Policy Planning Staff (United States)

The Policy Planning Staff (sometimes referred to as the Policy Planning Council, the Office of Policy Planning or by its in-house acronym S/P^[1]) is the principal strategic arm of the United States Department of State. It was created in 1947 by renowned Foreign Service Officer George F. Kennan at the request of Secretary of State George Marshall to serve "as a source of independent policy analysis and advice for the Secretary of State." Its first assignment was to design the Marshall Plan.

Past directors include George F. Kennan, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Jake Sullivan, Dennis Ross, Gregory B. Craig, Paul Wolfowitz, Paul Nitze, and Richard Haass, and past members include Zbigniew Brzezinski, Sandy Berger, Kori Schake, Michael Armacost, and Peter Berkowitz. At least 14 past members of the Policy Planning Staff have served as Ambassadors.^[2]

The Staff is headed by the Director of Policy Planning. The current head is Salman Ahmed.

References[]

^ Toosi, Nahal (October 26, 2017). "Tillerson's power play". Politico.
^ Soylent Communications (2016). "US State Department Policy Planning Staff".

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Policy Planning Staff (United States)

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