Pascual, Carlos
United States

Carlos Pascual is vice president and director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Pascual joined Brookings after a 23 year career in the United States Department of State, National Security Council (NSC), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Pascual directs FPS and its centers based on four strategic priorities: relations with world powers, war and peace, countering transnational threats, and reshaping global and U.S. institutions. FPS is the largest research program at Brookings with centers on China, Northeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Before joining Brookings, Pascual served as Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization at the U.S. Department of State, where he led and organized U.S. government planning to help stabilize and reconstruct societies in transition from conflict or civil strife. Prior to that, he was Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (2003) and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from October 2000 until August 2003. From July 1998 to January 2000, Pascual served as Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and from 1995 to 1998 as Director for the same region. From 1983 to 1995, Pascual worked for USAID in Sudan, South Africa, and Mozambique and as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia. He serves on the board of directors for the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, and the Internews Network. He is also on the Advisory Group for the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. Pascual received his M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1982 and his B.A. from Stanford University in 1980.

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