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Dr. Luís BITENCOURT
Is professor and political Scientist with a Ph.D. in Politics,
two M.A.S, respectively, in Political Science and World Politics,
and extensive experiencie in international affairs, public
policy, economic development, global economy, political
transitions and democracy. He designed, implemented, and
directed government and private think tanks in Brazil and in the
United States. Luis also worked for the United Nations as an
Electoral Officer/Regional Coordinator in East Timor, as a
member of the Team of Electoral Experts in Tajikistan, and
as a rapporteur for the UN Commission on Intervention and
Sovereignty. Presently, Luis Bitencourt is the director of
Brazil @ The Wilson Center at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center of Sccholars/Smithsonian, and visiting professor at the
Georgetown University. In his research capacity, he has been
publishing extensively on Brazilian and hemispheric political
and security issues in addition to work with the Citizen
Security project of the Wilson Center´s Latin American Program.
Fields of expertise are Political Science, World Politics,
International Relations, International Security, International
Economy, Publy Policies, Elections, Political Transitions and
Democracy. Dr. Bittecourt is Visiting Professor, Georgetown
University. Director of the Brazil Project st the Woodrow Wilson
Center for International Scholars. Rapporteur for the Santiago´s
Round Table on Humanitarian Intervention and State Sovereignty
in Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Commission on
Intervention and Sovereignty. Participation, as one of the five
members of the United Nations Team of Electoral Experts in
Tajikistan. Participation in the United Nations Mission for East
Timor (UNAMET), as a Regional Co-ordinator responsible for the
strategic enclave of Ambeno, East Timor. Several managerial
positions related to strategic planning within the Brazilian
government, many of them incluiding activities related to
international and multilateral organizations. Conceived,
designed, implemented, and was the first Director of the Center
for the Development of Human Resources of the Secretariat for
Strategic. Affairs/Presidency of the Republic/Brazil. Conceived,
designed, implemented, and was the firs Director of the Center
for Strategic Studies of the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs.
Participated intensively in the Brazilian firs step to define a
Policy of Defense and a Ministry of Defense. Several teaching
and managerial positions in the private academic field, related
to Education, including the function, for seven years, of Dean
of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Catholic University of
Brasilia and the function of Advisor for the Project to
Trasnform the Facultades Integradas da Católica de Brasilia into
University. Extensive participation, as an expert in Latin
America and Hemispheric relations in academic multilateral
events (Hemispheric´s Security, Education and Economic
Development, Public Policies). Participation in the Team to
Design and in the Search Comittee to SElect the Director for the
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies/National Defense
University. Seberal training courses related to Education and
Public Policies, sponsored by Brazil´s Presidency of the
Republic Cabinet: Analvsis for Foreign Policy Decision-Making,
1985 (1,350 hs). Analysis for High Level Decision-Making , 1980
(1,350hs). Pedagogy, Centro de Estudios de Pessoal, 1978
(600hs). Analysis for MidLevel Decision, 1974 (740hs). Since Dec
2002-June 2003 Visiting-Professor, Georgetown University,
Washingtown, DC. Since May 2000 Director of the project Brazil@
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, DC. May 2001 Rappoteur: Santiago´s Round Table on
Invention and State Sovereignty in Latin America and the
Caribbean, UN Commision on Invention and Sovereignty. Jan-March
2000 Member of the United Nations Team of Electoral Experts in
Tajikistan. June-Sep 1999 Regional Coordinator, UNAMET, East
Timor. Since May 1999 Director- President Fundaçao Universa,
Brasilia, Brazil. Since October 1998 Head of Staff, Advisor for
Institucional Relations, and Professor, Catholic University of
Brasilia, Brazil. 1997-1998 Member of the Search Committee to
Nominate the Director of the Center for Hemispheric Defense
Studies/National Defense University (CHDS/NDU), Washington, DC.
Since September 1995 Associate Senior Fellow, Atlantic council
of the United States, Washinton, DC. August 1994 - September
1998 Advisor for the Military Cabinet, Brazil´s Presidency of
the Republic (leave of absence to attend Ph.D. program in the
U.S.). Professor in leave of absence, Catholic University of
Brasilia. January 1994-August 1994 Advisor for Educational
International Relations, Catholic University of Brasilia, DF.
1992-Aug 1994 General Director, Center for Strategic Studies/Secretariat
for Strategic Affairs (CEE/SAE), Presidency of the Republic
Cabinet, Brasilia, DF (supervising about 80 civil servants).
