Fred Tanner

Fred Tanner

Amb. Dr. Fred Tanner is the Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) since 5 October 2006. On 16 May 2007, the Swiss Federal Council, awarded Fred Tanner with the title of Ambassador.

Prior to this appointment, Fred Tanner was Deputy Director of the GCSP, in charge of Academic Affairs and Training. At the same time he was a Visiting Professor for Swiss Security and Foreign Policy at the Graduate Institute for International Studies (GIIS/HEI) of the University of Geneva and was responsible for the University's Programme for Diplomatic Studies. From 1994 until 1997, on secondment from the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), he was Director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC) in Malta.

In the course of his distinguished academic career, Fred Tanner held teaching and research positions at such universities as Harvard (CFIA), Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), and Princeton (CIS).

He was mandated by the OSCE Chairmanship at the time to become the Honorary Chairman of the Committee for Security Studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a position he held from 1999-2001.

Fred Tanner holds a Ph.D. and a Master Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), and a Bachelor Degree from the University of Geneva.

Fred Tanner is the author of numerous publications, including "The Iraq Crisis and World Order" (United Nations University Press, 2006, co-author); a “Chaillot Paper” (with H. Haenggi) Promoting security sector governance in the EU's neighbourhood , July 2005; From Versailles to Baghdad (United Nations, 1993); The EU as a Security Actor in the Mediterranean (ETH Zurich, 2001); Refugee Manipulation (co-editor, with S. Stedman, Brookings, 2002). He also published numerous articles in journals such as the Journal for Peace Research, International Peacekeeping, Mediterranean Politics, Civil War, and the International Spectator.Fred is married and has 3 children.

References

[www.gcsp.ch] "Geneva Center for Security Policy website"

External links

-The Geneva Center for Security Policy - http://www.gcsp.ch


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