Victoria Nuland (born July 1, 1961) also known as Toria,[2] is a diplomat from the United States of America who has served in various positions under multiple administrations as well as been involved with the Albright Stonebridge Group (the consulting firm of Madeleine Albright), various think tanks such as the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Brookings Institution, and a member of the board at the CIA cut-out known as the National Endowment for Democracy.
Nuland was the US Ambassador to NATO from 2005-2008 and the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from September 2013 until January 2017,[3][4] having a prominent involvement with the 2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat, a color revolution known as the "Maidan Revolution".
In 2020, Nuland wrote a Foreign Affairs essay entitled "Pinning Down Putin" in which she called for a permanent expansion of NATO bases in the alliance's eastern flank.[5]
In a 2024 article published in Middle East Eye, former Italian diplomat Marco Carnelos wrote of Nuland: "Nuland has not been just a high-level US diplomat, she has been the spearhead, the golden girl of the US warmongering neoconservative and liberal interventionist movements, which in barely two decades have given humanity the Iraq, Syria, Libya, Ukraine and Palestinian disasters" and that "if any face should be associated with the last decade's US policy on Russia and, particularly, with the critical file of Ukraine, it is Nuland’s."[6]
Career
Nuland was designated Acting Deputy Secretary by President Biden on July 29, 2023. She also served as Under Secretary for Political Affairs.[4] In March of 2024, Nuland announced her retirement from the position of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.[7][8]
Previously, she has been a senior counselor at the global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm Albright Stonebridge Group, former CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank,[3] a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, distinguished practitioner in grand strategy at Yale University, and a member of the board at the National Endowment for Democracy. She also served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from September 2013 until January 2017 under President Obama. She was State Department Spokesperson during Secretary Hillary Clinton's tenure, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 2005-2008, during the George W. Bush administration and was Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Cheney from 2003-2005.[4]
Personal life
Nuland is married to the neoconservative Robert Kagan, co-founder of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC).[2] Nuland's in-laws are similarly involved in neoconservative and liberal interventionist organizations, with Robert Kagan's younger brother Frederick Kagan being a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and Frederick's wife Kimberly Kagan being the founder and president of the Institute for the Study of War.[8]
References
- ↑ Boyd-Barrett, Oliver. "From Russiagate to Ukrainegate: Route to Apocalypse." Mintpress News, April 14, 2021. Archived 2024-03-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hudson, John. "The Undiplomatic Diplomat." Foreign Policy. 2015-06-18. Archived 2023-10-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Victoria Nuland: Biography." The Brookings Institution. Archived 2023-10-30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “Victoria Nuland.” United States Department of State. Archived 2023-10-17.
- ↑ Echols, Connor. "Uber Russia-hawk Victoria Nuland rises to acting deputy secretary of state." Responsible Statecraft, 2023-07-25. Archived 2023-10-11.
- ↑ Carnelos, Marco. "Victoria Nuland: Farewell to the queen of US foreign policy disasters." Middle East Eye, March 22, 2024. Archived 2023-03-22.
- ↑ "On the Retirement of under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland." United States Department of State, March 5, 2024. Archived 2024-03-14.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jung E-gil. "Korea’s predicament in the wake of Nuland’s retirement." Hankyoreh, 2024-03-20. Archived 2024-03-22.