Dobriansky, Paula J.: Files, 1981-1987

Office of Political Affairs, NSC, 1981-1983; European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, 1984-1987

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Paula Dobriansky's collection consists of her two offices combined.

The collection consists of two series:

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SERIES 01: COUNTRY FILE

SERIES 02: CHRON FILE

Biography

Biography

Paula J. Dobriansky was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1955. In 1977 she received a B.S.F.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service summa cum laude, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University.

In 1976 Ms. Dobriansky worked at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, as a staff assistant. From 1977-1978 she worked as a research assistant for the Joint Economic Committee. In 1979 she became a NATO policy analyst for the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research, before joining the White House that same year as a staff assistant in the Soviet Union and West European office of the National Security Council.

In 1981, the Office of Political Affairs within the National Security Council included offices with responsibility for various geographic regions and Dobriansky continued her work in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe office. In 1983 she became a deputy director of European and Soviet Affairs. These regional responsibilities were later revised and elevated to directorates and Dobriansky was incorporated within the European and Soviet Affairs Directorate. In 1984 she became a director in the European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, and her primary responsibility was the development and implementation of U.S. policy toward all East European countries. She played a significant role in the formulation of U.S. policy specifically toward Poland. In her capacity as director, she was also responsible for matters related to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and was involved with work on Soviet affairs, in particular, human rights issues.

In 1987, she joined the State Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs where she served under the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. During the George W. Bush administration she served again in the State Department as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs.

In 1997, she became Senior Vice President and Director of the Washington office of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2001-2009 Ms. Dobriansky served as the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, and in 2005 she became Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs. From 2007-2009 she served as President Bush’s Envoy to Northern Ireland. Since 2009 Ms. Dobriansky has been a senior fellow at Harvard University’s JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. From 2010-2012 Ms. Dobriansky was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Thomas Reuters. During this time she became the Distinguished National Security Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy.

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