Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer
Prior to joining the GMF as the Director of the Paris Office, Dr. Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer served as Advisor for U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations at the Policy Planning Department of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Since 2010, she has also been an Advisor to USEUCOM Commander and SACEUR, Admiral James Stavridis, as part of the Next Generation Advisory Panel.
She is an Associate Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Euro-American Campus in Reims, teaching international and transatlantic relations and is a scholar associated to the Center for International Studies and Research (CERI); the Observatory on U.S. Foreign Policy (OPA) of the University Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle; the Research Program on the United States of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI); and the Observatory on the United States of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at University of Québec, Montreal (UQAM).
Dr. de Hoop Scheffer is co-editor-in-chief of the Paris based journal Politique Américaine (with Dr. François Vergniolle de Chantal), the focus of which is the United States, U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
She has special expertise in U.S., European and French foreign policies, transatlantic relations, international security and geopolitics, defense, post-conflict reconstruction, democracy promotion.
Education
Dr. de Hoop Scheffer holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris), two Master’s degrees in Conflict and Security Studies and Political Science from Sciences Po Paris and a B.A. in War Studies from King’s College London. She was awarded a scholarship from the French Ministry of Defense to conduct her Ph.D. research on the U.S. practice of regime change in Iraq (2003-2011).
News Articles
Geostrategic Annual ReviewApril 30, 2013In Le Monde’s annual issue on the state of the world, Bilan Géostratégie 2013, GMF's Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that economic & geopolitical trends are reshaping transatlantic cooperation.
GMF’s Dr. Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer Testifies before French National AssemblyDecember 11, 2012Dr. Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer testified before the Foreign Affairs Committee on America’s foreign policy agenda.
Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer Testifies on State of Transatlantic Relations before French SenateNovember 13, 2012In her testimony before the French Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, GMF's Paris Office director, discussed transatlantic ties and future foreign and defense challenges facing the United States.
Les Enjeux Diplomatiques Font ConsensusNovember 08, 2012GMF's Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that Obama has redefined U.S. leadership and that Libya is a precursor of future military operations.
Le bilan d’ObamaMay 29, 2012GMF Paris Office Director Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer wrote a chapter on the approach and practice of war by the Obama administration, in the recently-published book Le bilan d’Obama (Presses de Sciences Po, March 2012) edited by Vincent Michelot and Olivier Richomme.
GMF’s de Hoop Scheffer on implications of France’s withdrawal from AfghanistanMay 24, 2012Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer wrote an article in French for the journal, Atlantico. The article is on NATO, Afghanistan and transatlantic relations and addresses the strategic and transatlantic implications of France’s decision to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012 and the contradictions of NATO’s strategy for Afghanistan.
De Hoop Scheffer talks with France 24 on U.S. troop WithdrawalMay 24, 2012Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer was a guest on The France 24 Interview with Foreign Desk Senior Reporter Gauthier Rybinsky on December 14, 2011, She spoke on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and the long term political and military implications for the U.S. foreign policy and the future of Iraq.de Hoop Scheffer on Regime ChangeDecember 30, 2011GMF's Paris Office Director Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer wrote an article on the long term strategic implications of the military operation in Iraq for U.S. foreign policy, “Quand l’Irak refaconne l’Amerique”, La Croix, December 30th, 2011.GMF’s de Hoop Scheffer on Regime Change in Politique EtrangèreSeptember 01, 2011GMF Paris Office Director Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer published an article on the U.S. policy of regime change from Iraq to the Arab revolts, in the journal Politique étrangère, vol. 76, n° 3, autumn 2011, special issue on the U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
Publications
L’avenir du leadership américain : entre renouvellement et délégationJanuary 22, 2013This policy brief describes what the author calls the United States' "double rebalancing."
The Future of American LeadershipJanuary 22, 2013This policy brief introduces a series of briefs on the transformations of U.S. leadership by the year 2020.
What Next for NATOMay 23, 2012This policy brief looks at current and future challenges for NATO from a variety of perspectives.
