GFSIS Team
Amb. David J. Smith
Ambassador David J. Smith is Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and Director of the Georgian Security Analysis Center. He is also Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.Mr. Smith holds degrees from the University of Arizona, London School of Economics and Harvard University.
From 2002 to 2006 he was U.S. Member of the International Security Advisory Board for Georgia (ISAB).From 1993 to 2002 he was President of Global Horizons, Inc. Prior to that, he was U.S. Chief Negotiator for Defense and Space. He has also served as Chief of Staff for Arizona Congressman Jon Kyl, Assistant for Strategic Policy and Arms Control to Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole, Professional Staff Member for the U.S. Senate, and as a member of U.S. delegations to negotiations on conventional forces and chemical weapons. He was a Major in the U.S. Air Force.
