James Franklin Jeffrey (born 1946) is a former senior American diplomat and an expert in political, security, and energy issues in the Middle East, Turkey, Germany, and the Balkans.
He has held senior assignments in Washington, D.C. and abroad, including as Deputy National Security Advisor(2007-2008) and as United States Ambassador to Iraq (2010-2012), United States Ambassador to Turkey (2008-2010), and United States Ambassador to Albania (2002-2004). In 2010, Jeffrey was appointed to the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service, Career Ambassador. From 1969 to 1976, Jeffrey was a U.S. Army infantry officer, with service in Germany and Vietnam.
Jeffrey is currently a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a member of the Defense Policy Board, a member of the American Council on Germany, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,. He is a frequent commentator on broader foreign policy, national security, and economic trends.
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