Jeffrey Laurenti has served as director of Policy Studies at the United Nations Association of the USA and was senior fellow at The Century Foundation (TCF) on international affairs. He has served as Director for TCF’s international task force on Afghanistan in its regional and multilateral dimensions and as co-director of TCF’s peace and security initiative with the Center for American Progress. He is the author of numerous monographs on subjects such as international peace and security, terrorism, UN reform, international law and justice, and other issues dealt with by the multilateral system. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in government from Harvard University, Laurenti earned his Master's in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He speaks Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.