Cameron Munter
CAMERON MUNTER is a seasoned American diplomat, scholar, and adviser based in Prague. With nearly three decades in the U.S. Foreign Service, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Serbia (2007–2009), navigating Kosovo’s declaration of independence, and to Pakistan (2010–2012), overseeing U.S.–Pakistani relations during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound. He served twice in Iraq (in Mosul and in Baghdad). He was also National Security Council Director in the Clinton and Bush White Houses, and served overseas in Warsaw, Prague, and Bonn. After retiring in 2012, Munter taught at Columbia Law School and Pomona College, then served as President and CEO of the EastWest Institute (2015–2019), where he directed global track-two diplomacy and conflict-prevention initiatives. He is also a nonresident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. Munter earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy.
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