Karl Eikenberry Room E316, Encina Hall 616 Serra Street Stanford, California 94305-6055 Office: (650) 723-0145 Email: [email protected] ______

Professional Experiences Since 1984

2015-Present: Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Director of the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative and a core faculty member of the Asia-Pacific Research Center, and Professor Practice, Stanford University.

2011-2015: William J. Perry Fellow for International Security, Stanford University

2009-2011: Ambassador to , U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan

2007-2009: Deputy Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee, , Belgium

2005-2007: Commander, U.S.-led Coalition Forces – Afghanistan, Coalition Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan:

2003-2005: Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii

2002-2003: Coordinator for Security Sector Reform and Chief of the Office of Military Cooperation – Afghanistan, U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan

2001-2002: Deputy Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy, Army Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

2000-2001: Assistant Division Commander, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

1997-2000: Defense Attaché, United States Embassy, Beijing, China

1994-1997: Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan, , and Mongolia, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

1993-1994: Student, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1992-1993: National Security Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, , Cambridge, Massachusetts

1990-1992: Commander, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York

1988-1989: Deputy Commander, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), Vincenza, Italy

1986-1987: Assistant Army Attaché, United States Embassy, Beijing, China

1984-1985: Deputy Commander, United Nations Command - Joint Security Force (UNC-JSF, Panmunjom, Republic of Korea

Education

Stanford University M.A. in Political Science, 1994

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government National Security Fellow, 1993

Nanjing University, China Certificate of Studies in Chinese History, 1983

British Ministry of Defence Chinese Language School, Hong Kong Foreign and Commonwealth Office Interpreter’s Certificate, 1982

Harvard University M.A. in East Asian Studies, 1981

United States Military Academy B.S. with major in Economic and minor in Mandarin Chinese, 1973

Professional Affiliations

Board Member: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Asia Foundation, National Committee for American Foreign Policy, and Turquoise Mountain

Member: Council on Foreign Relations, Council of American Ambassadors, American Academy of Diplomacy, and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Awards

• Department of State: Distinguished Honor Award • Department of Defense: Distinguished Superior Service Medal, , Bronze Star, Ranger Tab, Combat and Expert Infantryman badges, and master parachutist wings. • Central Intelligence Agency: Director of Central Intelligence Award • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award • International and Foreign Military Awards: Canadian Meritorious Service Cross, French Legion of Honor, Czech Republic Meritorious Cross, Hungarian Alliance Medal, Afghanistan’s Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan and Akbar Khan Medals, and the NATO Meritorious Service Medal • Harvard University: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal • National Committee for American Foreign Policy: George F. Kennan Award for Distinguished Public Service • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, North Carolina State University

Publications since 2009:

Articles and op-eds on civil-military relations, the contribution of the study of the arts and humanities to U.S. national security, on Central-South Asia, and the Asia-Pacific Region that have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Washington Quarterly, New York Times, Washington Post, American Interest, Survival, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy Interests, and Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.