Edward Wittenstein

Edward Wittenstein

Executive Director of the Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at Yale University , Socrates Program

Edward (“Ted”) Wittenstein serves as the inaugural Executive Director Yale’s Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy, a foreign policy studies program founded upon the donation of Dr. Henry Kissinger’s papers to Yale.  A Lecturer in Global Affairs, Ted teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on intelligence, cybersecurity, and national security decision-making.  Ted is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.  Prior to returning to work for Yale, Ted held a variety of positions at the U.S. Department of Defense, Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of State.