Ted Piccone
Executive Director, Democracy Coalition Project
Ted Piccone is a foreign policy and legal expert on issues of democracy, human rights, international organisations and Latin American affairs. Currently, he is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Democracy Coalition Project, a policy research and advocacy organisation working to promote democracy around the world. Ted Piccone also serves as an advisor to the Club of Madrid, an association of former heads of state and of government engaged in efforts to strengthen democracy.
Previously, Ted Piccone served eight years as a senior foreign policy advisor in the Clinton Administration. He was the Associate Director of the Policy Planning Staff for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (1998-2001), Director for Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council (1996-98), and Policy Advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (1993-1996). Ted Piccone also served as Counsel for the United Nations Truth Commission in El Salvador and Press Secretary to U.S. Rep. Bob Edgar.
Ted Piccone received a law degree from Columbia University, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and The Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual. He received a B.A. in History magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.
He has written and published articles on transitional justice, international organisations, and democracy promotion policy. His most recent publications are:
"Strategies for Democratic Change: Assessing the Global Response (Co-editor with R.Youngs, FRIDE 2006)
"Regime Change by the Book: Constitutional Tools to Preserve Democracy" (2004)
"International Mechanisms to Protect Democracy," in Protecting Democracy: International Responses (Lexington Books, 2005).
In November 2002, the Project "Defending Democracy: A Global Survey of Foreign Policy Trends", a first-ever assessment of democracy promotion policies of 40 governments around the world, was released.
Areas of Expertise: civil-military relations, access to information, and human rights.
Regions of Expertise: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Geo tags
Expert in
Democracy Human rights International organisations
Spoken languages
English
Written languages
English
