Meghan O'Sullivan

Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Professor of Practice
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Office Address
Littauer-329
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 6
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-4308
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: Meghan_OSullivan@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Rosita Scarfo (617-496-1739)
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Profile

Meghan O’Sullivan is Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs.  Previously, she was at the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004-2007.  She has cumulatively spent two years in Iraq, including working for the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003-2004 and helping negotiate the bilateral security agreement between Iraq and the United States in the fall of 2008.  She also worked in Policy Planning at the State Department, where she was the senior advisor to the special envoy to the Irish Peace Process and her portfolio included Iran, Libya, Syria, and relations with the Muslim world.  Meghan was a fellow at the Brookings Institution and is the author of Shrewd Sanctions: Statecraft and State Sponsors of Terrorism.  She has a BA from Georgetown University and a masters in economics and doctorate in political science from Oxford University.  She is a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations.

 

Courses

Fall

  • IGA-337 Decision Making in Recent Crises: The Formulation and Consequences of Key Decisions on Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
  • IGA-226 Geopolitics of Energy

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Op-Eds
    • O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Issues Before Identity in Iraq." Washington Post, July 21, 2009.