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James H. Mackey is the Director of Security Policy and Partnerships at NATO Headquarters. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing NATO’s relationship with partner countries around the globe. Prior to this post, he first served as an officer in the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division at NATO HQ and then as the head of the Office of Euro-Atlantic and Global Partnership. During this time, he was responsible for NATO’s bilateral relations with a number of partner countries, including Georgia, Serbia, Moldova, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kyrgyzstan. In 2010, he was detailed to the Private Office of the Secretary-General to conduct a reform of the NATO intelligence-sharing process.

Mr. Mackey is a former Luce Scholar and spent 2000-2001 teaching international relations theory at the Beijing Foreign Affairs College. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Princeton University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.