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United States Institute of Peace: Guide to Specialists Archive
Former Specialist Profile



Andrew J. Pierre
Senior Fellow (1998-1999)

Areas of Specialization
Europe; Baltic states; Russia; Arms control; International security; Arms proliferation; NATO; OSCE; U.S. foreign policy; NGOs

Project Focus
NATO's Enlargement Beyond the Visegrad Three



Background
Andrew J. Pierre is professor of European affairs at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he was a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focused on European politics and security, and arms proliferation. While at Carnegie, Pierre directed programs on these topics at the Carnegie Center in Moscow. In 1987-89, he was director-general of the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs in Paris. In 1969-87, he was senior fellow and acting director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in London and at the U.S. Department of State during his tenure as a foreign service officer (1962-64). Pierre has been a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Hudson Institute, and NATO. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Cascade of Arms: Managing Conventional Weapons Proliferation, Russia in the World Arms Trade, and The Global Politics of Arms Sales, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Pierre has lectured widely and taught at Columbia University, where he earned his Ph.D. in international relations.


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