National Intelligence Council

David Armitage is currently Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe at the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in Washington DC. Prior to joining the NIC in November 2010, he was chief of the Regional Analysis Unit in the Office of Analysis for Europe at the US State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR). From 2007-2008, he served as the State/INR representative on the President’s Daily Briefing Staff. From 2001-2007, he was the principal European Union analyst in INR. In addition to government service he has been an adjunct professor since fall 2008 at American University’s School of International Service, where he teaches a course on European foreign and security policy. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, a Washington-based think tank focused on Central Europe. He is the author of A Comparative Analysis of US Policy Toward European Defense Autonomy (Mellen Press, 2008) and Europe’s Return: The Impact of the EU’s Newest Members (CEPA, 2009). He holds a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland.