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Occupation Executive Director of the Atlantic Partnership | ||
Lorne craner
Lorne Craner, an American foreign policy expert, is Executive Director of the Atlantic Partnership and consults on international political risk issues. He has served in key diplomatic and policymaking roles in three administrations and twice as President of a major non-governmental organization.
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- Lorne craner
- Iri president lorne craner at transatlantic think tank conference
- Life and Career
- References
Iri president lorne craner at transatlantic think tank conference
Life and Career
Craner was born at Bitburg Air Force Base in Germany. He attended University College School in London and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. Craner received a BA from Reed College and an MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. His father Robert, a US Air Force pilot, received three Silver Stars as a pilot and prisoner of war in Vietnam and his mother Audrey was awarded graduate degrees from the Fletcher School and Georgetown University.
In the 1980s Craner worked on foreign policy issues in the US House of Representatives for Congressman Jim Kolbe and in the Senate for Senator John McCain. In 1989 he became a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs and in 1992 a Director of Asian Affairs at the White House National Security Council in the George HW Bush administration. From 1993-2001 he was Vice President, then President of the International Republican Institute (IRI) a democracy assistance NGO. He returned to government as Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under Secretary of State Colin Powell. His work in the Middle East, Central Asia and China after the 9/11 attacks drew praise from President Bush Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and Craner received the State Department’s Distinguished Service Award from Secretary Powell. Craner returned to the IRI as President from 2004-2014. He also served two terms as a Board member of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, including during President Barack Obama’s administration.