Dr. Stephen F. Szabo is the Executive Director of the Transatlantic Academy (TA).  The TA, which is a partnership between GMF and the Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius Zeit Stiftung of Hamburg, Germany, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, of Stuttgart, Germany, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a forum for research and dialogue between scholars, policy experts, and authors from both sides of the Atlantic. The TA's purpose is to strengthen the transatlantic partnership by bringing together Fellows to conduct intensive research and discussion on a single topic for a year, with the goal of introducing their research findings into the policy discussions on both sides of the Atlantic. 

As Executive Director, Dr. Szabo works with the partners of the TA to shape the research content of each term, to assist in the recruitment and selection of  Fellows and to manage the Academy.  Prior to joining GMF, Dr. Szabo had been with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, where he served as Academic and Interim Dean as well as Professor of European Studies. Prior to that he had served as  Professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University and Chairman of West European Studies at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State.  He has written on German foreign and security policies, generational politics in Europe, and transatlantic security and political relations.

Education:
Dr. Szabo received his PhD from Georgetown University in political science and a B.A. and M.A from the School of International Service, the American University.

Languages:
He speaks fluent German in addition to his native English.

Honors:
He has held Fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the American Academy in Berlin.