January 1990-January 1992 General Director, Center for Formation
and Development of Human Resources/Secretariat Affairs (CEFARH/SAE),
Presidency of the Republic Cabinet, Brasilia, DF (supervising
about 300 civil servants). July 1987- January 1994 Dean, Faculty
of Social Sciences (250 professors and staff), Catholic
University of Brasilia, DF. August 1991-August 1994 Coordinador
for the Training in Total Quality Programs for the Secretariat
for Strategic Affairs, supervising programs enrolling more than
5.000 civil servants, Brasilia, DF. July 1989-March 1990
Congressional Liaison for the Presidency of the Republic,
Brasillia, DF. 1974-1989 Advisor for Public Policies and
Professor (Logic and Compared Politics), Presidency of the
Republic, Brasilia, DF. Invited Lecturer:-- The
Smithsonian Association, Washington, DC - U.S. Departament of
State/Institute of Foreign Affairs, Washington, DC. -
Organitation of the American Defense Board, OAS, Washington, DC
- National Defense University, US DOD, Washington, D.C. -
Appalachian State University, NC. - St. John´s University, New
York, NY. - Woodrow Wilson Center/Smithsonian Institute,
Washington DC, - University of New México, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, US. - Institute for European - Latin America Relations,
Madrid, Spain, - UNIDIR, United Nations Intitute for Disarment
Research, Geneve, Switzerland. - Escola Superior de la Guerra,
Rio de Janeiro Brazil. - Escola Comando e Estado Maior do
Exercito, rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - Universidade de Sao Paulo,
USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. - Universidade Autonoma do Mexico,
Mexico - Universidade de Guanajuato, Mexico. - Universidades de
Guadalajara, Mexico. Publications: Book: O Poder Legislativo
e os Serviços Secretos no Brasil: 1964/1990. Brasilia, DF:
FICB, 1992, 160pp. Several articles and chapters of books,
including: "La Concepción Brasileña de Defensa y las "Nuevas
Amenazas". Cambios y continuidades" in Tamara Taciuk (ed.) Políticas
de Defensa: Desafíos Externos y Restricciones Internas,
Washinton DC:Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scho lars,
2003. "Brazil´s Growing Urban Insecurity: a Threat to Brazilian
Democracy?"Washinton DC: CSIS, 2003. "The Importance of the
Amazon Basin in Brazil´s Evolving Security Agenda", in Joseph S.
Tulchin and Heather A. Golding (ed.) Enviroment and Security
in the Amazon Basin. Washinton, DC: WWICS, 2002,pp. 53-74 "Humanitarian
Intervention: The Santiago´s Report," in Thomas G. Weiss and Don
Hubbert (Researchers) The Responsability to Protect: Research,
Bibliography, Background. Ottawa, ON: ICISS, 2001,pp 369-373. "Globalization
Impact in the Hemisphere Security, "in Richard Kugler and Ellen
Frost (co-ed). The Global Century: Globalization and National
Security, Washington, DC: NDU Press, 2001. " Army Modernization:
A Silent Revolution,"Jane´s
Defense
Weekly,
21 June 2000. “As Relações Cívico-Militares nas Américas no
Século XXI,” Universa, Novembro 1998. Taguatinga, DF: UCB.
“Civil- Military Relations in the Americas for the 21st Century:
A Latin American Perspective” in Donald E. Shulz (ed.) The
Role of the Armed Forces in the
Americas.”
Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1998. “The
Brazilian Defense Industry: Is the Dream Over?” in James Brown
(ed.) Arms Control in a Multi-Polar World. Amsterdam: VU
University Press, 1996. “The Problems of Defense
Industrialization for Developing States” in Sverre Lodgard and
Robert Pfaltzgraff, Jr. (Eds.) Arms and Technology Transfers:
Security and Economic Considerations Among Importing and
Exporting States. New York and Geneva: United Nations, 1995.
“Brasil Não Pode Ficar Alheio às Mudanças no Cenário
Internacional,”Correio Braziliense Internacional,
Brasília, DF, Brazil, September 6, 1992, pp. 4-5.
“The Day-After
of the Brazilian Intelligence Monster,” Cadernos do IPEA,
Brasília, DF, Brazil: Ministério da Economia, IPEA, 1992. “As
Atividades de Inteligência no Estado Democrático,”
Inteligência, Brasília, DF: SAE, 1990. “As Leis e as
Informações,” Inteligência, Brasília, DF: SAE, 1990. “A
Atividade de Informações em Democracias: Entre o Mito e a
Mistificação. ” Revista Coletânea "L", Brasília, XII,
May/Aug 1989, pp. 43-62. “A Hipótese de Transferência do Eixo de
Poder do Atlântico para o Pacífico. Reflexões sobre a Concepção
Estratégica Brasileira. ” Revista Coletânea "L", Brasília,
IX, March/Aug 1986, pp.29-43 “Características Atuais das
Políticas de Restrição das Importações dos EUA e do MCE.
” Revista Coletânea "L", Brasília, VIII/IX, Set/Dec 1985 and Feb
86, pp. 25-37.
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