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Roy D. Kamphausen: Lecturer
Mr. Kamphausen is Senior Vice President for Political and Security Affairs and Director of The National Bureau of Asian Research's Washington, D.C., Office.

Mr. Kamphausen served as a China Foreign Area offficer in the U.S. Army, including as a Country Director for China-Taiwan-Mongolia Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), as Chief of China issues in the Joint Staff Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy (JCS J5), and two tours at the Defense Attaché Office of the U.S. Embassy in the People's Republic of China.

His areas of professional expertise include China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), U.S.-China defense relations, U.S. defense and security policy toward Asia, and East Asian security issues. He has written or edited numerous works, including The PLA At Home and Abroad: Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China's Military (June 2010).

Mr. Kamphausen holds a BA in Political Science from Wheaton College (IL) and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University. He studied Chinese at both the Defense Language Institute and Beijing's Capital Normal University. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP).

Philip S. Kaplan: Professorial Lecturer
Following a distinguished 27-year career as a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service, Ambassador Philip Kaplan joined the International practice area of Patton Boggs, LLP, where he advises clients on business transactions, public policy and trade policy matters and issues involving foreign governments.

Ambassador Kaplan entered the foreign service after his tenure as counsel to the California Legislature, under a Ford Foundation grant, and in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. From 1989 through 1991, he served as U.S. ambassador and deputy representative to the 22-state Vienna Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which ultimately led to an historic treaty reducing force levels in Europe.

Ambassador Kaplan was appointed as U.S. minister, deputy chief of mission and Charge d'Affaires, to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines during the country's transition period from Ferdinand Marcos to Cory Aquino. Previously, he served as principal deputy assistant secretary of state for policy planning, covering the full range of U.S. foreign policy. Ambassador Kaplan has twice served as senior advisor to the secretary of state. He first acted as senior intelligence officer — responsible for special assignments on Latin America, Europe and East Asia — and later served as senior advisor on the Policy Planning Staff. Ambassador Kaplan's foreign service career also has included assignments at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany, the U.S. Mission to the European Community in Brussels and frequent official travel around the world.

Zachary Kaufman: Professorial Lecturer
An attorney, professor, writer, speaker, and social entrepreneur, Zachary D. Kaufman is a graduate of Yale University, Oxford University (where he was a Marshall Scholar), and Yale Law School.
Website: www.zacharykaufman.com

Merve Kavakci-Islam: Professorial Lecturer
Professor Kavakci-Islam is a former member of the Turkish Parliament. She holds a Ph.D in political science from Howard University, an MPA from Harvard University and a B.S. in software engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her areas of expertise are the democratization of the Muslim world, contemporary Turkish politics, women in Islam, and Muslim women in politics. She is a columnist for daily Turkish newspaper Vakit.
Website: www.mervekavakci.net
Email: kavakci@gwu.edu.

Charles E. Kiamie, III: Professorial Lecturer:
An ESIA alumnus, Charles E. Kiamie, III is a Foreign Affairs Officer in the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and teaches politics and Middle Eastern Studies at GW. Previously, he has taught at Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Georgetown, and Pepperdine. Kiamie, who speaks Arabic, is an Arab-American and has spent considerable time living and researching abroad, including a year at Oxford University and two years in Amman, Jordan at the American Embassy and as a Fulbright Fellow. His research interests include political reform, nation-building, (de)liberalization, retraditionalization, and Islamism in the Middle East and Islamic world. Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University (2008); M.A., Arab Studies, Georgetown University (2004); B.A., Middle Eastern Studies, The George Washington University (2000). He may be contacted at ckiamie@gwu.edu.

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Erik Kiefel: Lecturer
Mr. Kiefel is a Project Leader in the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, located in Washington, D.C. Erik has worked for the Federal Reserve Board since 1998. He has been involved in several major projects, including international remittances and counter-terrorist financing issues, the restructuring and modernization of the Reserve Banks check operations and payments data communications systems, the Reserve Banks' product development and pricing efforts, and various Federal Reserve Board efforts to improve the payments system. Before joining the Federal Reserve Board, Mr. Kiefel worked for MasterCard International in Paris, France and taught American Government at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. He has served on a special appointment to the civil service as a Presidential Management Fellow with the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and State and with the Agency for International Development and the Office of Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK). Mr. Kiefel graduated from Claremont McKenna College, holds an M.A. from The George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. He may be contacted at edkiefel1@comcast.net.

James A. Kilpatrick: Adjunct Professor of Economics & International Affairs
Research Interests: Economies of Japan and China; Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
kilptrk@gwu.edu

James Klumpner: Lecturer
Between November 1993 and November 2007, served as Democratic Chief Economist at both the House and Senate Budget Committees, with two stints in the Senate and one in the House of Representatives. Before that, worked at both the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and the Chief Economist's Office of the Department of Commerce. Received a BA from Pomona College and an MPA at Princeton, as well as pursuing doctoral work in economics at Princeton (a proud ABD). Currently, teach at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School as well as at GWU. Founder and Director of Polyhymnia, an a cappella chamber choir that has delighted Washington-area audiences for 17 years.

Michael Kott: Professorial Lecturer
Michael Kott, Vice President and Director of AED's Center for Civil Society and Governance with the AED Social Change Group, is responsible for Academy of Educational Development's conflict mitigation, peace media, anti-trafficking, governance and democratization portfolio. A senior international development expert, he currently oversees AED programs and field offices in Bangladesh, Chad, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Moldova, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Kosovo, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan and Zambia, and has worked extensively in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. In addition to George Washington University, he has taught at NYU's English Department, and lectured at University of Illinois, University of Indianapolis, University of Warsaw and the Freie Universitat in Berlin. He has a B.A. from Carleton College in philosophy, and an M.A. from Columbia University's Teachers College in TESOL. As writer and translator, his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Review of Books, Paris Review, and the Forward, among other publications.

Franklin D. Kramer:
Franklin Kramer is an international, defense, and business consultant, active in the in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Mr. Kramer currently serves on the boards of directors and advisory committees in defense, e-commerce, energy, and international analysis and education arenas and provides strategic and management advice to companies and the government. Mr. Kramer has been a senior political appointee in two administrations, most recently 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 President Carter and Secretary Brown.

Among his current activities, Mr. Kramer is engaged in a study on cyberpower and national security; an analysis of "Broadened Security for Success in Stability Operations;" an energy dialogue with China; an analysis of the use of information and information technology to support reconstruction and stability in Afghanistan; an energy initiative for the United States focusing on alternative energy, energy efficiency, and national security; the development of a rapid acquisition initiative for commercial information technology; and analysis and recommendations for the upcoming NATO summit.

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