Mailing address
Littauer 377
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
79 JFK St.
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Eric Rosenbach
Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-495-7747
Email: eric_rosenbach@ksg.harvard.edu
Experience
Eric Rosenbach is the Executive Director for Research at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Prior to his work at the Belfer Center, Rosenbach was a professional staff member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and served as the national security advisor for U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel.
On the Intelligence Committee, Rosenbach provided oversight of the intelligence community’s counterterrorism efforts. Rosenbach led and authored two formal Senate Intelligence Committee investigations of prewar intelligence on Iraq, entitled Postwar Findings about Iraq’s Links to Terrorism and Prewar Intelligence about Postwar Iraq.
In the private sector, Rosenbach previously worked as a vice president and chief security officer for the largest internet service provider in Europe. He was responsible for all aspects of cyber-security, privacy and network operations.
Rosenbach served as an active-duty military intelligence officer supporting post-conflict operations in the Balkans. As a Company Commander, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. The Director of Central Intelligence named his company as the top intelligence organization in the U.S. military for two consecutive years.
Rosenbach co-authored a book on counter-terrorism policy with Richard A. Clarke. His published work also appeared in the International Herald Tribune.
As a Fulbright Scholar, Rosenbach conducted post-graduate research on privatization programsin Eastern Europe. He completed a juris doctor at Georgetown University Law Center and a master's in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a proud graduate of Davidson College, where he played football.
Spring 2008
Free: College Curriculum Package Simulates Oil Crisis
Announcement
By Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), in collaboration with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, has created a free college curriculum box set that includes all of the materials needed to conduct an energy crisis simulation in your classroom. The exercise is based on Oil ShockWave™, SAFE's one-of-a-kind oil crisis simulation, which has featured participants such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Dan Yergin and former director of the CIA R. James Woolsey.
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March 19, 2008
Five Years Into Iraq: A Report Card
Media Feature
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Brigadier General (ret.) Kevin Ryan, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Meghan O'Sullivan, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Paul Kane, Research Fellow, International Security Program
With the war in Iraq stretching past the five-year mark, experts weigh in on what has gone right, what has gone wrong, and lessons learned. Paul Kane, a Marine veteran of Iraq, writes of the “serious disconnect” between civilians and those who have served in uniform, while Meghan O’Sullivan, former deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, says that today “we have the right strategy in place — and it is making a difference on the ground.”
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December 7, 2007
"Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy"
Op-Ed, Globe and Mail
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative and Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The U.S. Intelligence report released on December 3rd, 2007 reported that Iran halted its nuclear program in 2003. This report nullifies the 2005 estimate that the Iranian government was determined to develop a nuclear weapons program. Graham Allison and Eric Rosenbach propose that this new information offers the Bush Administration a new opportunity to repair its broken policy toward Iran.
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November 2, 2007
"President Bush Reciting Bin Laden's Script"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Matan Chorev, Research Assistant
President Bush's mischaracterization of the Iraq war as a battle against al-Qaeda has led to both a restoration of the extremist group's capabilities to attack the United States and increased support for Jihadist attacks in the region, according to Eric Rosenbach and Matan Chorev.
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September 7, 2007
Iraq Progress Report: Reading Between the Lines
Media Feature
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Brigadier General (ret.) Kevin Ryan, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Paul Kane, Research Fellow, International Security Program, Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
With Gen. David H. Petraeus scheduled to appear before Congress next week, Belfer Center experts and researchers offer their insights and analysis — as well as items that Congress should not overlook.
