Foreign Policy Formation: The Role of the National Security Council and the 'Interagency Process'
Evan Reade, former U.S. Consul General to Strasbourg
Matrix is located on the 8th floor of Barrows Hall, on the UC Berkeley campus, near Telegraph and Bancroft Avenues, just up the hill from Sather Gate. There are entrances at both ends of the building, but only one of the elevators on the eastern side goes directly to the 8th floor. You can alternatively take the stairs to the 7th floor and walk up the stairs.
Evan Reade, former U.S. Consul General to Strasbourg, will deliver a presentation called "Foreign Policy Formation: The Role of the National Security Council and the 'Interagency Process,'" followed by a round of Q&A. This event is organized by the members of the “Continent Divided” Matrix Research Team.
In addition to his role as Consul General, Evan was also Observer to the Council of Europe and director for Western Europe on the National Security Council staff under President Obama between 2014 and 2016. He is currently an External Advisory Board member for the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies.
His talk will focus on the foreign policy formulation process with an emphasis on the "interagency process" and the National Security Council. He will touch briefly upon the roles played by the three co-equal branches of the U.S. government—executive, legislative, judicial—and then delve deeper into how policy is formulated by the NSC, balancing the oftentimes competing viewpoints of the Departments of the executive branch, i.e., State, Defense, Treasury, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, etc. The discussion will cover a range of topics pertaining particularly to Europe, including the U.S. government's response to the refugee crisis in 2015, our relations with Russia, and others.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to Jon Cho-Polizzi (jcpolizzi@berkeley.edu) if you plan to attend.
