for the Western Hemisphere, special adviser to the president, secretary of State for the Balkans, and ambassador to the European Community.

Dobbins has served on numerous crisis management and diplomatic troubleshooting assignments as special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia for the administrations of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.

Diplomatic assignments include the withdrawal of American forces from Somalia, the American-led multilateral intervention in Haiti, the stabilization of Bosnia, and the NATO intervention in Kosovo. In the wake of September 11, 2001, he was named as the Bush administration's representative to the Afghan opposition with the task of putting together and installing a broadly based successor to the Taliban government. He represented the United States at the Bonn Conference that established the new Afghan government, and, on December 16, 2001, he raised the flag over the newly reopened U.S. Embassy.

In 2013 he returned to the State Department to become the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, returning to RAND in 2014.

Internet censorship

In 2015, Dobbins tweeted "Need Curbs on Internet Abuse. I wrote this six months ago. Was controversial then, almost common wisdom now."

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1983	13 May 1983	15 May 1983	Canada Quebec Château Montebello	The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/1990	10 May 1990	13 May 1990	New York US Glen Cove	38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests

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