Hulsman’s career has placed him at the nexus between public policy and intellectual thought in the Washington community. Despite his conservative credentials, he is most proud of being known as a public policy intellectual able to work with both parties to solve problems. As such, he has been a member of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, where he has been asked to serve on a series of bipartisan task forces, providing advice to the executive branch and the Congress. Most importantly, under his leadership a Task Force on the Iranian nuclear crisis was convened, composed of senior level decision makers in both Germany and the United States. Within the American delegation, senior American Wilsonians, Realists, and Neo-Conservatives worked with him to establish a common transatlantic position on the Iranian crisis. That he was able to convince senior American decision makers with such disparate positions to work together to attempt to solve this most important policy question is illustrative both of his name recognition in the Washington community, and his leadership ability to achieve nonpartisan results.

Phil Gordon,
Brookings Institute, re US Foreign Policy and the Election, November 7, 2007.



John Fund,
Wall Street Journal, re Transatlantic Relations, October 19, 2007.



Dan Senor,
Senior staffer Romney Campaign, re US politics, October 10, 2007.



Kurt Volker,
re Russia, October 2, 2007.



Dennis Ross,
former chief American negotiator for Arab-Israeli Peace Talks, re the Middle East, September 25, 2007.



Markus Jaeger,
Senior Researcher, Deutsche Bank, re Brazil, September 13, 2007.



Dr. Richard Herzinger,
Foreign Desk Editor, Welt am Sonntag, re Iraq, September 7, 2007.



Markus Becker-Melching,
Head of Parliamentary Liaison Office, Association of German Banks, re US politics, September 6, 2007.



Davoud Charmi,
Counsellor, Iranian Embassy to Germany, re nuclear crisis, July 19, 2007.



Gideon Rachman,
Financial Times, re European politics, May 31, 2007.



Kurt Volker,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, re Global Warming, May 26, 2007.



Sir Malcolm Rifkind,
Conservative MP, former UK Defense Secretary, re US-UK relations, May 16, 2007.



George Eustice,
Press Secretary to David Cameron, re UK politics, May 15, 2007.



Dan Fried,
US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, re US-UK relations, January 31, 2007.



Edward Llewellyn,
Chief of Staff to David Cameron, re transatlantic relations, November 14, 2006.



Jim Dobbins,
Vice President, RAND, re Nation-Building, July 19, 2006.



Lady Thatcher,
former British Prime Minister, re transatlantic relations, April 5, 2006.



Todd Rosenblum,
Professional staffer, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, re Iran, March 9, 2006.



Ambassador Donald Bandler,
Managing Director Kissinger Associates, re Iran, March 8, 2006.



Richard Mereau,
Senior Staffer, House of Representatives International Relations Committee, re Italian politics, February 27, 2006.



Eckart von Klaeden,
German government Foreign Policy Spokesman, re transatlantic relations, February 27, 2006.



George Osborne,
Shadow Chancellor (UK), re US-UK relations, February 15, 2006.



Jose Maria Aznar,
former Prime Minister of Spain, re Nato, February 8, 2006.



Richard Mereau,
Senior staffer House International Relations Committee, re transatlantic trade, February 6, 2006.



Hans-Ulrich Klose,
Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag, re Iran, January 13, 2006.



Karsten Voigt,
German coordinator for US-German relations, November 4, 2005.



Delegation of Norwegian Parliamentarians,
re foreign policy in a second Bush term, November 3, 2005.



Senior advisers
to President Tadic of Serbia, re Kosovo, October 28, 2005.



Senior Staffers
House IR Committee, re Iran, October 24, 2005.



Karl-Theodor zu Guttenburg,
German MP, re Iran, October 16, 2005.



Marcello Pera,
President of the Italian Senate, re Italian politics, September 22, 2005.



Philippe Le Cour,
Spokesman for French Defense Minister, re transatlantic relations, September 19, 2005.



Thierry Chopin,
Director Robert Schuman Foundation (France), re Iraq, September 16, 2005.



C. Boyden Gray,
US Ambassador to the EU, re ESDP, August 30, 2005.



Vladimir Buckovski,
Prime Minister of Macedonia, re the Balkans, August 24, 2005.



Eberhard Sandeschneider,
Director German Council on Foreign Relations, re Chinese Arms Embargo, June 29, 2005.



J.L. Sandee,
Head of Defense Policy Division, Dutch Foreign Ministry, re EU Constitution, June 6, 2005.



Markus Jaeger,
Senior Economist, Deutsche Bank, re the international economy, May 27, 2005.



Richard Mereau,
Senior Staffer House International Relations Committee, re Iran, May 19, 2005.



Bogulsaw Zaleski,
Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, re Chinese Arms Embargo, May 12, 2005.



Friedbert Pfluge,
Shadow German Foreign Minister, re Iran, April 5, 2005.



Alexis Debat,
ABC News, re Iran, March 31, 2005.



Stephen Hadley,
National Security Adviser, re Iran, March 28, 2005.



Pierre Levy,
Head of Policy Planning French Foreign Ministry, re the Chinese Arms Embargo, March 25, 2005.



Jonathan Scharfan,
Chief Counsel, House International Relations Committee, re Iran, February 25, 2005.



Ken Myers,
Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer for the Republican Majority, re Iran, February 25, 2005.



Bertram Braun,
NSC Director for Southeastern Europe, re Balkans, February 18, 2005.



Maia Comeau,
Legislative Director German Marshall Fund, re US politics, February 10, 2005.



Ted Carpenter,
Vice President CATO Institute, re North Korea, February 3, 2005.



Karsten Voigt,
German-American coordinator for Chancellor Schroeder, re Iran, February 3, 2005.



