About Richard
 

Dr. Richard M. Wilcox

 

 

Experience

2000-2001            National Security Council, The White House, Washington, D.C.

                        Director, Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs

·         Briefed President and National Security Advisor on United Nations affairs, including institutional and financial reform, peacekeeping operations in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and UN political issues (AIDS resolution in Security Council, Council membership, etc). 

·         Planned and organized the President’s participation in the United Nations Millennium Summit, including defining parameters of President’s participation in the Security Council and Permanent Five Summits. 

·         Co-chaired U.S. government interagency team on reform of UN peacekeeping (Annual UN Peacekeeping budget is $2+ billion). 

·         Managed White House involvement in UN financial reforms required to permit the payment of $860 million in U.S. arrears to the UN.

·         Coordinated U.S. government support, including activities of the Departments of State, Defense, and the CIA, for peacekeeping in Africa (Congo and Sierra Leone) and Asia (Indonesia/Timor).

 

1998-1999            United Nations Mission in Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

                                Political Advisor to Commissioner of International Police Task Force

·         Advised head of 2,500 person police task force on political aspects of police reform. 

·         Researched and analyzed links between police, military, organized crime, financial institutions, and political party finances.

·         Responsible for liaison and negotiation with Ministers of Interior and senior party officials on police reform. 

 

1995-1997                  United Nations Transitional Administration , Vukovar, Croatia, and

                                United Nations Protection Forces, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Civil Affairs Officer

·         Planned and implemented 1,500 person Transitional Police and Customs Services; the first organizations of this kind assembled in the aftermath of the war.

·         Prepared civil affairs strategic plan to coordinate activities of all UN agencies.

·         Analyzed peace process and negotiated key agreements on citizenship, amnesty, and financial issues as UN advisor to local political leadership.

·         Handled allocation and oversight of monthly police and administration budget of $2 million for 16 months.

 

Education

1993-2000            Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

                                Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations and Security Studies)

Thesis: “The Politics of Transitional Anarchy: Coalitions in the Yugoslav Civil Wars 1941-45 and 1991-95.”  Using extensive primary sources from Yugoslavia, the thesis argues that coalitions between warring factions in civil wars are best explained by balance of power theory.  Thesis proposes a ‘Theory of Transitional Anarchy’ to provide a structural explanation for the politics of civil wars.

 

1998-1999            Harvard University, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. Cambridge, Mass.

                                National Security Fellow

Pre-doctoral fellowship for thesis writing.

 

1990-1992                  Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service,  Washington, D.C.

                                MSFS

Concentration in media and foreign policy, Weintal Award for Diplomatic Writing.

 

1986-1990            The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.

BA Magna Cum Laude in Political Science

Commission as Second Lieutenant, Military Intelligence, US Army Reserve.

Summer intern in House of Commons, London, UK.

 

1986                      Schoenborn-Gymnasium (high school), Abitur, Wuerzburg, Germany

 

Military

1990-1995                  Reserve Officer Duty Assignments

Including assignments as reconnaissance platoon leader, psychological affairs officer, and technical team leader.

 

1994                                  US Army Mountain Warfare School, Manchester, New Hampshire

Winter Mountain Warfare Course.

 

1991                       US Army Military Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 

                Officer Basic Course.

 

Languages       

·         Fluent German, Serbo-Croat, and French.

·         Working knowledge of Russian and Spanish.

 

Publications     

                                Academic and journalistic publications including “Book review: Burg and Shoup: The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina,” American Political Science Quarterly, Spring 2000;  “Do Bosnian Serbs Face Same Fate as Croatian Serbs?” The Boston Globe, 11 September 1997; and “Ending the Yugoslav Agony,” The Washington Post op-ed, 17 Sept. 1991.  Commentator for CNN Financial during Kosovo Crisis (March/April 1999).

 

Personal            

·         Winner of 1996 Ballroom dancing competition in Osijek, Croatia.

·         2^nd place age group finish in Mule Mountain Marathon, Arizona, 1991.

·         Mountaineering, hiking, and travel.

·         U.S. and German citizenship.

·         Co-Founder of U.S. Committee for Forward Engagement (http://www.uscfe.org/) and member of USCFE delegation to Taiwan, 2001.