James Dobbins

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(diplomat)
James Dobbins May 2014.jpg
In 2014
Born1942-05-31
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorgetown School of Foreign Service
SpouseToril Kleivdal
Member ofCouncil on Foreign Relations/Members
US diplomatic troubleshooter who worked for RAND. Attended Bilderberg/1983 and Bilderberg/1990. Supporter of internet censorship

Employment.png United States Ambassador to Afghanistan

In office
December 17, 2001 - January 1, 2002
Acting

James Francis Dobbins, Jr. is a US diplomat who worked for RAND. He attended the 1983 and 1990 Bilderberg meetings, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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.[1]

Dobbins has worked 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.[1]

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.[2]

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. [1]

Internet censorship

In 2015, Dobbins tweeted "Need Curbs on Internet Abuse. I wrote this six months ago. Was controversial then, almost common wisdom now."[3]

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198313 May 198315 May 1983Canada
Quebec
Château Montebello
The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/199010 May 199013 May 1990New York
US
Glen Cove
38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
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