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Biography
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James Joyner
James has been Managing Editor of the Atlantic Council since September 2007. He oversaw the launch of the Council's new website and the New Atlanticist and Atlantic Update blogs.
He has written the popular public policy weblog Outside the Beltway since January 2003. It was named 2006 Blog of the Year by The George Washington University's Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, is regularly cited in The Atlantic, Washington Monthly, Hotline, Slate, Salon and other publications and has led to appearances on BBC, NPR, CNN, and MSNBC discussing public policy issues. His Election 2008 coverage appears in Newsweek and his coverage of the Scooter Libby trial was syndicated by the Associated Press. He has also published dozens of columns for publications including The Politico, Reason, Legal Affairs, Human Events, The New Individualist, TCS Daily, Tech Central Station, and The Washington Examiner.
His previous work includes serving as Managing Editor of Strategic Insights, the professional journal of the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School; contract consulting to the Defense Information Systems Agency; Acquisitions Editor for International Affairs at Brassey's (now, Potomac Books); and political science professor at Troy (Alabama) University, Bainbridge (Georgia) College, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
James served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1992 and is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and numerous service medals and ribbons. He is a graduate of the Airborne and Air Assault schools.
He holds a Ph.D. in national security affairs from the University of Alabama and B.A. and M.A. degrees in political science from Jacksonville State University.
He has been married since October 2005 to the former Kimberly Webb and they reside in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Atlantic Council Chairman Named National Security Advisor
Atlantic Council Chairman General James L. Jones has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to serve as his National Security Advisor. Jones, respected on both sides of the aisle, brings more than forty years of military and diplomatic experience to the post.
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The Challenge of Somali Piracy
In a metaphor that the traditionally nomadic Somalis would undoubtedly appreciate, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Last Thursday, Somali pirates seized the Ukrainian-owned, Belizean-registered freighter Faina as it neared the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
Council Highlight
Atlantic Council Board Member Named UN Ambassador
Susan E. Rice, a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, was appointed President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on December 1.
