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Nick Dowling
Born
Nick Dowling
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipU.S.
Alma materHarvard University (B.A.)
Georgetown University (Master's)
Scientific career
FieldsNational Security, Military Training, Foreign Affairs
InstitutionsIDS International
U.S. National Security Council
National Defense University

Nick Dowling is the founder and president of IDS International. He focuses on stability operations and interagency coordination in both the public and private sectors.[1]

Early life and education

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Dowling has a Bachelor’s from Harvard University and a Master’s in National Security Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.[2]

Career

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He was Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC)[3] where he coordinated Bosnia and Kosovo policy to help bring and end to the Balkan wars.[4] Prior to that, he was a defense fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a senior fellow at the National Defense University and a policy advisor for two presidential campaigns and a U.S. Senate campaign.

Dowling is the acting president of IDS International, a "smart power" national security firm that trains the US Army and Marines in sophisticated operations. He leads an IDS team with a vast array of stability operations, interagency, reconstruction and regional expertise.[5]

After founding IDS International in 2001, Dowling helped the company become a provider in training[6] on interagency coordination in conflict zones that included Iraq[7] and Afghanistan.

He is also a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Knew for years of Benghazi extremism". The Washington Times.
  2. ^ "Nick Dowling". IDS International Government Services. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  3. ^ "Nick Dowling". Fox News. 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  4. ^ "Washingtonpost.com: World Live Discussion". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan in Transition: Power Dynamics". Atlantic Council. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  6. ^ "'Smart power': Army making cultural training a priority". CNN. 12 January 2013.
  7. ^ "What Bosnia Can Tell Us About Iraq".
  8. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2020-04-24.