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Professor John Kriendler
Professor of NATO and European Security Issues
College of International and Security Studies

John Kriendler is professor of NATO and European Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.

He lectures on NATO, European security issues and the United Nations, and teaches a core seminar and an elective course on “NATO: Strategic and Operational Perspectives.”

Mr. Kriendler was born in New York City. He was as a U.S. naval officer from 1961- 1964. As a career foreign service officer from 1970 – 1993, he served in U.S. Embassies in Buenos Aires, Bogota and Caracas, in the State Department, at the US Mission to the UN, and at the US Mission to UNESCO. He was a member of the NATO international staff as Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and, subsequently, as Head, Council Operations. He has been at the Marshall Center since 2002.

Mr. Kriendler earned a B.A. in government from Cornell University in 1959 and an M.A. in politics from the University of Massachusetts in 1967. He also pursued graduate studies in political science at Yale, the University of Freiburg, the Free University (Berlin), NYU (completed course work for a Ph.D.) and Columbia University.

Mr. Kriendler has published numerous articles on NATO and NATO-related topics including:

Publications

“Ukrainian Membership in NATO: Benefits, Costs, Misconceptions and Urban Legends,” Conflict Studies Research Center. 07/23 July 2007
“NATO HQ Reform: the Latest Hurrah,” June 2006, Conflict Studies Research Center.
“NATO Crisis Management: A Key Aspect of Transformation,” in publication, Security and Society, Belgrade.
“NATO and the EU: Challenges and Opportunities,” April 2006, in publication, Security and Society, Belgrade.
“NATO’s Future Roles in the Western Balkans,” May 2006, in publication, Albanian Atlantic Association.
“NATO Intelligence and Early Warning,” Special Series 06/13, Conflict Studies Research Center, March 2006.
“NATO Intelligence and Early Warning.” paper prepared for the NATO elective in the Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS), Marshall Center, February 2006.
“NATO Headquarters Transformation: Getting Ahead of the Power Curve,” Special Series 05/29, Conflict Studies Research Centre, June 2005.
“NATO Crisis Management: Cooperation with PfP Partners and Other International Organizations,” Connections, Vol. III, No. 4, December 2004, pp. 59-68.
“NATO Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention” in The European Union and Conflict Prevention: Policy and Legal Aspects, ed. Vincent Kronenberger and Jan Wouters, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004, pp. 415-438.
“US Views on the Role of NATO in Combating Terrorism,” in Balkans and NATO: United Against Terror, Report of International Conference held in Sofia, 10-11 September 2003, pp. 55-76.
“Anticipating Crises.” NATO Review, Winter 2002.
“Framework for Early Warning.” In Generic Early Warning Handbook. Brussels: NATO Council Operations and Exercise Committee, 2001, pp. 1-4 to 1-8.
“Basic NATO Approach to Early Warning: An Overview.” In Generic Early Warning Handbook. Brussels: NATO Council Operations and Exercise Committee, 2001, pp. I 9-11.
Editor. Generic Early Warning Handbook. Brussels: NATO Council Operations and Exercise Committee, 2001.
“Framework for Crisis Management.” In Generic Crisis Management Handbook. Brussels: NATO Council Operations and Exercise Committee, 1999, pp. II 1-12.
Editor. Generic Crisis Management Handbook. Brussels: NATO Council Operations and Exercise Committee.
Editor. National Crisis Management Structures and Procedures. Brussels: NATO Council Operations and Exercise Committee, 1999.
“PfP Crisis Management Activities: Enhancing Capabilities and Cooperation.” NATO Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, Autumn 1998, pp. 28-31.
“A Conceptual Framework for Crisis Management.” In Proceedings from the Partnership for Peace Seminar on Civil Aspects of Crisis Management. Stockholm: Swedish Agency for Civil Emergency Planning, 1997, pp. 36-49.

Last updated: April 28, 2008