SUMMARY

Luis Bitencourt is professor and political Scientist with a Ph.D. in World Politics (with concentration on International Security), two M.A.s, respectively, in Political Science and World Politics, and an extensive experience in international security, public policy, political transitions and democracy. He designed, implemented, and directed government and private academic organizations in Brazil and in the United States. Luis also worked for the United Nations as an Electoral Officer/Regional Coordinator in East Timor, as a member of the Team of Electoral Experts in Tajikistan, and as a rapporteur for the UN Commission on Intervention and Sovereignty. He is also a member of the Americas Society Study Group.

Until May 2005, Luis Bitencourt was the director of Brazil @ The Wilson Center at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars/Smithsonian, where he is now a Public Policy Scholar. He was also, for three years a visiting professor at the Georgetown University.

Currently, he is Professor and Alumni Affairs Coordinator at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, in Washington, DC. In his research capacity, he has been publishing extensively on Brazil’s and Western Hemisphere’s political and security issues.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Politics, Catholic University of America. Dissertation: “Developing
Countries and Missile Proliferation: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil and India.”
M.A. World Politics, Catholic University of America.
M.A. Political Science, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil.
B.A. Mathematics, Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasilia, Brazil.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fields of expertise: Political Science, World Politics, International Relations, International Security, Terrorism, International Economy, Public Policies, Elections, Political Transitions and Democracy.

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