Former Clinton administration official to lecture on foreign policy

Friday, September 18, 2009

Arts and Sciences lecture series is free and open to the public.

By Joseph Dunn

(Sept. 18, 2009, STILLWATER, Okla.) - James Lindsay, a leading authority on the American foreign policymaking process, will lecture on “The Transformation: Barack Obama and the Remaking of American Foreign Policy” at 7 p.m. on Sept. 30 at the Student Union Theater at Oklahoma State University.

Lindsay recently joined the staff of the Council on Foreign Relations where he will direct its studies program. A former staff member of the Clinton Administration's National Security Council, he also served as a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his recent appointment at the Council on Foreign Relations, he was the Tom Slick Chair for International Affairs and inaugural director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs. 

Lindsay’s research and policy interests have centered on the process and politics of American foreign policy. His contributions to both the academic and policy arena have been substantial, says James M. Scott, head of the political science department at OSU.

“Dr. Lindsay is one of the country’s leading analysts of American foreign policy and his work has made notable contributions to both the scholarly and policy communities on such issues as the structure and process of foreign policy decision-making, the impact of domestic politics on foreign policy and the role of Congress in U.S. foreign policy,” Scott said.

The lecture is free and open to the public. To learn more, phone (405) 744-5569. The presentation is made possible by the Social Sciences Lecture Series in the OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Visit http://cas.okstate.edu.