Theodore Feifer
Deputy Director, Education and Training Center/International
Middle East | Israel | Arab-Israeli-U.S. Relations |
Cyprus | Conflict Management and Resolution Skills Training | Peace Negotiation and Third-Party Mediation Strategies | Civil–Military Relations | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Phone: (202) 429-3805
E-mail: tfeifer@usip.org
Theodore Feifer is the deputy director of the Institute’s Education and Training Center/International. He joined the Institute in 2000 following a twenty-six-year career in the Foreign Service. He specialized in the Arab-Israeli peace process, serving two assignments at the U. S. embassy in Tel Aviv and as an adviser to the special Middle East coordinator.
He participated in the Egypt-Israel peace treaty and autonomy negotiations, Israeli-Palestinian bilateral talks, and the Middle East multilateral working groups. Feifer helped establish the Israel-Lebanon monitoring group and served as deputy head of the U.S. delegation in 1996–1997. As officer in charge of Cyprus in the U.S. Department of State in 1985–1987, Feifer was involved in the search for a Cyprus peace settlement. He also taught at the Armed Forces Staff College, where he lectured on the interagency process and the role of the military in peace operations.
He holds a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the National War College.
