Stephen Pomper Chief of Policy Washington, D.C. Please submit all media inquiries to [email protected] and [email protected] or call +1 (202) 785-1638 Crisis Group Role As Crisis Group's chief of policy, Stephen works with regional and cross-cutting programs to develop and promote the organisation’s analysis and prescriptions. He is based in Washington D.C. Professional Background Prior to joining Crisis Group, Stephen served as special assistant to the president and senior director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council under President Obama. Prior to joining the staff of the National Security Council, he served in a variety of roles with the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, where he specialised in domestic and international law regulating the use of force and the law of war, including as the assistant legal adviser for Political-Military Affairs.Outside government, Stephen has been a senior policy scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace and a Leonard and Sophie Davis Genocide Prevention distinguished fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and was in private practice at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. He is a non-residential senior fellow at the NYU Law School Reiss Center on Law and Security. Stephen received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his law degree from Yale Law School. In The News 17 aug 2021 One of the realities that has been realized in the past two decades is that advancing human rights policy through military intervention is extremely difficult. Washington Post Stephen Pomper Chief of Policy Latest Updates Podcast / United States 19 april 2024 Polarisation, Political Violence and the U.S. Elections Podcast / Global 26 mars 2024 Conferences in Germany, India and Türkiye and the Demise of Peace Deals Podcast / United States 28 februari 2024 Will Legal Challenges Derail Donald Trump’s Bid for Presidency? Podcast / Global 22 januari 2024 Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2024 Podcast / United States 19 januari 2024 The Future of Republican Foreign Policy Podcast / United States 18 december 2023 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Shadow of the 2024 Elections with Colin Kahl Op-Ed / Global 14 december 2023 War Powers: We Must Do Better Than the Current Monarchism Op-Ed / Europe & Central Asia 08 maj 2023 Can Ukraine Get Justice Without Thwarting Peace? Podcast / Asia 11 mars 2023 Will the Ukraine War Blow U.S.-China Relations Further Off Course? Podcast / Global 15 januari 2023 Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2023 Op-Ed / United States 02 december 2022 How to End Yemen’s Forever War U.S. Congressional Testimony / United States 10 februari 2022 Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law: The Legal and Human Costs of 20 Years of U.S. Drone Strikes Load more