In a move that is bound to bolster the stereotype of Georgetown as the school for the spies of tomorrow, the School of Foreign Service has created a professorship for the current year for the study of intelligence practice.
Georgetown’s Center for Peace and Security Studies, in connection with the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, named Lt. Gen. James Clapper to the position. Media Relations Officer Andrea Sarubbi said that Georgetown is unique among universities in offering the position.
On its web site, the INSA describes itself as a non-profit organization dedicated to studying national intelligence issues and increasing communication between intelligence professionals in the private and public sectors.
Clapper, a retired air force general and the former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has an extensive background in intelligence work in both military and civil service.
He will teach three courses in national security studies, emphasizing the current challenges facing intelligence professionals.
“General Clapper is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and thoughtful professionals working on intelligence today,” Daniel Byman, the director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies, wrote in an e-mail. “His remarkable experience and dedication to teaching will serve Georgetown well.”
SFS Dean Robert Gallucci expressed his support for Georgetown’s alliance with INSA in a university press release, where he said he is “confident that Jim Clapper will make a significant contribution to the university’s dialogue on [intelligence issues].” Gallucci could not be reached for further comment.
