James Rubin
Chairman
EuroAtlantic Institute
James P Rubin served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration and Chief Spokesman for the State Department from 1997–2000. He was considered Secretary Madeleine Albright's right-hand man. Rubin was chair of International Policy and Strategy at Ballard Partners, in Washington DC until June 2020. Since 2022 James was a Special Presidential Envoy and Coordinator of the State Department's Global Engagement Center.
From 2022 to January 2025, Mr. Rubin served as a top adviser and strategist for Secretary of State Antony Blinken, focusing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the China challenge, and the war against Hamas after October 7, 2023. He also served as Special Envoy and Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center, leading government efforts to combat Russian and Chinese information warfare.
From May 2021 to May 2022, Mr. Rubin served as Diplomatic Counsellor to the Secretary General of the OECD in Paris, advising Secretary General Mathias Cormann on geopolitics and geoeconomics. During the Clinton administration, Mr. Rubin served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman for Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. As Albright’s top adviser, in 1999 he was sent to Kosovo to negotiate the demobilization of the Kosovo Liberation Army.