Jeffrey Bialos is Executive Director of the Program on Transatlantic Security and Industry at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Jeffrey P. Bialos also is a partner in the national law firm of Sutherland Asbill, & Brennan and a senior advisor to JSA Partners, a leading aerospace and defense consulting firm. Mr. Bialos has a wide range of academic, governmental, and private sector experience with respect to aerospace, defense and homeland security matters. His expertise on globalization runs the gamut from economic and antitrust/competition policy, to international trade and export controls, to anti-corruption and rule of law matters. Prior to his current activities, Mr. Bialos served in several senior U.S. government positions. Most recently, he was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Affairs (Sept. 1999-Jan. 2001). In that capacity, he led the Department’s work on defense mergers and acquisitions (including competition and national security reviews), advised the Secretary of Defense on policies and programs concerning the defense industrial base (including acquisition and procurement matters), and managed initiatives and negotiations with U.S. allies concerning the globalization of the defense industry and trans-Atlantic defense industrial cooperation. While at Defense, Mr. Bialos managed the review of and negotiations concerning several path-breaking transatlantic defense acquisitions and was integrally involved in developing the Defense Trade Security Initiative (a major reform of U.S. defense export controls). Mr. Bialos also served as government advisor to a major Defense Science Board study on the health and competitiveness of the U.S. defense industry and as a member of a senior review group on the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition strategy. Mr. Bialos is a recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal. While at Defense, Mr. Bialos also held a separate State Department appointment as Head of the U.S. Delegation for negotiations with the European Union concerning cooperation on the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and the proposed European system (Galileo). Prior to his appointment at Defense in September 1999, Mr. Bialos served for nearly two years as Special Advisor to Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business & Agricultural Affairs Stuart Eizenstat. He advised and assisted on the coordination of international economic policy matters, including economic sanctions, anti-corruption and rule of law issues, and trade issues. Mr. Bialos previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration (June 1996-September 1997). His responsibilities included administering the antidumping and countervailing duties and handling major trade disputes, negotiations, and related litigation. Prior to his Commerce appointment in June 1996, Mr. Bialos spent over 13 years in private practice in Washington D.C. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Bialos served as law clerk to a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In the academic realm, Mr. Bialos previously served as a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2001) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center (1991-1997). Mr. Bialos is a member of the N. Y. Council on Foreign Relations and has held leadership positions in the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice. Mr. Bialos also served on the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration. Mr. Bialos received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and an A.B. in history, magna cum laude, from Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Recent Publications Technology and National Security
Jeff Bialos was quoted in an article concerning the acquisition of Lucent Technologies by Alcatel on April 3, 2006 "The Perils of a Peeved Foreign Policy" Jane’s Defence Weekly, December 12, 2003
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