Stephen J. Stedman

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Managing Global Order
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A leading expert on civil wars and conflict management, Stephen J. Stedman was formerly the research director of the United Nations High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change from 2003-2004, and assistant secretary general and special advisor to the secretary general of the United Nations, in 2005.

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Resources

Expertise

  • Civil wars
  • conflict management
  • refugees

Experience

Current Positions

  • Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
  • Director, Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies, Stanford University

Past Positions

  • Assistant Secretary General and Special Advisor to the Secretary General, United Nations
  • Research Director, United Nations High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change

Education

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988

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