Wolfgang Hanetke,
Head of North American Division, German Ministry of Economics, re the Doha free trade round, January 11, 2005.



Muhamet Kapllani,
Diplomatic Adviser to the Albanian President, re the Balkans, January 6, 2005.



Joern Boehme,
Coordinator of the German Greens Foreign Policy, re China arms embargo, December 9, 2004.



Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg,
German MP, re Iran, December 7, 2004.



Steve Norton,
Senior Policy Adviser to Senator Chambliss, re the war on terror, November 9, 2004.



Timothy Garten Ash,
Director European Studies Program-Oxford, re transatlantic relations, November 4, 2004.



Amy Call, Press Secretary,
Office of Majority Leader Frist, re transatlantic relations, October 28, 2004.



Patrick Garvey,
senior staffer for Senator Lugar, re Iraq, October 28, 2004.



Kim Traavik,
Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, re transatlantic relations, October 5, 2004.



Jan Friedrich,
Senior Editor Economist Intelligence Unit, re German economics, September 30, 2004.



Kurt Volker,
NSC, re Iran, September 27, 2004.



Petko Dragonov,
Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, re NATO, September 23, 2004.



Lars Peterson,
Staff Member Committee on Foreign Relations, re Doha Trade Round, September 15, 2004.



Kurt Volker,
NSC, re transatlantic relations, September 10, 2004.



John Parker,
Senior American Correspondent, The Economist, re EU Constitution, June 21, 2004.



John Harris,
Chief Political Correspondent, Washington Post, re schools of thought in US foreign policy, June 18, 2004.



Heiki Sibul,
Secretary General of the Estonian Parliament, re the EU, June 1, 2004.



Iain Duncan-Smith,
former leader of the Conservative Party, re US-UK relations, May 12, 2004.



Alberto Carnero,
former Spanish National Security Adviser, re Europe, May 3, 2004.



Lt. Gen. (ret.) Klaus Naumann,
former deputy SACEUR NATO, re German-American relations, April 21, 2004.



William Burns,
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, re Arab-Israeli relations, April 7, 2004.



Dan Meridor,
former Chief of Staff for Israeli Prime Minister, re Arab-Israeli conflict, March 30, 2004.



Kurt Biedenkopf,
former Minister President of Saxony, re US-German relations, transatlantic relations, February 3, 2004.



Zsolt Nemeth,
Chairman Hungarian Foreign Affairs Committee, re US-Hungarian relations, October 30, 2003.



Gunther Burghardt,
EU Ambassador to the US, re transatlantic relations, October 27, 2003.



Maarten Lak,
Advisor, Strategic Policy Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, re the transatlantic relationship, October 9, 2003.



Marwan Muasher,
Foreign Minister of Jordan, re Arab-Israeli Peace Process, September 20, 2003.



Liam Fox,
Shadow UK Health Minister, re transatlantic relations, July 22, 2003.



Kurt Volker,
NSC, re Middle East, NATO Summit, November 10, 2003.



Kurt Volker,
NSC, re NATO, Middle East, August 5, 2003.



Kenneth Dam,
former Undersecretary of the Treasury, re German economics, July 8, 2003.



Kurt Volker,
Director NATO and West European Affairs National Security Council (NSC), re transatlantic relations, May 19, 2003.



Kurt Volker,
NSC, re transatlantic relations, the Middle East, March 21, 2003.



Kori Schake,
NSC, re Nato reform, November 19, 2002.



David Trimble,
Nobel Laureate and Former First Minister of Northern Ireland, re Northern Ireland Peace Process, November 18, 2002.



John Bruton,
Former Prime Minister of Ireland, re EU Constitutional Convention, November 15, 2002.



Bob Simmons,
Director for Political-Military Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs, State Department, re NATO reform, September 4, 2002.



Mircea Geona,
Foreign Minister of Romania, re Nato, August 5, 2002.



Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Covic,
re Balkans, August 1, 2002.



Sir Kevin Tebbit,
Permanent Undersecretary of State, British MOD, re the war on terror, July 18, 2002.



Deputy Prime Minister Covic,
re Balkans, June 18, 2002.



Ismail Cem,
Foreign Minister of Turkey, re Cyprus, May 17, 2002.



Adam Thomson,
Head of Security Policy for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Roger Hoffman, NATO desk for the British Ministry of Defense, re NATO reform, London, April 2, 2002.



Kurt Volker,
NSC, re NATO reform, March 6, 2002.



Bernard Jenkin,
Shadow UK Secretary of State for Defense, re ESDP, February 13, 2002.



Tayyip Erdogan,
Chairman Turkey AK Party, re US-Turkish relations, January 30, 2002.



Jan Zahradil,
Shadow Foreign Secretary for the Czech Republic, re EU expansion, January 8, 2002.



Sir Michael Jay,
Permanent Undersecretary to the British Foreign Office, re Nato reform and the euro, January 3, 2002.



Marc Grossman,
Undersecretary of State for Politics, re Nato reform, Balkans, December 18, 2001.



CIA European Economics Dircectorate,
re US-EU trade relations, November 21, 2001.



Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic,
Premier of the Serb Republic, re Balkans, November 8, 2001.



Steve Hadley,
Deputy National Security Adviser, re Balkans, September 6, 2001.



Greg Schulte,
Senior Director for South East European Affairs NSC, re Milosevic, July 10, 2001.



President Kostunica,
President of Yugoslavia, re Balkans, June 25, 2001.



Greg Schulte, NSC,
re Balkans, April 27, 2001.



Greg Schulte, NSC,
re Balkans, April 17, 2001.



Geoffrey Hoon,
UK Secretary of State for Defense, regarding Nato reform, April 26, 2000.



Margaret Thatcher,
regarding the prospects for closer US-UK trade links, April 17, 2000.