Peter Feaver
Founding Director
Peter Feaver is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Program in American Grand Strategy. He is also co-PI of the America in the World Consortium. Feaver is author of Thanks For Your Service: The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military (Oxford University Press, 2023), Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations (Harvard Press, 2003) and of Guarding the Guardians: Civilian Control of Nuclear Weapons in the United States (Cornell University Press, 1992). From June 2005 to July 2007, Feaver served as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council Staff at the White House where his responsibilities included the national security strategy, regional strategy reviews, and other political-military issues. In 1993-94, Feaver served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House where his responsibilities included the national security strategy review, counterproliferation policy, regional nuclear arms control, and other defense policy issues.
Email him at pfeaver@duke.edu.
Susan Colbourn
Associate Director
Susan Colbourn is Associate Research Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and Associate Director of the Program in American Grand Strategy. At AGS, she manages the day-to-day operations of the program, including strategic planning, events, and outreach and partnerships. A diplomatic and international historian, her research focuses on the politics of European security, grand strategy, and international order since 1945. She is the author of Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO (Cornell, 2022).
Email her at susan.colbourn@duke.edu.
Carolina Kaemingk
Program Coordinator
Carolina Kaemingk is Program Coordinator at the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy. Kaemingk coordinates AGS events, plans field trips and staff rides, and manages social media and engagement. She grew up in Mexico and lived in Europe for several years; she holds a BA in German and Political Science, a BA in Psychology, and an MA in International Relations.
Email her at carolina.kaemingk@duke.edu.
Duncan Richardson
Communications Specialist
Duncan Richardson is the Communications Specialist for the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy (AGS). At AGS, he coordinates with staff, students, and faculty to advance AGS’s mission to create the next generation of strategic leaders by telling the AGS story through ongoing communications and marketing efforts. Duncan manages AGS’s social media, newsletters, alumni outreach, and other advertising programs. Duncan earned a BA in History and an MA in Slavic and Eastern European Studies from Ohio State University.
Email him at duncan.richardson@duke.edu.
Program Affiliates
Kyle Beardsley
Professor of Political Science
General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (ret.)
Executive-in-Residence
Ambassador Patrick Duddy (ret.)
Senior Advisor for Global Affairs at Duke
Nathan Finney
Army Strategist
John Hillen
Distinguished Resident Fellow at POLIS and Executive-in-Residence in Political Science
David Hoffman
Professor of the Practice
at the Sanford School of Public Policy
Bruce W. Jentleson
William Preston Few Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science
Timothy Jones
America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow
Shelley Liu
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Simon Miles
Associate Professor of Public Policy, History, and Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Rachel Myrick
Associate Professor of Political Science
Tim Nichols
Visiting Professor of the Practice
at the Sanford School of Public Policy
Clara Park
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Sowon Park
America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow
Jon Petkun
Associate Professor of Law
Mara Revkin
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science
David Schanzer
Professor of the Practice
at the Sanford School of Public Policy
David A. Siegel
Professor of Political Science
Jennifer Siegel
Bruce R. Kuniholm Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and History
Alfredo Watkins
Assistant Research Professor of Philosophy
Erika Weinthal
Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy
Giovanni Zanalda
Professor of the Practice
in the Social Sciences Research Institute and Economics
AGS Council
AGS Council is a group of current students who support the program and its mission by helping to advise AGS leadership about programming, assist with events, and coordinate mentoring opportunities and other activities to support students interested in foreign policy and national security in the broader Duke community. AGS Council provides a student perspective to ensure that the program is a space for all students to learn, engage, and collaborate.
Elliot Elkin
Co-Chair, Class of 2028
Ansley Marsh
Co-Chair, Class of 2027
Elliot Strauch
Co-Chair, Class of 2027
Sanjaay Babu
Class of 2026
William Beckham
Graduate Student
Thomas Billings
Class of 2028
Sophie Brynes
Class of 2028
Eli Coustan
Class of 2029
Richard Crotty
Graduate Student
Trevor Darr
Class of 2028
Charlotte Duffy
Class of 2027
Sophie Endrud
Class of 2027
Jolie Futterman
Class of 2028
Samanyu Gangappa
Class of 2027
Bennett Gillespie
Class of 2027
Arthur Graham
Graduate Student
Noah Hamid
Class of 2028
Song Yee Ho
Class of 2027
Vincent Hovsepian
Class of 2027
James Kelly
Class of 2028
Prerana Kodakandla
Class of 2029
Celia Lawlor
Class of 2028
Avery Mack
Class of 2028
Mai Malesky
Class of 2029
Neel Mehra
Class of 2027
Ameera Mehan
Class of 2029
Sivan Nemirof
Class of 2027
Jordana Rojany
Class of 2028
Jason Senders
Class of 2028
Tucker Smith
Class of 2029
Aviv Stabinsky
Class of 2028
Lillian Sturhan
Class of 2027
Myat Theingi
Class of 2028
Lucas Wagner
Class of 2027
CJ Walker
Graduate Student
Tanya Wan
Class of 2028
Alumni Representatives
Our alumni representatives help connect current students to the broader AGS network and support programming designed to foster continued engagement with AGS after graduation.
Robert (Bo) Carlson
Anna Hallahan
Matthew King
Ritika Saligram
Victoria Sorhegui