The Honorable Franklin D. Kramer is a Distinguished Fellow, on the board and a member of the Strategic Advisors Group of the Atlantic Council. Mr. Kramer has been a senior political appointee in two administrations, including as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for President Clinton, Secretary Perry and Secretary Cohen; and, previously, as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. At the Department of Defense, Mr. Kramer was in charge of the formulation and implementation of international defense and political-military policy, with worldwide responsibilities including NATO, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

 

In the non-profit world, in addition to his position at the Atlantic Council, Mr. Kramer is a Senior Fellow at CNA.   He has been chairman of the board of the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC and is currently chairman of the International Education Committee. Mr Kramer was a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University and an adjunct capstone professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University where he taught a course on “The Department of Defense and Winning Modern War.” In the private sector, Mr. Kramer is a director and consultant and has been a partner at the law firm of Shea & Gardner. 

Among his activities and publications, Kramer is the co-author of “Central Europe and the Geopolitics of Energy” and of “Transatlantic Cooperation for Sustainable Energy Security.” He is the principal editor and has written several chapters for the book “Cyberpower and National Security,” and is the author of “Cyber Security: An Integrated Governmental Strategy for Progress.” He is likewise the principal editor, and co-author of the policy chapter, of the book “Civil Power in Irregular Conflict,” and the author of “Irregular Conflict, The Department Of Defense, and International Security Reform” and “Irregular Conflict and the Wicked Problem Dilemma: Strategies of Imperfection.”

 

Mr. Kramer has written numerous articles on international affairs including “NATO Initiatives for an Era of Global Competition,” “Recasting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership,” “Making Peace Stick in Lebanon,” “Taiwan: Avoiding a Train Wreck,” military power and “Tools to Win the Peace” and “Cyber Influence and International Security.” He has chaired numerous task forces and conferences, including on post-conflict stability operations, on overseas basing, on China and the world economy, and on China-Taiwan-U.S. relations. He has given speeches on cyber security and cyber conflict, on energy and security, on the role of great powers in a globalizing world, on the future of NATO and the Partnership for Peace; and on the U.S.-India defense relationship. He has testified frequently, including since leaving the government, on topics ranging from Chinese military power to strategic communications to cyberpower.