Managing Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges in Presidential Transitions

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsKurt M. CampbellKurt M. Campbell is CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and chairman of TWQ's editorial board. He may be reached at kcampbell@cnas.orgJames B. SteinbergJames B. Steinberg is dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in Austin, Texas, and was deputy national security adviser from 1996 to 2001. He is also a member of TWQ's editorial board. He may be reached at jsteinberg@austin.utexas.edu. The authors would like to thank Whitney Parker, George E. Mitchell, and Tanvi Madan for their research assistance on this article, which is drawn from Campbell and Steinberg's forthcoming book Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Power (Brookings Press, November 2008).