Elliott School of International School
Karl F. Inderfurth  

Karl F. Inderfurth

John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs

 
1957 E Street, NW Suite 501

Washington, D.C. 20052
Telephone: (202) 994-2619
Fax: (202) 994-5477
E-mail: ambkfi@gwu.edu

Education:
M.A., Princeton University

Expertise:
U.S.-South Asian Relations; National Security Council; United Nations and Peacekeeping; Disarmament and Security Affairs

Background:
Ambassador Inderfurth served as Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs (1997-2001), Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Global Humanitarian Demining (1997-98) and U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations, with ambassadorial rank, where he also served as Deputy U.S. Representative on the U.N. Security Council (1993-1997). Ambassador Inderfurth has worked as a national security and Moscow Correspondent for ABC News (1981-91) and received an Emmy Award in 1983. He has also served on the staffs of the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committees and the National Security Council. He co-authored Fateful Decisions: Inside the National Security Council (2004), along with Professor Loch K. Johnson, and is a frequent op/ed contributor and commentator in the national media.

Courses Taught:
IAff 190 South Asia Today
IAff 203 The NSC and the Interagency Process
IAff 325 U.S.-South Asian Relations

Last update: 5/4/2006

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