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Charles P. Ries
Ambassador (Ret.) Charles Ries is Vice President, International at the RAND Corporation, where he oversees RAND's international offices and strategy. At RAND from 2009, his research has focused on ways to promote economic growth and development in a variety of settings. In the diplomatic service for three decades, Ambassador Ries spent 14 months at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad (2007–2008), where he was responsible for oversight and coordination of assistance and economic policy initiatives. He also served four years (2000-2004) as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and was Ambassador to Greece (2004-2007). He led economic sections at U.S. Embassy London and the U.S. Mission to the European Union. Ambassador Ries was detailed to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and led a NAFTA negotiating group. Ries is the first recipient of the State Department's Rockwell Schnabel Award for U.S.-EU Relations (2004) for his “imaginative, dedicated leadership of the U.S. European Relationship,” as well as the Cordell Hull Award for Senior Economic Officers (2008). He is co-author of "The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," RAND (2015) and several other RAND studies. He is a member of the Academy of American Diplomacy.