Author

Sarwar A. Kashmeri
  
Sarwar A. Kashmeri is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program, and a fellow with theForeign Policy Association.  He is an author, current affairs commentator, and a strategic communications advisor to international companies. He is recognized on both sides of the Atlantic as a specialist and commentator on U.S.-European relations.    

Kashmeri’s latest book, NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete? will be released by Potomac Books, in March 2011.  The third edition of Kashmeri’s America and Europe after 9/11 and Iraq: the Great Divide was published by Potomac Books in September 2008.  The book is based on his experience as a transatlantic businessman, and on private conversations with American and European leaders. Palgrave Macmillan selected Kashmeri to write the chapter on the future of the United States-European relationship for The Impact of 9/11 on Politics and War: The Day That Changed Everything? (August 2009)  
  
Kashmeri speaks frequently before business, foreign policy, and military audiences and is a commentator on Vermont Public Radio. At the Atlantic Council he initiated and hosts theNew Atlanticist Podcast Series; and is the host of  Global Currents for the Foreign Policy Association. Both programs feature conversations with global leaders to explore the intersection of globalization, international business, and foreign policy. 

Kashmeri earned a BS in Aerospace Engineering, and a MS in Engineering, both from Saint Louis University where he taught on the faculty. He has written numerous opinion pieces on transatlantic issues and chaired business and public policy panels. He was an invited participant to the  National Security Seminar  at the United States Army War College. He is a member of the National Advisory Board of theCalvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation; The Advisory Board of the American Precision Museum, American, Advisory Board of the Ditchley (U.K.) Foundations, and a member of the Vermont Council on World Affairs. He teaches an annual course on American foreign policy at Dartmouth College’s School of Continuing Education-ILEAD.    

Kashmeri is at sarwar@kashmeri.com  or via telephone: (US)802.484.3411    
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