David A. Merkel

Non-resident Senior Fellow

David A. Merkel served as both Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, as well as Director for European and Eurasian Affairs on the U.S. National Security Council staff. He was a staff member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House of Representatives Policy Committee. He is Director of the Caspian and Black Sea Policy Forum and Managing Director of Summit International Advisors. His expertise includes the geopolitics of energy, international financial issues, Russia, and transatlantic and Central Asian topics.