Ely Ratner

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Ely Ratner
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
Assumed office
July 25, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid F. Helvey (acting)
Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
In office
2015–2017
LeaderColin Kahl
Vice PresidentJoe Biden
Personal details
Spouse(s)
Jennifer Yang
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(m. 2009)​
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)

Ely Stefansky Ratner[1] (born 1977) is an American foreign policy and defense advisor who is currently serving as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs in the Biden administration.[2]

Education[]

Ratner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Public and International Affairs[3] at Princeton University and a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.[4][5] His 2009 doctoral thesis was entitled Reaping What You Sow: Democratic Transitions and Foreign Policy Realignment.[6]

Career[]

In 2002 and 2003, Ratner was a staffer on the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He was an associate political scientist at the RAND Corporation from 2009 to 2011. Ratner then joined the United States Department of State as China desk officer. From 2015 to 2017, Ratner served as deputy national security advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden. After the end of the Obama administration, Ratner became a China studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security. After Joe Biden assumed office as president in January 2021, Ratner joined the United States Department of Defense as a special assistant to Secretary Lloyd Austin.[7][8]

Ratner was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs by Secretary Austin on July 25, 2021, after being confirmed by unanimous consent.[2][9]

Personal life[]

Ratner and his wife, Jennifer Yang, married in 2009.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "PN428 — Ely Stefansky Ratner — Department of Defense". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Garamone, Jim. "Austin Administers Speedy Swearing-In for DOD". U.S. Department of Defense.
  3. ^ "Ely Ratner". Bridging the Gap Project. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  4. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Administration Nominations for National Security". The White House. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ^ "Tigers In the Nation's Service: Alumni in the Biden Administration". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  6. ^ Goedeken, Edward A. (2010). "Section I: Foreign Affairs: R. Philosophy and Theory". 31st Annual U.S. Foreign Affairs Doctoral Dissertations List. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  7. ^ Mehta, Aaron (2021-04-21). "Indo-Pacific, DNI deputy nominees named". Defense News. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. ^ "China Task Force chief to be nominated for key DOD post". InsideDefense.com. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  9. ^ Gould, Joe (July 26, 2021). "Pentagon adding new China and tech chiefs". Defense News. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Jennifer Yang, Ely Ratner". The New York Times. 2009-09-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
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