International Crisis Group
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Donald Steinberg


Deputy President (Policy)
Brussels, Belgium


 


 

 

 

Crisis Group role:

Donald Steinberg serves as Deputy President (Policy) and is located in the Brussels office.   

Areas of expertise:

  • U.S. National Security Policy 
  • Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Resolution 
  • International organisations
  • Gender and Armed Conflict

Professional background:

  • Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace
  • U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Angola
  • Director of the State Department’s Joint Policy Council,
  • Special Representative of Presidents Bush and Clinton for Humanitarian Demining
  • Special Haiti Coordinator for the Clinton Administration
  • Principal Deputy Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
  • Senior Director for African Affairs, U.S. National Security Council
  • Deputy White House Press Secretary
  • Council Member of the Initiative for Inclusive Security (Women Waging Peace)
  • Advisory Council to Executive Director of the UNIFEM
  • Commissioner with the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children

Education:

  • Master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, New York City
  • Master’s degree in political economy from University of Toronto
  • Bachelor's degree in economics from Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Publications and media:

Written extensively on issues relating to Africa, women in conflict, transitional justice, post-conflict reconstruction, landmines, and refugees and internally displaced persons, including

Speeches: