Chad Peterson

Member, Policy Planning Staff, Office of the U.S. Secretary of State (2016-2018)

Thesis Title: German diplomacy in east central Europe: Foreign relations with the Czech Republic and Poland 1990-1998 (2007)

Supervisor: Professor Christopher Hill

“Chad Peterson’s research compared and contrasted German foreign policy towards Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) and Poland between 1990 and 1998 and argued that Germany’s foreign policy towards both states was guided by three crucial components; political reconciliation, economic, and security interests.”